The pharmacy practice residency at The Nebraska Medical Center is a twelve-month program designed to develop clinicians that practice independently and excel in clinical service, teaching and research. The partnership between The Nebraska Medical Center and The University of Nebraska Medical Center provides residents with a well-rounded educational experience. The program provides experiences in a variety of settings, focusing on the core areas of practice specified in the ASHP Accreditation Standards including patient care and practice management. Residents participate in all aspects of our comprehensive pharmacy services including rounds with the medical teams, pharmacokinetic consultations, participation on the emergency cardiac arrest team and providing inservices to other health care professionals.

A resident completing this program will be a competent generalist who can function in multiple roles within a pharmacy system. Upon completion of this program, the resident will be prepared to enter a specialty residency, fellowship program or a clinical practice position.

Program Goals

• Provide competent patient care throughout the clinical and operational aspects of the health system in order to provide a safe, effective, and economical medication use process.
• Develop competence in practice management issues in order to understand the need for integrative services to support the mission of the health care system and to provide optimal patient care.
• Educate students, health care providers, and patients in a variety of settings.
• Provide clear and concise verbal and written information to health care providers and patients.
• Further develop investigative and problem-solving skills by completion of a project and a medication use evaluation.
• Improve drug information skills in a formal drug information setting and through clinical rotations.
• Plan, initiate and document pharmaceutical care services.

Rotations are designed to integrate clinical practice, drug-use evaluation, drug information and teaching. The resident negotiates the amount and type of experience in each rotation area with the inpatient clinical faculty, clinical pharmacist preceptors and ambulatory clinical faculty. The residency year is comprised of 1 month of orientation and 11 months of rotations. Each resident completes three core rotations, three elective rotations, drug information and management. Core rotations are eight weeks in length. Electives, drug information and management are four weeks in length.

Core Rotations

• Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation
• Solid Organ Transplantation (kidney, liver and liver-small bowel)
• Cardiology
• Adult Internal Medicine
• Adult Critical Care
• Pediatrics
• Neonatology
• Nephrology

Elective Rotations

• Any acute care rotation
• Infectious disease
• Geriatrics
• Surgical Services
• Pharmacoeconomics
• Medication safety
• Ambulatory care (Internal Medicine or Family Practice)

The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) College of Pharmacy is actively involved in the Pharmacy Residency Program. Faculty members serve as preceptors and role models for the residents. Each resident gives three formal drug therapy presentations during the year to faculty, clinical pharmacists and students. With direction from faculty members and clinical pharmacists, each resident participates in clinical teaching of pharmacy students and executes a clinical project. The partnership between The Nebraska Medical Center and UNMC provides residents with a well-rounded educational experience.

Benefits

Each resident receives a comprehensive benefit package that includes vacation, health insurance and financial assistance for attending meetings.

The Campus

The College of Pharmacy was one of the first colleges in the nation to offer the doctorate of pharmacy degree. The University of Nebraska Medical Center is the only public academic health science center in Nebraska. UNMC is recognized nationally and internationally as a leader in patient care, research and education. Today, more than 2,700 students attend UNMC. Nearly half of Nebraska’s physicians, dental professionals, pharmacists, bachelor-prepared nurses and allied health professionals have graduated from UNMC.

The Lied Transplant Center, which opened in 1999, embodies our commitment to transplant and cancer patients. The 13-story building houses research labs, a 24-hour clinic and suites for patients and families. The center was the first to use the innovative concept of cooperative care for transplantation in which a family member or friend takes on the role of care partner to provide the patient’s basic care needs during recovery. By further enhancing the quality of care, this model strengthens the success of The Nebraska Medical Center/UNMC transplantation and cancer programs.