

Their wisdom and wealth of knowledge were irreplaceable and helped elevate my understanding of managed care. This entire experience would not have been possible without the insight and wisdom of my preceptors Peter Marshall and Desola Davis, and my Pfizer medical outcomes specialist, Jocelyn Good.
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This kept me motivated throughout the internship and made the experience quite enjoyable. Every challenge required critical and innovative thinking. There was never a day that I felt I was performing repetitive, tedious tasks. Another excellent aspect of this internship is the variety of tasks you would encounter every day. It was amazing to see how the decisions we made could affect such a large population of patients in a positive way by improving patient care, improving the health of populations, and reducing cost. This is a quality of HealthPartners that I greatly admire. Whether we were discussing the MTM program, reviewing contracts, or preparing for P&T, the overall goal of the organization was to focus on the Triple Aim. Interning at HealthPartners has shown me just how important managed care pharmacy is. I am extremely grateful for the individuals from each department that took the time to help me learn and succeed. By completing these rotations, I now have a much greater understanding of managed care from the health plan perspective. My preceptor, Peter Marshall, ensured I was able to gain exposure to most of the services HealthPartners provides by setting up a rotation schedule, which was similar to their residency program rotation. Most of my time was spent working with pharmacists at HealthPartners in different departments. However, with this internship I gained a significant amount of exposure and had the chance to work with healthcare professionals in a variety of different fields such as managed care, industry, and medical outcomes. Coming from an academic curriculum with a greater clinical focus, it was difficult to explore non-traditional pharmacy careers. internship with HealthPartners was an incredibly rewarding experience.

Virtual Preceptor: Desola Davis, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP Pfizer Medical Outcomes Specialist: Jocelyn Good, RPh Poster: “Retrospective Analysis of Trends and Risk Factors of Opioid Naïve Patients Transitioning to New Chronic Opioid Users”
