Resident Learning Activities

1. Actively participate in daily patient rounds with the on-call nephrologist.
2. Actively participate in weekly interdisciplinary rounds with the nephrology unit staff.
3. Observe and understand the daily routine in the inpatient hemodialysis unit.
4. Visit outpatient hemodialysis clinic on a weekly basis and observe the daily routine in that patient care setting.
5. Discover and devise opportunities for pharmaceutical care in the outpatient hemodialysis clinic.
6. Implement a mini-project that demonstrates the impact of pharmaceutical care in the outpatient hemodialysis setting.
7. Provide bi-weekly educational inservices to the nephrology unit staff on a relevant topic.
8. Present one journal club article to the pharmacy staff that is specific to pharmaceutical care in the renal population.
9. Present a patient case to your preceptor each week.
10. Obtain accurate medication histories and perform allergy assessments on a daily basis.
11. Provide discharge counseling to patients when appropriate.
12. Perform renal dose adjustments and pharmacokinetic monitoring on all renal and hemodialysis patients.
13. Become familiar with colony stimulating factors (Epogen®, Procrit®, Aranesp®, etc.) and develop an understanding of the use and dosing of these agents in the renal population.
14. Review patient profiles daily for appropriateness of drug therapy, renal dose adjustments, and make recommendations to physicians when necessary.
15. Develop problems lists and define therapeutic goals.
16. Document interventions/recommendations in the patient’s medical record when appropriate.