Pharmacy Practice Experience 2: An Introduction To Pharmacy Experience

Introduction to Pharmacy Practice Experience 2 (IPPE 2) is a core course that provides practical experience for pharmacy students in different settings such as community and hospital experiences. Through this course I was able to participate in a 2-week rotation at Sanford Sheldon Medical Center. The purpose of the rotation is to provide us with the opportunity to learn and perform pharmacist tasks in the hospital setting. These tasks ranged from revision of a prescription order, preparation of IV bag fluids through the distribution process of medications.

My experience took place in a 25-bed hospital, which allowed me to experience in detail medication distribution process. At the beginning I was introduced to the system the hospital uses

Also, it presented me with the opportunity to learn the basics of pharmacy management, how resources were allocated in the hospital based, how economically the hospital adjusts to law and regulations from the board of pharmacy as well from insurance companies. I am certain that what I have learned from this experience will facilitate my continuing education, as it served as an opportunity to learn more about the pharmacist role and involvement in management, in addition to its common role as patient educator. I am certain that if presented with the opportunity to be a leader of a department in a hospital I will be able to evaluate the needs in the hospital and make sure all the appropriate resources are in place. For example, regardless of the size of the hospital I will observe if the amount of personnel staffed is performing at its best and efficiently the tasks required by the hospital. In other words I will evaluate if there is need to staff more people. In addition, I will evaluate if the role that each person is performing is producing the desirable outcomes or if there needs to be a reassignment of tasks. Consideration and implementation of automated systems will take place, especially systems that can help reduce human error. I will make sure to held meetings will all the staff an get input on whether they feel confortable with the new changes or not, and together determine what other resources can be implemented to improve and make the medication distribution process a smother and more efficient process. This ultimately will lead to an effective medication management that meets the requirements of the state and ultimately leads to less medication errors and safe medication implementation to