General Hospital/Acute Care Rotation - Hedrick Medical Center APPE

Hedrick Medical Center is a 25-bed acute care critical access hospital located in Chillicothe, Missouri, and is part of the Saint Luke’s Health System. Hedrick Medical center provides comprehensive care, including 24-hour emergency services, a spacious maternity unit, Intensive Care Unit featuring eICU, a specialty clinic, an onsite chemotherapy infusion center, and inpatient and outpatient surgery.

Students will participate in the daily drug distribution process, clinically monitor patients, and experience the unique challenges a critical access hospital encompasses. Students will apply their acquired knowledge and skills to a wide range of professional services and activities that the pharmacy department provides.

Potential Topics/Activities

• Medication dispensing/distribution under pharmacist supervision
• Communicate with nurses and physicians to optimize medication use
• Selected topic discussions
• Respond to drug information requests (verbally and/or through documentation in chart)
• Targeted drug therapy monitoring including vancomycin, aminoglycosides, and others
• Antibiotic surveillance including review of microbial culture and sensitivity data
• Medication profile review and identification of drug-related problems
• Adverse drug reaction and medication error reporting
• Medication counseling on discharging patients
• Documentation of clinical activities in the medical record
• Various shadowing opportunities
• Introduction to IV preparation and sterility testing

Goals/Objectives

• Introduce students to the medication use process and patient care activities that occur in the critical access hospital pharmacy setting  
• Provide a learning environment for students to apply classroom knowledge and skills to patient care
• Foster students’ ability to effectively communicate with other members of the health care team

• Improve students’ proficiency in using available resources to ensure the safe and effective use of medications

   

Location

Hedrick Medical Center