Longitudinal Experiences
Administration
In collaboration with leaders across the University, College and Community, both residents
will have the opportunity to learn from a variety of guest speakers. The leadership
seminars will allow residents to not only learn management strategies but learn the
innerworkings of administration.
Community service
A main pillar of a career in academia is service. Each resident will have unique opportunities
to serve their respective area though community involvement. Through unique community
service engagements our residents will help give back to our communities. This rotation
will span over the residency year as opportunities arise.
COP committee assignment
Both PGY1 residents will be assigned a committee through the College of Pharmacy.
The following are committees the residents may be assigned to: curriculum, admissions,
faculty development, interprofessional education, pharmacy practice experience, professional
student affairs, and risk management/hazardous waste committee.
Experiential and Didactic Teaching Opportunities
Through the College of Pharmacy, both the Monroe and New Orleans PGY1 Resident will
be immersed in academic responsibilities. This includes the preparation and delivery
of didactic lectures to Doctor of Pharmacy students in both the fall and spring semesters.
In addition, the resident will learn about student assessment through the development
of test questions for their assigned lectures. Other academic responsibilities include,
but are not limited to, working with students through small group recitations, facilitating
interprofessional education events, evaluating students completing their Objective
Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE’s), and participating in College of Pharmacy
interviews for potential students.
Management
This rotation provides residents with pharmacy administration experience and introduces
the core elements of practice and residency leadership. The residents will be provided
the opportunity to learn the unique challenges facing hospital pharmacy management
teams in this complex health care environment. The resident will work with various
preceptors at their local practice site institutions to complete a medication use
evaluation and develop policies or guidelines for the institution.
Research project
Another main pillar of a career in academia is research. Residents will strengthen
their research skills through completion of a longitudinal research project over the
course of their PGY1 year. This research project will be approved by ULM’s Internal
Review Board (IRB). Residents will learn each step of the research process from data
collection to preparing a manuscript for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
Teaching Certificate Program
Over the course of the residency year residents will complete a teaching certificate.
Completion of a teaching certificate will help the residents develop foundation skills
for academic pharmacy. In addition to the development of a teaching portfolio, residents
will learn the technical aspects of teaching and learning as well as strategies for
assessment and classroom management.
