RESIDENCY SITE

OSU General Internal Medicine Clinic 

The OSU General Internal Medicine Clinics are a network of 7 primary care clinics and the primary outpatient sites for the nationally-recognized Ohio State University Internal Medicine Residency program. The network is part of the CMS Primary Care First program, an Alternative Payment Model focused on value-based care and primary care transformation. The pharmacy team at the site is directly involved in the leadership, development, and delivery of the value-based care initiatives.

Pharmacy residents at this site will interact with more than 100 medical residents, 80 attending physicians, and have access to more than 70,000 patients in an interdisciplinary clinic setting. The pharmacy resident has opportunities to work with physicians to design therapeutic plans for the management of chronic disease states such as, but not limited to, hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, anticoagulation, asthma, chronic non-malignant pain, depression/anxiety, and weight management along with a variety of acute care issues. Pharmacist collaborative practice agreements exist at the practice site in which the pharmacy resident will be heavily involved with over the year.

Patient interaction is encouraged through comprehensive medication reviews, transitional care management, diabetes and asthma device teaching, and individualized medication counseling.

Providers within the clinic refer patients to the pharmacy team service where the pharmacist provides individualized care, goal setting through motivational interviewing, and disease education to patients with a variety of conditions.
Pharmacists follow up between clinic visits to start, stop, and titrate medications and assess patient progress toward goals, all through the robust collaborate practice agreements at the practice site. Additionally, pharmacists at the OSU General Internal Medicine clinics provide timely care for patients during transitions of care, completion of comprehensive medication reviews, and participation in population health initiatives.

The pharmacy resident plays a vital role in providing answers to drug information questions and educating other health care providers on pertinent medication-related issues. The pharmacy resident also develops and delivers educational presentations to medical residents as part of an ambulatory curriculum.

The primary clinics are located at the Martha Morehouse Medical Plaza and Outpatient Care East.

PrimaryOne Health 

PrimaryOne Health is a federally qualified health center and is recognized as a NCQA tier 3 patient centered-medical home. P1H has ten locations throughout central Ohio, all located within culturally and economically diverse neighborhoods. P1H’s commitment to high-quality service, personal patient care, and access to state-of–the-art technology enables us to remain the fastest growing urban health center in central Ohio. Patients at P1H have access to primary healthcare, women’s healthcare, dental and vision services, nutrition planning, behavioral health services, and other specialty medical services for the entire family.

Pharmacists at PrimaryOne Health (P1H) provide patient care to the underserved patients of central Ohio as part of an interprofessional team that includes physicians, nurse practitioners, social workers/behavioral health clinicians, dieticians, and nurses. As a part of the primary care team, pharmacists at P1H work with patients and providers to design therapeutic treatment plans for the management of chronic diseases such as diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, tobacco use, asthma, COPD, Hepatitis C, HIV PrEP, and more. For an increasing number of chronic disease states, P1H pharmacists manage conditions under collaborative practice (consult) agreements.

The pharmacy resident will have the opportunity to develop skills specific to working with an underserved patient population. Throughout the residency, the resident will work with video and live interpreters, assist patients and providers in resolving medication access issues including recommending the use of medication assistance programs, work with patients to overcome barriers to care, and optimizing 340B program participation.
Residents are considered a valued member of the P1H team through their contributions in direct patient care and the ability to serve as a drug information resource.

The primary clinics are the Parsons Avenue and East Main Street locations.