Rotations

Residency Program Structure

The Mount Carmel Health System PGY-1 Residency Program will be a 12-month, rotation-based experience. There are seven one-month required core rotation experiences. Residents will choose three (3) one-month elective rotation experiences. Residents will also have required longitudinal rotation experiences that will last between 6 and 12 months. Residents may elect (if available) to participate in elective longitudinal rotation experiences that will last between 6 and 12 months.

Required Rotations

Each rotation is 1-month unless otherwise specified

Orientation (6 weeks)
- BLS/ACLS certification
General Medicine (6-week experience)
Cardiology
Pharmacy Leadership
Infectious Disease (Mount Carmel Grove City)
Critical Care (2 months)
- General Intensive Care Unit (Mount Carmel Grove City) and
- Surgical/Trauma ICU or Neurological ICU (Mount Carmel East)
Project Month (December for all residents)

Elective Rotations

Choose three 1-month experiences

Emergency Medicine (Mount Carmel East)
Population Health (discharge coordination)
Anticoagulation Clinic
Trauma/Surgical Intensive Care (Mount Carmel East)
Neurological Intensive Care (Mount Carmel East)
Nutrition (Mount Carmel East)
Surgical and Perioperative Medicine (Mount Carmel East)
Discussion of additional elective options based on schedule and preceptor availability

Longitudinal Required Rotations

Medication Safety (3 month rotation)
Drug Information (3 month rotation)
Continuing Professional Development (12 month Rotation)

Elective Longitudinal Rotations

Teaching Certificate Program (Facilitated through The Ohio State University)

The residency program is designed to provide a flexible structure to accommodate the particular needs and interests of the resident. The various rotations available enable the resident to be exposed to a variety of practice and clinical experiences.

Note: A resident may not complete more than 4 rotations of a similar patient population. For example, the resident is required to do 2 critical care rotations (General Critical Care at MCGC and STICU or Neuro ICU at MCE). The Emergency Medicine rotation is considered a similar patient population as the critical care rotations. So, if the resident decides to participate in the Emergency Medicine elective and another Critical Care elective, they will not be able to pick a 3rd elective in Critical Care.

2/3 of the resident’s experiences also are required to be in direct patient care areas.

Per ASHP Residency Standards, a minimum of 2/3 of the residency program must be completed as a pharmacist licensed to practice in the state of Ohio.

Mock Rotation Schedule

	July	August	September	October	November	December
East Resident 1	Orientation	Orientation/Gen Med	Gen Med	ED	Cardio	Project
East Resident 2	Orientation	Orientation/Gen Med	Gen Med	Management	ID	Project
Grove City Resident 1	Orientation	Orientation/Gen Med	Gen Med	ID	Anticoag	Project
Grove City Resident 2	Orientation	Orientation/Gen Med	Gen Med	Management	STICU	Project
All Residents Longitudinal Experiences	Teaching, Drug Information Staffing, Project, Continuous Professional Development, Drug Information
	January	February	March	April	May	June
East Resident 1	Anticoag	STICU	Neuro ICU	ID	ICU	Management
East Resident 2	ED	ID	Nutrition	STICU	Cardio	ICU
Grove City Resident 1	STICU	Management	ICU	Pop Health	Cardio	ID
Grove City Resident 2	ID	ICU	ED	Cardio	Pop Health	Neuro ICU
All Residents Longitudinal Experiences	Teaching Certificate Project, Continuous Professional Development, Drug Information Residents 3&4, Medication Safety Grove City Residents