PHPR 686 Hospital Externship I or
PHPR 687 Hospital Externship II

  • Leslie Thomas, R.Ph.
    Department of Pharmacy
    Ransom Memorial Hospital
    1301 S. Main Street
    Ottawa, Kansas 66067
  • Phone: (785) 229-8359
  • Fax: (785) 229-8282
  • E-mail: pharmacyd@ransom.org
  • Website: www.ransom.org

Clerkship Description
Ransom Memorial Hospital is a 60 bed, JCAHO accredited community hospital.  This site offers:

  • General medicine
  • ICU
  • Telemetry
  • Obstetrics
  • Surgery
  • ER
  • Home Health
  • Hospital-wide computer system

The central pharmacy offers experience in:

  • Unit dose
  • IV admixture
  • TPN
  • Chemotherapy

Patient focused clinical experience includes:

  • Drug therapy monitoring
  • Pharmacokinetic dosing service
  • IV to PO program
  • Renal dosing program
  • Anticoagulation service
  • Pain management
  • Discharge counseling
  • Code Blue response team member

Specific Site Requirements/Information
The clerkship includes shadowing of pharmacists and techs as well as shadowing in other hospital departments.  The student will learn to work on the clinical functions in the pharmacy.  He/she will also work on drug information questions and will present a journal article.  The student will give two patient presentations and will present an educational presentation to the nursing staff.

Pharmacy hours:   0630-1700 Monday thru Friday
                            0700-1500 Saturday and Sunday

Directions to Site


PPE Director:   Jim Kleoppel
Page reviewed by:  Leslie Thomas 2/07