Downtown Minneapolis

Hennepin Healthcare

Hennepin Healthcare is an integrated system of care that includes a nationally recognized Level I Adult and Pediatric Trauma Center, an acute care hospital, as well as a clinic system with primary care clinics located in Minneapolis and across Hennepin County. The healthcare system includes a 484-bed academic medical center, a large outpatient Clinic & Specialty Center, and a network of clinics downtown, in the North Loop, Whittier, and East Lake Street neighborhoods of Minneapolis, and in the suburban communities of Brooklyn Park, Golden Valley, Richfield, and St. Anthony Village. Hennepin Healthcare has a large psychiatric program, home care, and operates a research institute and philanthropic foundation. Hennepin Healthcare includes Emergency Medical Services, which operates a large fleet of ambulances serving 14 cities in Hennepin County. The system is operated by Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., a subsidiary corporation of Hennepin County.

Our Mission: We partner with our community, our patients, and their families to ensure access to outstanding care for everyone while improving health and wellness through teaching, patient and community education, and research.

Our Vision: Transforming the health of our community – exceptional care without exception.

Our Values:

• Person and Family Centered
• Excellence
• Teamwork
• Respect
• Integrity
• Compassion

Mark Holtan, PharmD (Community Pharmacy Preceptor)

"I enjoy getting to know patients and finding ways to help them fit their medications into everyday life. I also enjoy working as a team with providers to produce the best possible outcomes for patients."

Mark's practice area interests include HIV and infectious disease. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. He is credentialed through the American Academy of HIV Medicine as an HIV Specialist and is a Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist. He has been practicing within community pharmacy since 2006 and in Medication Therapy Management since 2010 in the Infectious Disease Clinic.

Joel Peterson, PharmD (Inpatient Pharmacy Preceptor)

"I really enjoy caring for our diverse community and partnering closely with interdisciplinary teams to enhance medication management and improve health outcomes. Educating and mentoring future healthcare providers, particularly pharmacy residents, is especially rewarding to me."

Joel earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Drake University in 2011 and completed his PGY1 pharmacy residency at Hennepin Healthcare. Since joining the staff in 2012, Joel has specialized in cardiology and internal medicine, bringing extensive clinical experience to his current role as Residency Program Director (RPD), a position he has held since 2022. Joel's practice interests include cardiovascular pharmacotherapy, internal medicine, and fostering professional growth among pharmacy residents.

Hennepin Healthcare — Program Overview

Site: Minneapolis, MN

Sequence: The first three blocks include Community, Ambulatory Care, and Institutional rotations. The last three blocks include Acute Care and two electives.

Delivery: Onsite, hands-on experience combined with structured readings, discussions, and interprofessional meetings as available.

Description: Students gain exposure to a Level I trauma center, comprehensive psychiatric services, and a poison control center, within the context of a vibrant, diverse, and complex urban community.

Interprofessional experiences: Active collaboration with healthcare providers, nurses, technicians, social workers, and other pharmacy team members. Students will contribute through medication reconciliation, therapeutic recommendations, patient education, participation in daily rounds, and quality improvement project(s).

Typical patient demographics: A diverse urban patient population including economically disadvantaged individuals, immigrant and refugee communities, multilingual patients (e.g., Spanish, Somali, Hmong), various racial/ethnic groups, a broad age range from young adult to geriatric, and a high prevalence of chronic illnesses, mental health conditions, and substance use disorders.

Travel: No travel required beyond the onsite location at Hennepin Healthcare.

Onsite hours: Typical onsite rotation hours are approximately 7:00am–3:30pm, Monday through Friday, unless otherwise specified.

Typical day/activities: Daily activities include medication management, operational procedures, attending meetings, patient care rounds, interdisciplinary discussions, protocol reviews, and quality improvement initiatives. Students will regularly collaborate with pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, medical residents, and attending physicians.

Dress code: Professional attire and identification badge is required. Black scrubs are also acceptable attire for inpatient rotations.

Tips for success: Familiarity with tertiary drug information resources is recommended, along with strong time management given the longitudinal nature of the experience. Recommended resources include institution-specific medication guidelines, clinical databases, and formulary management tools. Effective time management, proactive communication, and active participation in interprofessional collaboration will help ensure a successful rotation.

Required Learning Experience Descriptions

Community APPE

Description: Prior to the rotation, the preceptor and student will arrange a 15–30 minute virtual call to discuss the upcoming rotation with regard to travel restrictions (some clinic and pharmacy locations are not located on the main campus), prior experience, and professional interests. A schedule will be compiled and sent to the student prior to the beginning of the rotation. The official rotation will begin with a 2–3 hour orientation on the main campus with the primary preceptor(s) to review expectations, give a campus tour, and discuss the schedule for the upcoming week(s). The student will spend a majority of their time rotating between the 5 main-campus pharmacies as well as the 5 off-campus pharmacies, with additional time spent at Enhanced Care Pharmacy and Whittier Clinic Pharmacy, and less time at the other pharmacies. Students will focus their first week on learning the EPIC Willow Ambulatory pharmacy system and gaining comfort with general operations. The student will then rotate to different sites, with a focus on medication education toward patients and learning the various disease states that are a focus of the different pharmacies. Students will be expected to focus most of their time face-to-face with patients, educating using patient-friendly language and utilizing interpreters if needed. As students gain more comfort, they will focus on provider communication as well as situations that involve pharmacist professional judgment.

Pharmacy locations:

• On campus: Enhanced Care Pharmacy (HIV-specific), Specialty Services Pharmacy, Red Lower Discharge Pharmacy, Shapiro Pharmacy, CSC Pharmacy
• Off campus: Whittier Clinic Pharmacy, Richfield Clinic Pharmacy, Brooklyn Park Clinic Pharmacy, St. Anthony Clinic Pharmacy, North Loop Pharmacy

Ambulatory Care APPE

Description: The student will spend a majority of their time in various internal medicine and specialty clinics. The student will begin by shadowing providers performing Comprehensive Medication Management (CMM) as well as targeted visits. As the student gains comfort and proficiency, they will perform a limited number of clinic visits and documentation with increasing amounts of independence, specific to the learner. Direct instruction will be utilized for common chronic disease states, with the student responsible for leading some of these discussions. The student will be working primarily with the primary preceptor and PGY-2 Ambulatory resident for facilitation, but will work with a variety of preceptors and pharmacists at some of the 20 different clinic sites where care is provided. The clinic locations where the student will be located will vary depending on the learner's previous ambulatory experience, provider availability, and student interest.

Student responsibilities:

• Case presentation
• Journal club facilitation
• Ambulatory Care Newsletter article

Institutional APPE

Description: This rotation provides pharmacy students with an immersive experience centered on institutional medication access and operational processes unique to Hennepin Healthcare. Students will actively engage in centralized pharmacy operations integral to medication delivery across the entire hospital. Through collaboration with pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, students will gain practical knowledge in drug procurement, distribution systems, sterile and non-sterile compounding, adherence to institutional protocols, regulatory compliance, and continuous quality improvement initiatives. The primary goal is for students to develop a comprehensive understanding of and accountability for medication management within an integrated healthcare setting. Students will participate in structured readings, attend departmental meetings, and engage in detailed process and procedure discussions with preceptors and other pharmacy staff multiple times each week.

Hennepin Healthcare's central pharmacy is located within the downtown Minneapolis hospital campus and provides comprehensive pharmacy services integral to inpatient and outpatient care. Serving as the core medication management hub, the pharmacy supports high-volume dispensing, sterile compounding, and centralized and decentralized inventory control, while collaborating closely with multidisciplinary care teams to optimize patient outcomes. With advanced systems and integrated workflows, Central Pharmacy ensures medication safety, efficiency, and seamless transitions of care across the institution.

Onsite hours: Monday–Friday, approximately 7:00am–3:30pm. An additional ~5 hours per week on average outside of this time will be spent in rotation preparation, reading, and projects consistent with "homework."

Student responsibilities:

• Prepare intravenous (IV) admixtures, total parenteral nutrition (TPN), and other sterile products following USP <797> standards
• Perform non-sterile compounding under pharmacist supervision
• Assist in dispensing medications, including automated dispensing systems and manual fills
• Check and fill orders within the EMR as a staff pharmacist utilizing provisional verification
• Coordinate medication deliveries to patient care units, ensuring timely distribution
• Participate in medication stocking, cycle counting, and expiry checks
• Contribute to medication safety initiatives, including error reporting and analysis
• Perform audits on medication storage, labeling, and usage compliance
• Communicate to pharmacy staff regarding project-based work and workflow changes
• Provide education to pharmacy staff as needed

Acute Care APPE

Preceptor: Sally Lee, PharmD, BCPS

Description: A 5-week block caring for adult acute care patients throughout the institution within a team-based teaching model. Unit assignments will be determined based on student interest, preceptor availability, and service capacity. Available services may include internal medicine, acute care cardiology, family medicine, nephrology, or surgery. Approximately 70% of the student's time will be spent in self-directed preparation of thorough pharmacotherapeutic assessments and care plans for their assigned patients, multi-disciplinary team rounding, patient interactions, and project completion. Approximately 15% of time will be spent one-on-one with the primary preceptor, 10% in group lectures or learning experiences, and 5% on projects assigned by the preceptor.

Student responsibilities:

• Review all assigned patients and identify, assess, resolve, and prevent drug therapy problems
• Develop therapy plans and monitoring plans for all assigned patients
• Perform admission medication reconciliation for all assigned patients
• Attend and actively participate in daily patient care rounds with medical students, medical residents, pharmacist, and attending physician
• Relay recommendations to the prescribers and follow up on those recommendations as appropriate
• Present patient work-ups to the preceptor on a daily basis to discuss therapeutic recommendations and review performance
• Complete clinical documentation for pharmacokinetic and anticoagulation pharmacy dosing protocols
• Participate in a layered learning model with PGY1 and/or PGY2 residents
• Perform bedside discharge counseling as assigned

Educational opportunities: Minimum requirements for this 5-week rotation may include one formal case presentation or journal club to healthcare professionals or students, and one formal or informal drug information or topic discussion provided to healthcare professionals.

Group education opportunities: Internal Medicine Noon Conference, Nephrology Teaching Conference, Nephrology Grand Rounds, APPE Student Conferences.

Elective Learning Experience Descriptions

Toxicology

Preceptor: Carrie Oakland, PharmD, BCPS, CSPI ([email protected])

Additional preceptors: Stacey Bangh, Ted Gray, Ashley Jensen, Alyssa Klotz, Jill Topeff

Description: Students will be working directly with the preceptor in the preceptor's work area. During the initial two weeks of the rotation, students will participate in didactic learning, which includes lectures given by Poison Center staff, student/resident-led topic discussions, and additional activities to facilitate learning. Once the didactic portion of the rotation is complete, students will answer Poison Center calls, providing real-time recommendations to callers under the direct supervision of the Poison Center pharmacists, and will document cases in the Poison Center database.

Student responsibilities:

• Participate in didactic learning sessions
• Provide topic presentations as assigned by the preceptor
• Gather exposure history and present patient cases to Poison Center pharmacists
• Review patients with potentially toxic exposures (ingestion, inhalation, etc.)
• Discuss the potential adverse effects of toxic exposures as well as pharmacokinetics/toxicokinetics of drugs/drug classes
• Determine the appropriate treatment recommendation(s)
• Present all patients to the preceptor to discuss assessment/plan
• Communicate recommendations to callers and follow up on those recommendations as needed

Educational opportunities: Case rounds, patient case presentations, journal club presentations, didactic learning (lectures, topic discussions, worksheets), a toxicology simulation, and attendance at toxicology-related presentations/meetings (e.g., Poison Hour, Toxicology Lab/Poison Center Conference, Pharmacy Grand Rounds, etc.).

Pre-rotation requirements: None.

Onsite hours: Daytime, 8-hour shifts.

Description of work area: The Poison Center is located within Hennepin Healthcare, downtown Minneapolis. Individual workstations containing computer and phone equipment are available for student use during the rotation.

Emergency Medicine

Preceptor: Holly M. Drone, PharmD, BCCCP — Emergency Medicine Pharmacist (612-518-6413; [email protected])

Additional preceptors: Nicholas Beaupre, PharmD, BCCCP — Emergency Medicine Pharmacist (612-518-6413; [email protected]); Amber Lebrun, PharmD, BCCCP — Emergency Medicine Pharmacist (612-518-6413; [email protected]); Kaitlyn Robinson, PharmD, BCCCP (612-518-6413; [email protected])

Description: Students will be working directly with the preceptor either in the preceptor's work area or in one of the patient care areas in the emergency department. Approximately 60% of the student's time will be spent in self-directed preparation of thorough pharmacotherapeutic assessments and care plans for assigned patients, multi-disciplinary team rounding, and patient interactions. Approximately 30% of time will be spent one-on-one with the preceptor, and 10% on projects assigned by the preceptor.

The practice site for this rotation is Hennepin Healthcare, a 470-bed, Joint Commission-accredited, Level 1 trauma center located on the east side of downtown Minneapolis. A teaching hospital site for the University of Minnesota and the largest safety-net hospital in the state, Hennepin Healthcare serves a wide range of patient experiences. Given the unique nature of the diverse patient population, clinical pharmacists are a well-established and vital member of the interdisciplinary care teams. The pharmacy department employs seven PGY1 residents in ambulatory care, administration, and pharmacy practice, as well as seven PGY2 residents in specialties such as critical care, transplant, internal medicine, and ambulatory care. For additional information, visit www.hennepinhealthcare.org.

Student responsibilities:

• Review all assigned patients and identify, assess, resolve, and prevent drug therapy problems
• Develop therapy plans and monitoring plans for all assigned patients by the end of rotation
• Perform admission medication reconciliation for all assigned patients who are being admitted
• Attend daily patient care rounds with medical students, medical residents, clinical pharmacist (resident and/or staff), and attending physician
• Relay recommendations to the prescribers and follow up on plan implementation
• Present patient work-ups to the preceptor on a daily basis to discuss therapeutic recommendations and review performance
• Actively participate in layered learning with staff pharmacist and PGY1 or PGY2 residents if applicable
• Perform bedside patient education or nursing education as assigned
• Complete a drug utilization review, quality initiative review, or therapeutic protocol development as assigned by preceptors

Educational opportunities: Minimum formal presentation requirements include one journal club, two topic discussion leads, and one drug information presentation. Group education opportunities include Resuscitation/Trauma Conference, Pharmacy Grand Rounds, and the Critical Care Journal and Book Club.

Pre-rotation requirements: Students must possess excellent baseline pharmacotherapy knowledge and a desire to work independently in order to effectively participate in this experience. Student success will require self-directed learning so preceptor coaching can focus on the application of an established pharmacotherapy foundation. One article/review will be required reading prior to the rotation.

Onsite hours: Monday–Friday, mixed shifts 0700–1500 and 1300–2100 (blocked in either day or evening weeks), or until clinical activities and responsibilities are completed.

Description of work area: Shared workstation in the emergency department during shifts (primary workspace); a student-designated desk in the pharmacist office is also available for other work. Some of the rotation may involve standing during acute patient cases or when space is limited at computer workstations.

Psychiatry

Preceptor: Zachary Wyman, PharmD, BCPS — Clinical Pharmacist, Psychiatry (612-873-2219; [email protected])

Additional preceptor: Rosemary Dulac, PharmD, BCPP — Clinical Pharmacist, Psychiatry (612-873-2715; [email protected])

Description: Hennepin Healthcare has one of the largest inpatient psychiatric populations in the metro area, which includes a psych ED and a collaboration between Medicine and Psychiatric departments allowing patients to be treated for their psychiatric conditions and any comorbid medical conditions. Students will be working directly with the preceptor either in the preceptor's work area or in one of the patient care areas. Daily routine consists of patient chart review, performing medication reconciliation, and attending interdisciplinary rounds.

Pre-rotation requirements: None.

Onsite hours: 0700–1530.

Description of work area: Community hospital setting. Students will have a workstation in the preceptor's office while preparing for patient interactions, with the option of working in the hospital library or another location during reading or presentation preparation.

Critical Care

Preceptors: Tim Lam, PharmD, BCCCP — Clinical Pharmacist, SICU ([email protected]); Sarah Linder-Stenzel, PharmD, BCCCP; Tim Fromm, PharmD, BCCCP

Description: This rotation is dedicated to the care of critically ill patients within the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) and/or Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) at Hennepin Healthcare. Students will be fully integrated into an interdisciplinary healthcare team, actively engaging in direct patient care and clinical decision-making in a dynamic critical care environment. Approximately 70% of student time will be spent performing patient-centered clinical activities such as comprehensive pharmacotherapeutic assessments, medication therapy management, and active participation in multidisciplinary rounds. Around 10–15% of time will be dedicated to one-on-one mentoring sessions with primary preceptors, approximately 10% to structured lectures and group educational sessions, and about 5–10% to projects or assignments designated by the preceptor and structured discussions led by the preceptor and/or layered-learning-engaged PGY-1 or PGY-2 residents.

Student responsibilities:

• Conduct thorough patient reviews to identify, assess, resolve, and prevent drug therapy problems in critically ill populations
• Develop and monitor comprehensive therapeutic plans tailored to each patient
• Complete admission medication reconciliation processes
• Actively participate in daily interdisciplinary rounds alongside medical residents, pharmacists, attending physicians, and other healthcare team members
• Communicate medication therapy recommendations clearly and follow up to ensure implementation and effectiveness
• Deliver daily patient presentations to preceptors to discuss clinical reasoning and therapeutic recommendations
• Perform clinical documentation and communication related to pharmacokinetics, anticoagulation management, sedation, analgesia, and other critical-care-specific protocols
• Engage in a layered learning model with PGY1 and/or PGY2 residents

Educational opportunities: Minimum requirements include delivering one formal case presentation or journal club session to healthcare professionals or students, and conducting at least one formal or informal drug information session or topic discussion for the healthcare team.

Transplant

Preceptor: Tracy Anderson-Haag, PharmD, BCPS — Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (612-873-4184; [email protected])

Description: This 5-week rotation will be spent caring for inpatient and ambulatory kidney transplant recipients. Approximately 60% of the student's time will be spent in patient interactions, self-directed preparation of thorough pharmacotherapeutic assessments and care plans for the patients under their care, and multi-disciplinary team rounding. Approximately 25% of time will be spent one-on-one with the primary preceptor, 5–10% in group lectures or learning experiences, and 5–10% on projects assigned by the preceptor.

The practice site for this rotation is Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) and the Hennepin Healthcare Kidney Center Transplant Clinic. HCMC is a 470-bed, JCAHO-accredited, Level 1 trauma center located on the east side of downtown Minneapolis and a teaching hospital of the University of Minnesota. The Division of Nephrology, directed by Drs. John Silkensen and Kirsten Johansen, oversees the total care of over 390 dialysis patients. The Hennepin Healthcare Kidney Transplant Program averages 50–80 transplants per year and has performed over 4,000 transplants since its inception in 1963. Pharmacists have been intimately involved on these multi-disciplinary teams for over 35 years. For additional information, visit www.hcmc.org.

Pre-rotation requirements: Students must possess excellent communication skills and the ability to work independently in order to effectively participate in this experience. Students should also have a strong interest in clinical pharmacy and direct patient care (including patient interaction) for this APPE.

Onsite hours: Monday–Friday, approximately 7:00am–3:30pm, or until clinical activities and responsibilities are completed.

Transitions of Care

Preceptor: Brooke Menon, PharmD, BCPS ([email protected]; 612-873-3000)

Co-preceptors: Shannon Carboni, PharmD ([email protected]); Kelsi Giller, PharmD ([email protected])

Description: A 5-week block focusing on transitions of care for adult medical patients during their hospital stay. The Transitions of Care (TOC) Pharmacist group focuses on proactively identifying and solving medication-related issues for a patient during their hospitalization and ensuring a smooth transition back to the outpatient setting. TOC pharmacists interact with patients several times during their hospital course, including on admission to identify medication needs and barriers to medication compliance, upon discharge for bedside discharge counseling, and post-discharge through a telephone encounter. Target populations include patients admitted for acute heart failure exacerbations, acute cardiac events, and patients at high risk of readmission.

Approximately 60% of the student's time will be spent directly interacting with patients during initial visits, discharge counseling, or post-discharge follow-up telephone calls. Approximately 30% of the student's time will be spent in self-directed chart reviews and preparation of counseling points for their assigned patients. The remaining time will be spent in group lectures or learning experiences and projects. Students will lead clinical topic discussions with preceptors about common disease states (AMI, CHF, diabetes, SUD) with an emphasis on patient education points, and will also learn about community resources available to patients.

Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) is Minnesota's first and largest Level 1 Trauma Center and a safety-net hospital providing care for low-income, uninsured, and vulnerable populations. Specialty care centers include heart and stroke, comprehensive cancer, burn, HIV, kidney transplant, toxicology, and emergency medicine. The emergency department, the most active in the state, provides treatment for approximately 110,000 patients annually.

Interprofessional experiences: Students will meet daily with their preceptor to review assigned patients and discuss pertinent medication-related issues. Students will collaborate with clinical pharmacists, nursing staff, providers, and outpatient community pharmacies to ensure patient needs are met, and will document their patient care activities in the electronic medical record. Students may also have the opportunity to attend inpatient teaching rounds, MTM visits, ACO meetings, student conferences, and Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, depending on scheduling availability and student interest.

Onsite hours: 8:00am–4:30pm.

Description of work area: Students will sit in a clinical pharmacy office with other pharmacy students and residents, and will meet with patients in the patient's hospital room for direct patient care activities.

Nephrology

Preceptor: Bhavin Patel, PharmD, BCPS

Description: A block caring for adult acute care patients throughout the institution within a team-based teaching model. Unit/team assignment includes Renal Care Team A or B, which cares for patients with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis, or post renal transplant. These teams are unique in that they are staffed by a staff nephrologist and follow a teaching team format. Approximately 70% of the student's time will be spent in self-directed preparation of thorough pharmacotherapeutic assessments and care plans for their assigned patients, multi-disciplinary team rounding, patient interactions, and project completion. Approximately 15% of time will be spent one-on-one with the primary preceptor, 10% in group lectures or learning experiences, and 5% on projects assigned by the preceptor.

Student responsibilities:

• Review all assigned patients and identify, assess, resolve, and prevent drug therapy problems
• Develop therapy plans and monitoring plans for all assigned patients
• Perform admission medication reconciliation for all assigned patients
• Attend and actively participate in daily patient care rounds with medical students, medical residents, pharmacist, and attending physician
• Relay recommendations to the prescribers and follow up on those recommendations as appropriate
• Present patient work-ups to the preceptor on a daily basis to discuss therapeutic recommendations and review performance
• Complete clinical documentation for pharmacokinetic and anticoagulation pharmacy dosing protocols
• Participate in a layered learning model with PGY1 and/or PGY2 residents

Educational opportunities: Minimum requirements for this 5-week rotation may include one formal case presentation or journal club to healthcare professionals or students, and one formal or informal drug information or topic discussion provided to healthcare professionals.

Group education opportunities: Internal Medicine Noon Conference, Nephrology Teaching Conference, Nephrology Grand Rounds, APPE Student Conferences.

(Note: this elective is available if nephrology was not the primary service completed during the Acute Care rotation.)

Oncology

Preceptor: Katie Won, PharmD, BCOP (612-873-4734; [email protected])

Description: Students will be working directly with the preceptor either in the preceptor's work area or in one of the patient care areas, participating in the care of patients with cancer and hematologic conditions. The ambulatory pharmacist in the Cancer Center is responsible for ensuring safe and effective medication use for patients seen in the clinic. Routine responsibilities include reviewing and reconciling medications with patients during pharmacist visits; collaborating with other health care providers to ensure medications (and chemotherapy) are indicated, effective, safe, and convenient for patients to use; educating patients and caregivers on new chemotherapy and supportive care medications; discussing smoking cessation planning with patients; verifying medications for nurse administration; and researching and managing chemotherapy toxicities through dose level adjustment, supportive care medications, and patient education. The pharmacist documents care provided and serves as a drug information resource to staff, patients, and caregivers.

In the Cancer Center, the student will be expected to review patients scheduled with the pharmacist prior to the encounter, typically 2–5 patients daily. The student may provide medication teaching to patients under preceptor supervision and document appropriately, or will observe the provision of these services until the preceptor deems the student prepared to provide these services under supervision, as directed by the preceptor. Additionally, the student will work closely with the clinic pharmacist to provide drug information to clinic staff, as requested.

Pre-rotation requirements: Students with an interest in oncology, palliative care, or hematology are encouraged to take this rotation, as are students who require oncology knowledge for future education or career plans. It is strongly suggested that students complete Acute Care prior to taking Oncology.

Onsite hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00am–4:30pm (flexible by prior arrangement with the preceptor). Actual time in clinic is generally 9:00am–4:00pm, with the remainder of the time spent on reading or preparation of presentations. The student is expected to arrive at a time that allows them to initiate a pharmaceutical care workup and proper preparation for their first clinic visit of the day, and should review the clinic schedule at least a day in advance to best prepare for morning visits.

Description of work area: Students will have a workstation in the clinic workroom while preparing for patient interactions, with the option of working in the hospital library or another location during reading or presentation preparation.

Hennepin Healthcare does not assist with housing. No travel is required outside the metro area, aside from other community or clinic sites not located on the 701 Park Ave downtown campus.