Primary Care Specialty

[MdBrndPhrmcst]

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Hey guys, with these disease managment clinics being opened up where the community pharmacist (usually with a community residency) helps pateints manage there disease states like DM, HTN, DYSLIP etc.. do you think someone who has completed a hospital residency and then a specialty residency in ambulatory care would be qualified/hired for these positions?

 

[kwizard]

Hey guys, with these disease managment clinics being opened up where the community pharmacist (usually with a community residency) helps pateints manage there disease states like DM, HTN, DYSLIP etc.. do you think someone who has completed a hospital residency and then a specialty residency in ambulatory care would be qualified/hired for these positions?

Yep, but it may be more worthwhile to do a pharmacy practice w/ an emphasis in am care and save yourself the extra yr. Your ability the get the position will simply depend on your ability to pick a residency that has you functioning in a collaborative practice/disease state management and figure out the "business side" of knowing how to replicate it. I just finished expressing my thoughts on another post about how these "new" community pharmacy clinics are already reality in many hospital medical centers. Its a little easier to get the logistics in place as the clinic space is already available as many hospitals have provide office/clinic space for the MDs that have priviliges there as a mechanism to somewhat centralize healthcare.

 

[MdBrndPhrmcst]

Hey kwaizard thanks for responmse.. yeah i think the Pharmacacy practce with emphasis in PC would save me an extra year.. but I'm not yet 100% sure i want to do primary care.. although i'm leaning towards it.. i'm thinking i'll do a year ofgeneral just to check everything out..and then if i see primary care is what i want then i will do the specialized residency.. you make a good point though in picking one that is associated with a collaborative practice..

 

[gsinccom]

Hey kwaizard thanks for responmse.. yeah i think the Pharmacacy practce with emphasis in PC would save me an extra year.. but I'm not yet 100% sure i want to do primary care.. although i'm leaning towards it.. i'm thinking i'll do a year ofgeneral just to check everything out..and then if i see primary care is what i want then i will do the specialized residency.. you make a good point though in picking one that is associated with a collaborative practice..

Is a 1 year primary practice internship required to work in an outpatient clinic that is associated with a hospital/HMO? There is a hospital/HMO (actually about 8 hospitals in the State) where I live that has various (12-15) outpatient clinics associated with it. Each outpatient clinic (usually primary care family practice docs only but sometimes other specialities too are housed therein) also has a pharmacy too. I really like this setting cause it is a mix of hospital and community pharmacy. I've heard that jobs like these are hard to come by. Any advice for me?

 

[kwizard]

Is a 1 year primary practice internship required to work in an outpatient clinic that is associated with a hospital/HMO? There is a hospital/HMO (actually about 8 hospitals in the State) where I live that has various (12-15) outpatient clinics associated with it. Each outpatient clinic (usually primary care family practice docs only but sometimes other specialities too are housed therein) also has a pharmacy too. I really like this setting cause it is a mix of hospital and community pharmacy. I've heard that jobs like these are hard to come by. Any advice for me?

Clarification: internships are not residencies. Residencies are post graduate experiences. Internships are often the type of experience you would do in the summer for some extra experience in a particular area often while in school.

The issue w/ various clinics is whether a pharmacy presence is there so I'd inquire w/ the various pharmacy departments. Yes most of these position typically require someone residency trained; however, there are always exceptions, but residency training is often becoming the standard unless of course you have previous experience (which typically means you are already practicing somewhere).