General Hospital/Acute Care Rotation - Saint Luke’s East Hospital APPE

The Saint Luke’s East General Hospital Acute Care Rotation is designed to provide the student with a well-rounded overall experience in acute care medicine and general hospital pharmacy.

Students will participate in various facets of the daily drug distribution process and have opportunities to apply their clinical knowledge and skills through our professional integrated pharmacy services. Throughout the rotation, students will spend time on different units and provide pharmaceutical care to varying patient populations including telemetry patients, surgery patients, intermediate care patients, and ICU patients.

Potential Topics/Activities

  • Patient Teachings (including but not limited to anticoagulation and antiarrhythmics)
  • Infectious disease including, but not limited to, CAP, Sepsis, UTIs
  • ACS, heart failure, hypertension
  • Diabetes, renal dysfunction
  • Drug therapy monitoring; dosing consults for antibiotics and warfarin
  • Clinical documentation and notes for treatment team and pharmacy staff
  • Medication profile review; monitoring and assessment of laboratory data, microbiology, and test results
  • Drug info queries from medical and pharmacy staff
  • Response to code blues
  • Adverse drug reaction reporting
  • Journal Club or Inservice—usually presented at midpoint of rotation (can be replaced with a school-required presentation if necessary)
  • Disease state/patient case presentation—presented during final week of rotation

Location

Preceptors

Kelly Adair, PharmD
  • School of pharmacy: University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy
  • Specialty interests: Psychology
  • Health system, hospital, pharmacy, and residency committee involvement: Saint Luke's East Quality Education Practice Committee; Behavioral Medicine EPT
Lauren Aversman, PharmD
  • School of pharmacy: University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy
  • Residency training: PGY1—Lawrence Memorial Hospital
  • Specialty interests: Emergency Medicine
  • Health system, hospital, pharmacy, and residency committee involvement: P&T Committee, System Pharmacy Operations Team (SPOT), Emergency Department Evidence-Based Practice Team (EPT)
Amelia Gooch, PharmD, BCPS
  • School of pharmacy: University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy
  • Residency training: Olathe Medical Center
  • Specialty interests: General medicine, medication safety, antimicrobial stewardship
  • Professional involvement: Member of ASHP, ACCP, and MSHP (GKCSHP) 
Anne Hayes, PharmD, BCPS
  • School of pharmacy: University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy
  • Residency training: Kansas City VA Medical Center
  • Specialty interests: Internal medicine, anticoagulation, student education
  • Health system, hospital, pharmacy, and residency committee involvement: Medicine Evidence-Based Practice Team, Saint Luke’s East Hospital Quality Education Practice Committee
Thomas Johnson, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP
  • School of pharmacy: Creighton University
  • Specialty interests: Cardiology, Emergency Medicine
  • Health system, hospital, pharmacy, and residency committee involvement: Cardiovascular Evidence-Based Practice Team (EPT), Saint Luke’s East Shared Governance Practice, Quality, Education Committee, Saint Luke’s Health System Emergency Preparedness Committee
  • Professional involvement: American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP)
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)
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)
Joe Truong, PharmD
  • School of pharmacy: University of Kansas
  • Residency training: PGY1—Methodist Medical Center
  • Specialty interests: Internal Medicine; Student Education
  • Health system, hospital, pharmacy, and residency committee involvement: Representative, Saint Luke’s Health System Pharmacy Education Team
  • Professional involvement: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
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