Resident Activities

Residency Research Project

Each resident is responsible for completing a research project under the guidance of the residency preceptors. The resident is responsible for conceiving, designing and conducting a project throughout the year. A publishable final manuscript is due by the end of the residency year.

Residency Seminar

Each resident presents a formal seminar to the St. Louis metropolitan area residents and preceptors as a pharmacist CE program. Assistance in identifying a topic and project timeline will be provided by the residency preceptors.

Pharmacy Clinical Meeting

Weekly meetings among the residents, preceptors, students and staff consisting of journal reviews, informal and formal case presentations and administrative topics. Attendance and participation are mandatory.

Teaching Opportunities

The residents will have the opportunity to precept students on his/her rotations. Also, each resident will participate in a Residency Education Academy (REA) in the fall semester and deliver one lecture in the spring semester to achieve a teaching certificate, if not already completed. Multiple teaching opportunities exist at St. Luke's Hospital with pharmacy staff, medical residents and medical students.

Basic Life Support/Advanced Cardiac Life Support

The residents will complete Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training during the fall, if not already completed. Residents are expected to attend and participate in stroke and code blue pages once certified and trained.

Committees

Each resident will participate in the hospital's medication-related committees during their training. The following are some of the committees: Antibiotic Stewardship, Pharmacy & Therapeutics, Medication Management, ICU Peer Review, Nutrition Peer Review, Pain Stewardship, STEMI, Stroke, and Readmission committees.