Population Health Fellowship
What to Expect
Fellow Responsibilities
The training year will consist of approximately 40% clinical practice in Population Health Management at Froedtert & 60% scholarship, teaching, and other academic-related duties.
The fellow will have a longitudinal academia pharmacy experience, exposing them to a variety of teaching responsibilities, including lecturing, facilitating small group-based learning, course coordination and student assessment.
Program Highlights
Highlights of the training program include working with a grant implementation team on the design, implementation, clinical practice, and continuous quality improvement of a population health management program in hypertension.
At the end of the training program, academic fellows will be well prepared for a career in population health management in an academic medical center.
Select Fellow Activities
Clinical Practice
- Practice as a clinical pharmacist working at the top of license, operating under a collaborative practice agreement in an academic medical center
- Improve hypertension outcomes by practicing under a novel remote patient monitoring initiative in Southeastern Wisconsin utilizing self-measured blood pressure readings
- Participate in the continuous quality improvement of a population health management initiative by coordinating clinical care across different healthcare organizations, optimizing workflows, and collaborating with other healthcare personnel.
- Collect and communicate operational metrics and quality measure performance with health system and grant team leadership
Scholarship
- Complete the MCW School of Pharmacy Research Certificate Program
- Complete a scholarly project related to population health, either through a quality improvement project, research project, or scholarship of teaching, learning and/or education
- Present research data at a professional meeting and the Annual MCW School of Pharmacy Research Symposium annually
- Submit paper for publication (novel clinical practice model, educational innovation, etc.)
- Represent the college at selected professional meetings (regional and national presence)
Teaching and College Service
- Design, implement, facilitate, and deliver innovative educational content within the Doctor of Pharmacy program
- Develop skills in educational training through a variety of classroom experiences (i.e. didactic lecturing, facilitating skills labs, and small group active-learning environments)
- Participate in a longitudinal specialty area of academia (i.e. Assessment, Curriculum, Admissions, Faculty Affairs, etc.)
- Develop skills necessary for successful course coordination, precept Introductory and/or Advanced Pharmacy Practice students on clinical rotations
- Engage in mentorship activities through student organizations and community service
- Exhibit professionalism through participation in pharmacy and interprofessional organizations and serving as student organization mentor
- Complete the MCW School of Pharmacy Teaching Certificate Program
- Complete the MCW Kinetic 3 Teaching Academy
- Precept pharmacy students on IPPE and APPE rotations during clinical practice days
Contact
For questions about the MCW School of Pharmacy's Population Health Fellowship, contact the program director:
