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Community Pharmacy
Practice Residency - Sites
Program Preceptors and Training
Sites
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Jay
D. Currie, Pharm.D.
Professor (Clinical)
Program Director and
Site Coordinator
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Dr. Currie has worked with community
pharmacists undergoing their conversion to pharmaceutical
care practice since 1991. He has been one of the leaders
in the pharmaceutical care movement in Iowa, developing
and implementing programs for pharmacists and pharmacy
students. He is Director of the College of Pharmacy Professional
Experience Program and coordinates the community pharmaceutical
care rotation and the community pharmacy rotation at the
College, and worked with sites to develop this residency
in 1997. |
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Karen B. Farris, B.S. Pharm., Ph.D.
Professor
Program Faculty
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Dr. Farris has conducted theoretical
and practice-based research about community pharmacy since1993.
She is particularly interested in studying pharmacists'
roles in improving medication use among the community-dwelling
elderly. In the residency program, she co-teaches a Research
Skills Seminar and provides guidance and scientific commentary
on residency projects. |
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William
R. Doucette, Ph.D., R.Ph.
Professor
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Professor Doucette has studied
influences on pharmacists and their practices. Specific
studies have examined changing pharmacy practice, pharmacist-physician
collaboration and pharmacist drug therapy management. In
the residency program, he co-teaches a Research Skills
Seminar and provides scientific advice on residency projects. |
Residency Sites Located in Progressive
Pharmacy Practices Across East Central Iowa
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Hy-Vee Pharmacy,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Thane
Kading , B.S., Site Coordinator
Additional Clinical Faculty:
Abby Beane, PharmD, Laura Knockel, PharmD, Helen Eddy,
BS, MBA Hy-Vee Pharmacy is a supermarket-based
pharmacy that is committed to providing comprehensive health
and wellness services to its customers. Hy-Vee, Inc. has
over 180 pharmacy sites many with their own unique specialties.
The pharmacy provides patient education and services that
include pharmaceutical case management, hypertension screening,
natural medicine counseling, comprehensive diabetes care
education, immunization services, and lipid management.
It also serves as a wellness clinic which contracts with
private corporations to provide screening and educational
services to their employees. The pharmacy provides access
to nutritional counseling that is delivered by Hy-Vee registered
dieticians. Residents will rotate through additional educational
experiences that include corporate management, a pharmacy
that specializes in compounding services, and a pharmacy
that focuses exclusively on long term care facilities including
dispensing and consulting services. An area of resident
focus is to establish and implement disease management
services in the community setting. |
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Cedar
Rapids Area |
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Liberty
Pharmacy, North Liberty, Iowa with A Avenue Pharmacy,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Stevie Veach, PharmD, and Molly Adams, PharmD, Site Coordinators
Additional Clinical Faculty: Marla Tonn, BS, Gary Albers,
BS, Kim Van Schepen, PharmD., Jacquie Fitzgerald, PharmD,
Rani Elkin, PharmD, Kyra Corbett, PharmD
A shared position between two
progressive pharmacies with a strong history of providing
pharmaceutical care, located near the University of Iowa,
offering exposure to small town and urban populations and
a broad scope of patient contact. Clinical services include
on-site lipid monitoring, immunizations, hypertension programs,
smoking cessation, diabetes education, migraine management,
and asthma education. Over 100 patients are cared for through
the Medicaid Pharmaceutical Case Management program. There
is current emphasis on providing disease state management
programs to area businesses. Elective experiences are available
internally in nutraceutical wellness, home infusion, medical
supply and business management. Each location has residency
trained University of Iowa faculty member. A residency
program member since 1998. |
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Iowa
City Area |
North
Liberty Area |
Cedar
Rapids Area |
Main at Locust Pharmacy
Clinic and Medical Supplies, Davenport, Iowa
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Site Info
Kara
Carruthers, PharmD, Site Coordinator
Additional Clinical Faculty: Lisa
C. Ploehn, PharmD, Kaye Wright,
BS, Lisa Garner, PharmD
Providing quality patient-oriented,
value-added services has been the philosophy at Main at
Locust Pharmacy Clinic. This family owned business has
been a leader in community and long-term care pharmacy
in the state of Iowa for over 30 years. Clinic services
include an established wellness center, pharmaceutical
case management, wellness screenings, comprehensive medication
reviews, and hormone replacement therapy consultations.
Our pharmacy also has educational programs in several areas
such as: weight control and wellness, diabetes, asthma,
and smoking cessation. The wellness center provides anticoagulation
monitoring, cholesterol, blood glucose, liver function,
bone density, body fat, and resting metabolic rate testing.
Some of the other unique screenings our pharmacy provides
is arterial elasticity screening, visual field analysis,
and dermaview skin analysis. Main at Locust Pharmacy Clinic
has an established pneumococcal and influenza vaccination
program providing vaccinations for approximately 5000 individuals
each year.
Main at Locust Pharmacy Clinic has been
a leader in the Quad City area for collaborating with self-insured
employers and other companies to provide health fair screenings
and comprehensive medication reviews. The pharmacy has
an excellent reputation with other health care providers
and business leaders in the community. The resident at this community pharmaceutical
care site will experience everything pharmaceutical care
has to offer. Along with taking care of patients and helping
to manage the wellness center, the resident will have multiple
opportunities to be involved with nursing home consulting
and teaching at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy.
In addition, there are opportunities to round with physicians,
participate in therapeutic discussions, and attend professional
and educational meetings. |
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Davenport
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Mercy Family Pharmacy, Dubuque,
Iowa
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Info
Heather
Rickertsen, PharmD, and Jessica Smith, PharmD, Site Coordinators
Additional Clinical Faculty:
Josh Feldmann,
PharmD, James A. Miller, BS, MBA, Susan Purcell, BS, Brenda Thies,
BS, Heather Christ, PharmD, Laura FitzPatrick, BS,
Dave Steng, BS, Sheri Strathman, BS, Jennifer Erickson,
BS, John Mulert, BS, Melissa Ernzen, PharmD, Chris
Parker, PharmD, Rhonda Anderson, PharmD
Mercy Family Pharmacy has been
providing services in this city of 62,000 for nearly 100
years. It began as a typical corner drugstore and evolved
to have 3 ambulatory pharmaceutical care sites, two in
Dubuque and one in Cascade, Iowa, all providing clinical
patient care services. Mercy Family Pharmacy at Mercy is
located at Mercy Medical Center and offers the opportunity
to work with hospital patients on discharge and closely
with hospital staff in a vertically integrated health system.
Additionally, our pharmacists offer programs in the areas
of diabetes, hyperlipidemia including lipid profiles by
Cholestech analyzer, asthma and chronic respiratory therapies,
smoking cessation, immunizations, migraine therapy, and
osteoporosis screening. A resident initiated continuity
of care program for congestive heart failure patients is
ongoing. Mercy Family Pharmacy constantly strives for patient
focused service and serves all ages, with current emphasis
on Medicaid Case management performance. An original residency
site, Mercy Family Pharmacy has had severesidents. |
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Dubuque,
Iowa Area |
Galena,
Illinois Area |
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Osterhaus
Pharmacy, Maquoketa , Iowa
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Info
Matthew
Osterhaus, B.S. Site Coordinator
Additional Clinical Faculty: Marilyn Osterhaus, BS, Michelle Prull, BS, Tammy Bullock,
PharmD, Connie Connelly, BS, Robert Osterhaus, BS, Shari Johnson, PharmD
Osterhaus Pharmacy is a family-owned
community pharmacy committed to high quality personalized
patient care, established in 1965, operating in a newly
renovated 10,000 square foot location in downtown Maquoketa.
Approximately 4500 patient lives are covered by pharmacy
services including ambulatory patients and long term care
residents. The professional staff specializes in provision
of pharmaceutical care to patients with asthma, hypertension,
diabetes, and hyperlipidemia. Furthermore, the staff is
involved in political, organizational, and regulatory venues
within pharmacy. The site is approved to perform CLIA waived
tests. Programs to assist patients with smoking cessation
and healthy weight loss are also available. In addition
to pharmaceutical care, the practice provides drug information,
durable medical equipment, and home medical-respiratory
services. The staff is involved in political, organizational,
and regulatory venues within pharmacy. Osterhaus has been
part of the residency program for ten years. |
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Maquoketa
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Shepley
Pharmacy, Mount Vernon, Iowa
More
Site Info
Alan
M. Shepley, BS, Site Coordinator
Additional Clinical Faculty:
Ruth Clark, BS, Amy Jackson, PharmD, Lisa Tortora, BS,
Michael Ernst, PharmD
Shepley Pharmacy
has been providing pharmaceutical care to patients and
collaborating with the College to educate pharmacy students
for several years. Large, newly remodeled areas allow the
professional staff to provide quality care to a wide variety
of patients. Additionally, they offer specialized programs
and services for patients with asthma, hyperlipidemia,
diabetes, osteoporosis, headache, and hypertension, as
well as immunization services, a smoking cessation program,
and services for patients with pregnancy and lactation
issues. Shepley pharmacists are also active as participants
in various case management programs and studies evaluating
patient care in the community pharmacy setting. Shepley's
offers an excellent opportunity to work closely with community
physicians. Residents participate in a pharmacist-managed
anticoagulation clinic provided out of the local physician's
office. The practice has had six residents since it began
participation in the residency program in 1998. |
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Mount
Vernon, Area |
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Towncrest Pharmacy, Iowa City, Iowa
Randy McDonough, PharmD, MS, Site Coordinator
Additional Clinical Faculty: Mike Deninger, BS, PhD, Bill Haigh, BS, Bernie Cremers, BS, Denise Prybil, BS
Towncrest Pharmacy has been serving Iowa City and surrounding areas since 1963. Independently owned, it is located 5 to 10 minutes from The University of Iowa campus and College of Pharmacy. The pharmacists and staff of Towncrest Pharmacy are recognized for their high quality personalized patient care and innovative services. It is this reputation that has helped them build long standing work relationships with other providers, businesses, and organizations in the community. Current patient care services at Towncrest Pharmacy include Medication Management Programs, Immunizations, Health Screenings and Risk Management Services, Disease State Education, Compliance Packaging Service, Durable Medical Equipment consultations, and Compounding Services (PCAB accredited). Towncrest Pharmacy has also established a quick clinical service to document drug therapy problems that are discovered during the dispensing process. In addition to these services, Towncrest works closely with several Supported Community Living organizations and Iowa City Hospice. |
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