Curriculum
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Clinical training
As a PGY-1 pharmacy resident at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, much of your time is devoted to comprehensive training as a member of the interdisciplinary team. A breadth of learning experiences has been designed to increase and refine clinical competency, provide evidence-based pharmacotherapeutic care plans, and develop confidence as an independent practitioner.
Direct patient care services allow you to provide patient-specific pharmaceutical care services. Responsibilities include development of individualized care and monitoring plans for various patient populations. After coaching, instruction, and modeling by a preceptor, you are assessed and constructively critiqued on how to further refine the delivery of evidence-based recommendations.
Drug information is provided to patients, physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other allied health professionals. Feedback is provided to enhance drug information-retrieval skills using a variety of resources and modalities.
Pharmacokinetic monitoring is provided to eligible patients. You serve as an information resource by providing recommendations for appropriate assay procedures, evaluation of serum drug concentrations, and appropriate documentation in the medical record.
Required learning experiences
The PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at Mayo Clinic's campus in Jacksonville, Florida, is designed to provide a diverse experience for the future clinician. The following rotations are required:
| Area | Length |
| Orientation | 6 weeks |
| Administration | 4 weeks |
| Ambulatory care | 4 weeks |
| Cardiology | 4 weeks |
| Critical care | 4 weeks |
| Infectious diseases | 4 weeks |
| Medicine | 4 weeks |
| Leadership and practice management | Longitudinal, 12 months (average 4 hours per 4 weeks*) |
| Education | Longitudinal, 12 months (average 4 hours per 4 weeks*) |
| Medication quality | Longitudinal, 12 months (average 4 hours per 4 weeks*) |
| Practice coverage |
Longitudinal, 12 months [12 weekends (24 8-hour shifts/year), 1 major holiday (8-hour shift), 50 weekday evening (7-hour shifts/year). Total 550 hours over the course of the residency year] |
| Research | Longitudinal, 12 months (average 8 hours per 4 weeks*) |
*This is an average and there may be more or less hours at different timeframes throughout the residency year.
Elective learning experiences
The elective rotations allow you to tailor your learning experiences to your needs. PGY-1 residents select 4 elective rotations (all rotations are 4 weeks).
You may choose any of the following:
- Bone marrow transplant
- Cardiovascular critical care
- Hematology/oncology ambulatory
- Hematology/oncology inpatient
- Research pharmacy
- Neurology
- Perioperative services
- Pharmacy informatics
- Transplant ambulatory
- Transplant inpatient
Other elective learning experiences may be developed based on resident interest and preceptor availability.
Practice coverage
Through practice coverage, development of practice skills to provide complete pharmaceutical care for patients is refined. Additionally, skills necessary to function as an independent, confident practitioner are developed. You will be scheduled one evening a week and every fourth weekend for inpatient care.
Curriculum enhancements
Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences is committed to developing and maintaining the best education programs. The curriculum and other aspects of this program are assessed constantly and changed as necessary to ensure the highest quality training.