Acute Care

Students apply their knowledge and solidify their patient-care skills in an acute care setting. Students will participate in, and take responsibility for, patient assessment to identify and prioritize drug therapy problems; developing care plans; patient monitoring, including physical and laboratory assessment; and implementation of follow-up evaluation and documentation. Students will closely interact with members of health care teams by communicating about patients’ specific pharmacotherapeutic agents, dosing regimens, dosage forms, routes of administration, delivery systems, etc. Placements will be in pharmacy specialty areas of acute care medicine units where patients are managed using a team-based approach. Team members may include pharmacists, physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals. Students will also participate in rounding with healthcare teams, obtain patient histories, identify problems requiring therapeutic interventions, solve problems, consult with physicians, monitor patient outcomes, and provide educational sessions for professional staff.