Approximately 50 percent of the inquiries come from senior staff physicians, while the remainder comes from medical residents, nurses, pharmacists and medical students. The DIC is located within the Richard D. Haines Medical Library, allowing access to major indexing and abstracting services and an excellent textbook and journal collection. The Department of Pharmacy staff includes eight Doctor of Pharmacy specialty practitioners. Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee activities. Opportunities for clinical rotations within the residency program to supplement the drug information components are also available, along with additional educational experiences through affiliation with the University of Texas Clinical Pharmacy program.
Opportunities also exist for either self-directed or collaborative research projects.
Other residency activities include teaching medical students and residents as well as pharmacy students. Appointment as a clinical instructor with the College of Pharmacy is offered and conveys additional opportunities as well as fringe benefits. Scott and White provides residents a generous benefits package Also provided are free copying services, professional assistance with poster, and computer assisted presentation preparation, and paid expenses for attendance at one national and one regional meeting during the year. Barry A. Browne, Pharm.