Riverwood Garrison Clinic Pharmacy - Garrison, MN

APPE Experience Types
Community Practice

Address
27278 State Highway 18
Garrison, MN  56450

Phone
320-525-3401

Region
Brainerd

Main Contact
Linda Benson
lbenson@sisunet.org
218-927-5588

Detailed Site Information 

Institution
Riverwood Garrison Clinic Pharmacy is a small retail pharmacy located in a rural community.  The pharmacists emphasize patient counseling with every new prescription as well as over-the-counter products.  Due to our smaller prescription volume, the pharmacists and students are able to spend additional time with each patient to counsel, offer advice, and answer questions about medications.

Institutional Mission Statement and Vision
Our promise is to enhance and improve the health and well-being of everyone we serve through commitment and compassion.

Pharmacy Services
Traditional dispensing roles with emphasis on patient counseling. 

Pharmacists
Linda Benson, R.Ph, MBA – Pharmacy Manager
Gina Roth, Pharm.D.
Kathy Johnson, Pharm.D.

Technician
Liz Burns 

Teaching Philosophy
Riverwood Healthcare has a standing and ongoing commitment to the education of the next generation of health care providers. The staff is open to mentoring students and encouraging them to seek out and explore areas of interest.  The student should be self-motivated to seek out these opportunities.  Students will learn to communicate with and educate patients as well as work with other professionals in a community health care setting that includes hospital, clinic, and retail settings.

Professionalism and Assessment
Students should dress in a professional manner.  Business casual is acceptable.

An introduction to the APPE rotation outcomes and walk through introductions will occur the first morning of this rotation.

Evaluations will be conducted at mid term to establish progress and identify the focus of the remaining weeks and a final evaluation will be done at the end of the rotation based on outcomes met and mentor feedback.

Resources
Free parking is available in adjoining lots to the clinic and hospital. Students can bring their own lunch, or dine out on their lunch break while at the Garrison Pharmacy.  There is a break room available at the clinic equipped with a microwave and refrigerator. While at the hospital, they also have the opportunity to eat in the cafeteria. 

Community Practice - Retail

Primary Preceptor
Linda Benson, R.Ph., MBA

APPE Structure
The student will work at Riverwood’s Clinic Pharmacy in Garrison.  The student will participate in dispensing prescriptions for the community and Riverwood Health Care employees.  The student will have opportunities to counsel patients on new prescription medications and OTC products. Students will have opportunities to follow a practitioner in a clinic setting.  Other topics and projects could include ground work to establish MTM services, cost analysis, formulary research, and purchasing group activities. 

Student Roles and Responsibilities
Medication counseling on new prescriptions and OTC products
Possibility of a presentation to the hospital auxiliary or another group in the community

Educational Opportunities
Students will have opportunities to visit other sites, including rural retail pharmacy in Onamia, an Indian Service in Onamia, a VA hospital in Brainerd, and the Riverwood Hospital in Aitken.