Mathes Pharmacy
This ambulatory care rotation focuses on diabetes care in the outpatient setting. Students prepare patient case presentations, lead follow-up appointments, assess insulin regimens, and participate in weekly diabetes education classes. Students are also responsible for the daily operations and management of the diabetes center. In order to gain a realistic appreciation for this disease state, students are required to monitor their blood glucose, give themselves insulin injections, and wear insulin pumps.
Alaska Rotations
- Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (IHS)
- Providence Family Medicine Center
- SEARHC Ethel Lund Medical Center
Independent Pharmacies
- Cowan Drugs/Parkside Pharmacy
- Miller's Pharmacy
- Davis Drugs
- Webb's Family Pharmacy
- Shakamak Pharmacy
- Topeka Pharmacy
Industry Rotations
- Accountable Care Organization
- Advertising, Promotion, Reg Affairs
- New Product Commercialization
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- Regulatory Affairs
- Pharmaceutical Advertising and Promotion
- Scientific Strategy
- Healthcare Consulting
- Pharmacy Solutions
- Pharmaceutical Industry Marketing/Commercial Consulting
Nuclear Pharmacy
- St. Bartholomew's Hospital - London
- Duke University Medical Center
- IU Health University Hospital
- Cardinal Health Nuclear Pharmacy
- Louisville, South Bend, Indianapolis, San Diego
Veterinary Pharmacy
This pharmacy is located in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the College of Veterinary Medicine of Purdue University. There are three distinct functions of this pharmacy, limited wholesale type transactions for research accounts, in-house patient medication dispensing and to-go-home patient medication dispensing similar to a retail pharmacy. Extensive compounding (average 260 per month) of various non-sterile and sterile compounded preparations is an important part of this pharmacy's operation. Two full time pharmacists and two full time pharmacy technicians are on duty at all times. In addition to the pharmacy, there are extensive opportunities to work and interact with veterinary students, DVM faculty and clinicians in various departments such as Dermatology, Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Small Animal Medicine (internal medicine), Large Animal Medicine, Small Animal Surgery, Large Animal Surgery, Ophthalmology, Endocrinology, Animal Behavior, Cardiology and Orthopedics.
Specialty Pharmacy
- Accredo, an Express Scripts Specialty Pharmacy - Whitestown
- Amber Pharmacy
- Onco360 Oncology Pharmacy
- OptumRx
- Walgreens
- Walgreens Local Specialty
- Community, a Walgreens Pharmacy
- Community Hospital North
- Damien Center
- Northwest Oncology
- Fort Wayne Lutheran Hospital
- Community Hospital North
Pharmacy Benefit Management/Managed Care
- OptumRx (formerly Catamaran Corp)
- True Rx Management Services
- Humana Pharmacy Solutions - KY
- MDwise, Inc.
- MHS, Ambetter and Allwell
- True Rx Management Services
Long Term Care
- Genoa Healthcare
- Grandview Pharmacy (CVS)
- In Touch Pharmaceuticals
- Omnicare, a CVS Health Company
- Skilled Care of Indiana
- VA Illiana Health Care System
- Williams Brothers
Health, Law & Litigation
Cooper & Scully, PC is a mid-sized law firm with a substantial health care law and litigation practice, involving the defense of and consultation with pharmacies of varying sizes from the largest Fortune top 10 to small compounding pharmacies. The student will serve as a fully functioning paralegal/legal assistant assisting attorneys in every phase of litigation and consulting. The experience varies depending on the ongoing work at the time. Students may attend depositions, hearings, mediations, trials, arbitrations, client meetings, etc. Students will be required to execute firm-related paperwork to address HIPAA and other client-related confidentiality issues attendant to a law practice.
Legislative & Pharmacy Organizations
Students will have a unique opportunity to spend their entire rotation at the Indiana State House directly working with Indiana State Senators, Representatives and staff in the Governor's office; as well as spend time with the Executive Director of the Indiana Pharmacists Association. Dr. Gloria Sachdev, Purdue faculty preceptor, will meet with students periodically throughout the rotation.
Faculty Preceptors
- Academic
- Administration
- Adult Medicine
- Ambulatory Care
- Cardiology Clinic
- Colombia
- Community Pharmacy/Medication Safety
- Diabetes Care
- Drug Information
- Hematology
- Infectious Diseases
- Information Technology
- Institutional Pharmacy APPE
- Kenya
- Medication Safety
- Nephrology
- Nuclear Medicine
- Nutritional Support
- Oncology Clinic
- Pediatric Cardiology
- Psychiatric Medicine Clinic
- Research
- Specialty Pharmacy
- Substance Use Disorders
- Surgery