Pharmacy

Our Pharmacies

Summer Internship Program

Philosophy

Our internship program is designed to produce a trained clinical and distribution ready Pharmacy intern to assist our institution in programs during the summer. Upon completion of the program we have trained the interns to immediately step in and be a productive team member as a pharmacist.

How To Apply

Recruiting for the summer starts back in October. Pharmacists from Strong Health attend career day activities at the University at Buffalo and Albany College of Pharmacy. Meeting us at that point in time is a great start. If you are not from one of those schools you will need to contact us by the end of November.

In order to apply you must meet the following criteria:

• You must be a US or Canadian citizen (no exceptions)
• You must be attending a US or Canadian Pharmacy School
• You must be in your P1 year or greater (P1 is first year of pharmacy school not freshman year)
• Be able to provide your own housing and transportation

If you're interested in our summer pharmacy internship program, you will need to send the following:

• A letter of intent
• Your resume/CV
• Contact information

Deadline for submission for the summer of 2007 is November 30, 2006. All application materials should be sent to:

Keith DelMonte, Pharm.D.
Pediatric Clinical Specialist
Strong Health Box 638
601 Elmwood Ave.
Rochester, NY 14642

After your application materials have been reviewed, you will be contacted to schedule an on-site interview if we have an interest in you.

If you have questions contact Keith DelMonte, Summer Internship Program Director by email at: keith_delmonte@urmc.rochester.edu

Program Overview

Objectives

• Learn to use the latest technology (Pyxis, TPN Baxa MM23, computerized order entry)
• Understand all aspects of our distribution system
• Develop presentation skills
• Develop and perform projects (includes DUE/DUR’s, computer skills and chart reading)
• Learn basic and advanced clinical skills
• Integrate distribution and clinical roles

Details of the Internship Program

• Six clinical positions
• Attractive schedule: Mon - Fri day shift
• No weekends or holidays
• Starts mid-May and ends Late-August
• Optional winter/spring breaks
• Flexible time off
• Competitive wages

Summer Internship Requirements

• Attend educational sessions
• One major project (see below for examples)
• Optional minor projects
• Formal presentations
• Rounding w/patient care teams

First Year Rotations (Technical Focus)

• Cancer Center
• Highland Hospital (270 bed Community Hospital)
• Inpatient distribution
• Introductory clinical rotations
• Manufacturing/compounding
• Outpatient dispensing
• Sterile products
• Total parenteral nutrition

Second/Third Year Rotations (Clinical Focus)

Rotation availability will vary from year to year depending on preceptor availability and rotation availability when integrating this program with our residency program needs.

• Bone Marrow Transplant
• Cancer Center
• Cardiology
• Emergency room
• ICU medicine
• Infectious disease
• Investigational drug service
• Medicine
• Nutrition
• Outpatient medicine
• Pediatrics
• Pharmacokinetics
• Poison Center/Drug Information
• Psychiatry
• Surgery
• Transplant

Past Summer Projects

• Drug Use Evaluations
• Drug Reviews
• Drug Class comparisons
• Pediatric medication taste testing
• Dosing tables for computer system
• IV information cards
• Drug information charts
• Quality Assurance initiatives

Past Summer Presentations

Current interns are required to do one short and one long Powerpoint presentation. The presentations are given in a controlled environment to allow immediate feedback on performance. The long presentation will be repeated for the entire pharmacy department at the end of the summer. Topic ideas are provided.

• Thrombosis and Pharmacologic Therapy
• The Refeeding Syndrome
• Comparison of the Proton Pump Inhibitors
• Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting
• Overview of Lantus
• Pancreatitis: An Overview
• Hormone Sensitive Cancers
• The Use of ACE Inhibitors in Stroke Prevention
• Persistent hiccups

About Strong Health

Strong Health is an acute care university based teaching hospital with approximately 750 beds, including:

• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
• Surgical ICU and Medical ICU
• Burn/trauma ICU
• Bone Marrow Transplant and Solid Organ Transplant Program
• Emergency/Trauma Center
• Hem/Onc Center
• Psychiatry
• Ambulatory Care

The pharmacy is a 24/7 operation with the latest technology, 40+ Pharmacists, decentralized integrated clinical/distribution staff, specialty pharmacy satellites, specialized clinical staff, on-site outpatient pharmacy and residency program.