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Advanced Practice Experiences: Tuscaloosa Region

Advanced Practice Experiences: Tuscaloosa Region. Rotation Sites Tuscaloosa. DCH Regional Medical Center Northport DCH Medical Center University Medical Center VA Medical Center Moundville Medical Center (Moundville, AL) Alabama Poison Center Community Pharmacies Senior Care Pharmacy.

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Advanced Practice Experiences: Tuscaloosa Region

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  1. Advanced Practice Experiences: Tuscaloosa Region

  2. Rotation SitesTuscaloosa • DCH Regional Medical Center • Northport DCH Medical Center • University Medical Center • VA Medical Center • Moundville Medical Center (Moundville, AL) • Alabama Poison Center • Community Pharmacies • Senior Care Pharmacy

  3. DCH Regional Medical Center

  4. DCH Regional Medical Center • 583-licensed bed not-for-profit community/teaching hospital • Training site for Family Medicine resident physicians and UAB medical students • Over 200 physicians • More than 30 pharmacists • Decentralized pharmacy services • Pharmacy Residencies

  5. Drug Information (Dr. Ava Eure) Health System (Dr. Tiffany Bolton) Internal Medicine (Drs. Walker, Carroll Logan) Medicine Specialty Critical Care (Dr. Kim Logan) Kinetics/ID (Dr. Tom Rogers) DCH Rotations

  6. DCH Rotations

  7. DCH Rotations – Internal Med • IM and MS rotations (Drs. Walker & Doug Carroll) • Internal Medicine rounding services with University of Alabama School of Medicine (UASOM) • Internal Medicine and Family Medicine attending physicians • Family Medicine resident physicians • UASOM Medical Students

  8. DCH Rotations – Internal Med • Pharmacy Services • Daily Rounds • Comprehensive pharmacotherapy planning daily • Education of healthcare professionals • Medication history review • Discharge patient counseling

  9. Northport DCH Rotations • Health System—Dr. Nora Sharpe

  10. University Medical Center

  11. University Medical Center • Primary Care I, II, III (Dr. Dana Carroll) • Not-for-profit clinic operated by the University of Alabama • Family Medicine Clinic • Pharmacy Services • Pharmacotherapy Clinic • Medication History/Patient Counseling

  12. Rural Ambulatory CareAdvanced Experiential Rotations Preceptor: Heather Whitley, PharmD, BCPS Primary Care I, II, III

  13. Moundville Medical Center • Location: • Moundville, AL • Hale county • 20 miles South of Tuscaloosa • Private Practice Family Medicine Clinic • 1 physician • 1 nurse practitioner • No electronic medical record

  14. Moundville Medical Center Pharmacotherapy Services • Medication assistance • Industry-sponsored medication assistance plans • Privately funded medication assistance plans • Medicare Part D selection • Interdisciplinary patient care • Medication history • Socioeconomic review of medication list • Polypharmacy review • Medication counseling • Assessment of vitals & labs • Provide drug and laboratory specific recommendation to providers • Research drug information questions • Bimonthly clinic flyers

  15. Good Samaritan Clinic • Location: Downtown Tuscaloosa, AL • Serves indigent Alabama residents with no medical assistance • Staffed by volunteers only

  16. Good Samaritan ClinicPharmacotherapy Services • Triage patients • Requiring refills • For physician appointments • Provide patient-specific recommendations • Interdisciplinary Pharmacy Consults • Aid physicians in selecting therapeutic options

  17. Regional Health Fairs • Pharmacy services provided: • Screenings: BP, HR, BG • Provide free glucometers and weekly pill boxes • Pharmacotherapy medication assessment • Dosing table

  18. Alabama Regional Commission • Monthly diabetes inservice • Population: elderly nursing home residents • Location: Birmingham, AL area

  19. I Can Be Network • Monthly inservice about not smoking • Population: 10 -14 yo children • Location: Moundville, AL

  20. Benefits: • Learn about rural life • Think in terms of economic hard ship • DAILY positively impact patients’ lives • Learn about public health

  21. Community Pharmacies Tuscaloosa area • CVS (Smith) • Target (Seaborn) • York Drug (Webb) • ~60 minutes from Tuscaloosa

  22. Electives • Senior Care Pharmacy • (Carrie Kreps and Rick Stephens) • Long-term Care/Consulting • Alabama Poison Control Center Tuscaloosa • (John Fisher)

  23. Electives • Remember ANY required rotation can be taught as an elective • IF you are interested in focusing on other areas that are not listed as electives, you can contact the regional coordinators or the preceptor that you think could offer you the experience you are looking for.

  24. Regional Coordinator • Dr. Doug Carroll, Pharm.D., BCPS • carrodn@auburn.edu • 205-348-2898

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