Pharmacy Rotations at UnityPoint Health – Trinity Quad Cities

• A multicampus experience at our Rock Island, Bettendorf and Moline campuses, with exposure to different patient care environments and pharmacy specialties.
• An integrated work model that allows independent development and professional growth.
• Opportunities to work alongside pharmacists from multiple practice areas and gain insights from a range of professionals.

• Direct interaction with pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
• Exposure to multiple campuses and health care settings.
• Opportunities to develop clinical and professional skills.
• Collaboration with interdisciplinary care teams.
• Networking with pharmacists and providers throughout the region.
• Progressive responsibility and independent growth supported by experienced preceptors.

Pharmacy Rotation Locations

Pharmacy rotation experiences include learning opportunities at:

• UnityPoint Health – Trinity Bettendorf
• UnityPoint Health – Trinity Moline
• UnityPoint Health – Trinity Rock Island

The general hospital experience allows students to participate in core pharmacy activities at our Rock Island, Bettendorf and Moline campuses. This includes all components of the medication management system, from formulary management through pharmaceutical waste. Students will observe sterile and hazardous preparation. More than half of the rotation is spent with decentralized clinical pharmacists in medical-surgical and medical oncology/neurology care areas, dosing and monitoring medication effects. Projects include drug information questions, journal club and case presentations.

The acute care rotation experience allows students to participate in core pharmacy activities at our Rock Island campus. The rotation includes experiences in the emergency department, intensive care unit and step-down units. Students dose and monitor medication effects and participate in multidisciplinary rounds. The emergency department week is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Observation of an open-heart procedure is offered. Projects include drug information questions, journal club and case presentations.

UnityPoint Health – Trinity has medical and surgical ICU patients at both the Rock Island and Bettendorf campuses.

Students work up and present patients to the preceptor before multidisciplinary rounds. Students present clinical recommendations to the intensive care team during multidisciplinary rounds and complete pharmacy consults, including vancomycin, warfarin and total parenteral nutrition dosing, during the day shift.

Students will:

• Present a formal topic discussion once a week.
• Complete one journal club and one patient case presentation by the end of the rotation.
• Choose either five 8-hour shifts or four 10-hour shifts each week.

The emergency department rotation is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Culture review for discharged patients is incorporated into the rotation. Core experiences include trauma, sepsis, stroke, seizure, ACS and acid-base disorders.

Students typically perform chart reviews in the morning, prioritizing patients receiving broad-spectrum antibiotics and patients with positive sterile-site microbiology cultures. After reviewing the patient’s antimicrobials, laboratory results, cultures, imaging, physician notes and currently ordered duration of therapy, students develop plans and contact the provider or floor pharmacist with recommendations to optimize antimicrobial therapy.

In the afternoon, students follow up on pending laboratory results and notes and work on projects (MUEs, policy and protocol changes, SBARs and DI questions).

This hospital management APPE rotation provides students with exposure to the clinical, operational and administrative aspects of pharmacy leadership within a multi-hospital health system.

Students work alongside pharmacy managers and leaders, participate in departmental and interdisciplinary meetings, and gain experience in:

• Pharmacy operations
• Medication safety
• Regulatory compliance
• Formulary management
• Budgeting
• Staffing
• Quality improvement
• Strategic planning.

Responsibilities include participating in leadership discussions, completing assigned projects and data analysis, evaluating medication-use or operational processes, and developing recommendations to improve pharmacy services, patient safety and departmental efficiency

This rotation offers students experience with the operations and patient care responsibilities of a health-system-affiliated outpatient pharmacy. The pharmacy serves hospital patients at two campuses, members of the surrounding community, employees and medical staff. Services include prescription filling, medication counseling, Meds to Beds and transitions of care. Students will participate in a pharmacist-driven immunization program.

The retail pharmacy is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Student schedules vary, with start times from 8 to 9 a.m. and end times from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Rotations: IPPE, General Hospital and Acute Care

I graduated from Drake University in 2002 and completed a PGY-1 residency at Aurora Health Care. I worked at Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee until moving to the Quad Cities in 2008. I have worked at UnityPoint Health since then. I look forward to assisting students with their professional growth during their experiential time with us. I am the site coordinator for our rotations and develop and support rotation plans.

Rotation: Intensive Care Unit

I graduated from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy in 2022. After graduation, I completed my PGY-1 residency at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Illinois, and my PGY-2 residency in critical care at UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital in Rockford, Illinois. Before coming to the Quad Cities, I worked as a critical care pharmacist at University of Iowa Health Care in the medical, cardiovascular, surgical, neurological and burn intensive care units. I joined UnityPoint Health in 2025 as a clinical pharmacy specialist in critical care.

Rotation: Emergency Department

I graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 2021 and completed a PGY-1 residency at OSF St. Francis Medical Center. I was the emergency department and intensive care unit pharmacist at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center before joining UnityPoint Health in an emergency department specialist role in 2025. The emergency department treats patients of all ages and acuity levels. I look forward to helping future pharmacists learn and grow.

Rotation: Infectious Disease

I graduated from the University of Iowa with my PharmD and MPH in 2019 and completed a PGY-1 residency at the University of Minnesota Medical Center in 2020. After working at the University of Minnesota Medical Center and Bethesda Hospital, I joined Genesis Medical Center in Davenport, Iowa, where I first focused on internal medicine and then became the antimicrobial stewardship pharmacist in 2022. In 2025, I joined UnityPoint Health – Trinity as pharmacist lead in antimicrobial stewardship. I review patients to optimize antimicrobials, lead antimicrobial stewardship programs and teach students about infectious disease and antimicrobial stewardship.

Rotation: Management

I attended Wartburg College and graduated from the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy in 2014. I completed a PGY-1 residency at CHI St. Elizabeth in Lincoln, Nebraska, and a PGY-2 infectious disease residency at MercyOne in Des Moines. I joined UnityPoint Health in 2016 as the infectious disease and antimicrobial stewardship pharmacist and moved into a manager role in 2025. I also serve on the Genesis Alumni Board for the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. I rarely say no to projects or research, so if you have an interest or need content for your resume, do not hesitate to ask.

Rotation: Community

I graduated from the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy in 2006 and have worked in retail pharmacies ever since. I started my pharmacy career as an intern for Walgreens and stayed on as a pharmacist after graduation. I have volunteered for new concepts and ideas in retail pharmacy and served as an intern, staff pharmacist, pharmacy manager, clinical services manager and market director. I look forward to helping students grow and providing a valuable retail pharmacy experience.

Students have the opportunity to become integrated into the local health care community while working with pharmacists and providers across multiple practice settings and campuses.

Rotation schedules vary based on the program and educational requirements. On average, each rotation offering is available during three to six cycles each academic year.

Rotation experiences include learning opportunities at our Rock Island, Bettendorf and Moline campuses.

No. We welcome students from affiliated colleges of pharmacy and can work with additional schools as needed.

Students can contact the pharmacy education team to learn more about available opportunities and placement requirements.