Preceptor Newsletter Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy
My Favorite Rotation - Caleb Knight While P4 students are on the Academia APPE, they are tasked with writing about their favorite rotation and share information related to the success of the rotation to share in this newsletter. Caleb Knight, Class of 2024 I am excited to share with you my recent experience during my very first APPE rotation, a Hospital/Health-Systems rotation, at Prisma Health Upstate. The Pharmacy Administrator, Dr. Harrison Jozefcyk, supervises the oncology department. This rotation not only allowed me to see a completely different side of pharmacy, but it also afforded me the opportunity to gain valuable clinical experience. Being a Hospital/Health-Systems rotation, a lot of meetings were held with members and stakeholders from varying Prisma departments. These meetings were scheduled to make sure everyone involved was on the same page in regard to patient care, streamlining processes, & maintaining compliance with policies. (Since GMH and Palmetto Health merged, the streamlining of processes is still in progress.) With 8 years of total experience in a pharmacy setting, it was an eye-opening experience to see the massive amount of work and coordination that goes into maintaining & running a healthcare facility. Most of what makes the “machine” work is done behind the scenes. I was also fortunate to see many of my former colleagues. Many led or attended the meetings mentioned above. Some have also moved into positions which enabled them to serve in administrative roles within Prisma Health. Being in an administrative role, employees will automatically come to you with any problems, concerns, or even just to ask for opinions or points-of-view concerning different topics. During these different interactions, I was able to work with Prisma’s Pharmacology & Therapeutics committee to have a medication added to formulary; create an OTC drug informational handout for the clinic staff to provide information to postmenopausal patients, present an in depth chemotherapy project to oncology pharmacists, nurses, and students; and even worked hands-on with pharmacists, nurses, and Physician Assistant’s in the oncology infusion center. Overall, my favorite part of this rotation was the opportunity to work hands-on in the infusion center. After patients were seen by their provider, they were directed into the infusion center for their chemotherapy treatments. Working with the oncology pharmacist, patient workups were completed and each medication they were prescribed was reviewed. The patients then sat down with the pharmacist for a review of all the treatments they would be participating in. The pharmacist also provided a short informative document with important information regarding the medications they would be prescribed.