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Personal Narrative: My Institutional Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience
I completed my Institutional Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) at Miami Valley Hospital located in Dayton, Ohio. Miami Valley Hospital is an 848 bedded hospital with several units, those of which I had the privilege of working in were the intensive care unit (ICU), the burn unit, and the behavioral health unit. I also had the opportunity to spend time in the main pharmacy as well as the emergency department. I worked with pharmacists Beth Quedenfeld, Michelle Inman, and Jen Welch along many technicians.
During orientation, I was informed about the types of pharmacists in the hospital. There are two types of pharmacists at the hospital; staff pharmacists and clinical pharmacists. However, as I spent more time with the pharmacists,

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