Community Critical Care APPE

The Community Critical Care rotation will provide students exposure and opportunity to participate in the essential roles of the pharmacist in the Community Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit through the activities outlined below. Topic discussions, projects, and presentations will be required as directed by the preceptor(s). The goal of the rotation is for the student to become familiar with the role of the pharmacist in the Community Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit, obtain experience in working with an interdisciplinary team, and to gain experience in optimizing pharmacotherapeutic regimens, patient care, and safety.

Rotation Activities

The student should expect to participate in or observe the following activities during the rotation:

  • Direct patient care rounds
  • Medication order review
  • Medication therapy monitoring
  • Patient care involving high-risk medications and procedures
  • Resuscitation
  • Medication procurement and preparation
  • Distribution of medication information
  • Documentation of pharmacist related activities
  • Care of boarded patients
  • Medication histories and medication reconciliation
  • Promotion of patient safety through identifying, addressing, and reporting of real or potential errors or hazardous conditions with potential for harm
  • Quality-improvement initiatives
  • Leadership duties and professional service through attendance of select pharmacy and emergency department meetings
  • Emergency preparedness planning and implementation
  • Provision of education related to pharmacy topics to pharmacy students, PGY1 pharmacy residents, patients, patient representatives, and other health care professionals
  • Research and scholarly activity (see Appendix I: Emergency Medicine Clinical Rotation Topics)

Location

Preceptors

Taylor Inman, PharmD, MBA, BCCP
  • School of pharmacy: Southwestern Oklahoma State University
  • Residency training: PGY1 Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City; PGY2 Cardiology at University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy
  • Specialty interests: Cardiology, ED, ICU
  • Health system, hospital, pharmacy, and residency committee involvement: Clinical User Group member, Ethics Committee, No patient dies alone committee, Heparin PI Group, PGY2 Cardiology preceptor, Community Crit Care APPE preceptor
  • Professional involvement: ASHP
Louis Lipari, PharmD, BCPS
  • School of pharmacy: Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions
  • Residency training: PGY1—Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
  • Professional involvement: Treasurer, Greater Kansas City Society of Health-System Pharmacists (GKCSHP); American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP)
Ethan Wood, PharmD, BCPS
  • School of pharmacy: University of Kansas School of pharmacy
  • Residency training: PGY1—Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
  • Health system, hospital, pharmacy, and residency committee involvement: Anesthesia Evidence-Based Practice Team (EPT), Saint Luke’s East Code Blue Committee
Kunal Patel, PharmD, BCPS
  • School of pharmacy: University of Louisiana at Monroe College of Pharmacy
  • Residency training: PGY1 - Saint Luke’s Hospital
  • Specialty interests: Critical Care, Infectious Diseases
  • Health system, hospital, pharmacy, and residency committee involvement: System Infectious Disease Evidence-Based Practice Team, Antimicrobial & Diagnostic Advisement Program Committee; Saint Luke’s Hospital Medication Safety Committee
  • Professional involvement: American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP), Missouri Society of Health System Pharmacists (MSHP), Greater Kansas City Society of Health System Pharmacists (GKCSHP)