Brookelyn Peterson DPH-4 student

• Interest began in high school

• Worked in a retail pharmacy to gain knowledge and experience

• APPE RT residency track (6/8 APPE at same site)

• Interests in critical care, acute care, and critical medicine

• In pharmacy school was involved in: WSPS, Student senate president

Why pick the APPE RT?

• Has projects similar to residency

• Vast opportunities

• Learn what residency will be like

• Experience with research

• Better focus on learning since system and people remain the same

Favorite project/opportunity 

• Working in medical and surgical ICU

• Work with residents with different levels of intensity

• Ability to give input in way a pharmacist would 

What is rounding like

• On acute care pulmonary did sit down rounds 

• ICU do bedside rounds room to room

• Work through body systems with teams

APPE RT process

• SSM was main system

• Fish hatchery clinic outpatient for clinical and ambulatory 

• Was very independent running meetings doing recommendations and changes 

• Currently doing pharmacy school with Karen - academic. 

Choosing APPE

• Mimic residency interview, application, recommendation letter, letter of intent to benefit their program, offer interview, match process

• Rank your programs and they rank you 

Regular APPE

• Get assigned to hub in madison, milwaukee, up north, etc. after ranking programs

• Pick locations for 4 locations and electives anywhere 

• FIG and pre pharm club helps prepare for applying to pharmacy school

• Meet with speakers  - approach them and ask questions or email them 
  

Highlights of UW 

• Undergrad here 2 year fast track 

• Was in FIG 

• Only applied to UW Madison school of pharmacy

• Was able to meet faculty ahead of time

• Involvement in organizations, in leadership positions

Challenges to pharmacy school

• Rigorous program

• Overwhelming to learn information but manageable 

• Knowledge gained has set up success in fourth year

• Applying to residency - being from UW madison has impact in good way 

Hospital

• Get into hospital rotation - picked areas she didn't think she wanted to be in

• Loves adrenaline and role of pharmacy 

• Putting meds to give during code 

• Use experiences in APPE to make decision on where to be