Adult Medicine Rotation

Preceptor: Paul Godley, Pharm.D. and Patient Care Pharmacists

More than 500 medical/surgical beds are licensed for Scott & White Memorial Hospital, the institution’s acute care facility.

The Internal Medicine program consists of four medicine teams; each team includes a medical staff, attending physician, medical/surgical residents, Texas A&M College of Medicine students, pharmacy residents and University of Texas College of Pharmacy Doctor of Pharmacy students.

The medical/surgical floors are covered by six clinical patient care pharmacists; the patient care pharmacists are present on the units from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Medication distribution is managed from the central pharmacy.

Residents on rotation on the internal medicine service will gain exposure to the following subspecialty areas:

• Cardiology
• Dermatology
• Endocrinology
• Gastroenterology
• Hematology
• Infectious Disease
• Nephrology
• Neurology
• Nutrition support
• Psychiatry
• Pulmonology
• Rheumatology
• Urology

Resident responsibilities while participating in the internal medicine rotation:

1. Participation in daily rounds with assigned medicine team
2. Daily attendance at medicine morning report
3. Daily review of pharmaceutical care plan on all patients on the service
4. Provision of pharmacokinetic consults and antibiotic streamlining as necessary
5. Provision of drug information to the medical team as necessary
6. Report adverse drug events/reactions according to hospital policy
7. Daily attendance at medicine noon conference
8. Mentor doctor of pharmacy students on the internal medicine rotation

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