Pediatric Pharmacy Residency Program (PGY2)

The Pediatric PGY2 Pharmacy Residency Program is a one year residency designed to provide specialty training to a resident interested in pediatric care. The PGY2 resident will have the opportunity to participate in multidisciplinary care of pediatric patients in an academic teaching facility. The Rush University Children’s hospital within RUMC has 110-licensed beds consisting of an 18-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, a 60-bed mixed acuity Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a 20-bed General Pediatric Unit, and a pediatric Emergency Department.

In collaboration with an experienced preceptor, the PGY2 resident will be expected to complete a longitudinal research project suitable for publication. The project will be based on the resident’s interest and will focus on a specific topic in pediatric pharmacotherapy. The project will be presented as a platform presentation at the PPA Annual Meeting. The resident will also have the opportunity to participate in a formal Research Certificate Program.

The PGY2 resident will serve as a preceptor for Doctor of Pharmacy students enrolled at an affiliated college of pharmacy. The resident will also lead organized group discussions with pharmacy students and PGY1 pharmacy residents. Opportunities to provide didactic lectures will be available to the resident. The resident will also have the opportunity to participate in a Teaching Certificate Program if not already completed.

The resident will be responsible for staffing every 4th weekend in the Pediatric Pharmacy Satellite and for 4 hours in the Emergency Department (pediatrics/adults) during their on-call shift.

The resident will be expected to take overnight in-house on-call in the medical center approximately one out of every 14 nights. An on-call room is available for down time between responsibilities. The on-call program services both the pediatric and adult population at RUMC. Responsibilities during on-call include, but are not limited to: pharmacokinetic drug monitoring, response to drug information questions, emergency response, and approval of adult restricted antimicrobials.

• Orientation (4 weeks)
• Pediatric Intensive Care Unit I (4 weeks)
• Pediatric Intensive Care Unit II (4 weeks)
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit I (4 weeks)
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit II (4 weeks)
• General Pediatrics I (4 weeks)
• Pediatric Hematology/Oncology I (4 weeks)
• Pediatric Infectious Disease (4 weeks)
• Pediatric Ambulatory Care (2 weeks)
• Pediatric Emergency Department (4 weeks)

• Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship (2-4 weeks)
• Pediatric Administration (2-4 weeks)
• Pediatric Medication Safety/Informatics (2-4 weeks)
• Pediatric Investigational Drug Service (2-4 weeks)
• Pediatric Parenteral Nutrition (2-4 weeks)
• Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant (offsite 4 weeks)
• Pediatric Ambulatory Care (onsite 2 weeks; offsite 4 weeks)
• Advanced Required Rotation (2-4 weeks)

• Teaching Opportunities:
  • Didactic lectures
  • Precepting IPPE and APPE students
  • Pharmacy Grand Rounds (2 times per year)
  • Teaching Certificate Program
• Policy/Management:
  • Committee membership
  • Policy & protocol development
  • Medication use evaluation
  • Monograph
• Research:
  • One formal research project with manuscript of publishable quality
  • Platform presentation of research at the Pediatric Pharmacy Association (PPA) Annual Meeting
  • Research Certificate Program
• Pharmacy Services:
  • On-call program (24 hour, in-house)
  • Ambulatory Care: 1 half-day per week
  • Weekend/Holiday Staffing (Pediatric Pharmacy Satellite): every 4th weekend; 1 major & 1 minor holiday