PGY1 Residency

Post Graduate Year One Experience

Children's Mercy offers three postgraduate year-one (PGY1) positions. The PGY1 program meets the requirements of applicable standards set forth and approved by ASHP for a residency and has received American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) accreditation.

The PGY1 pharmacy residency program builds on the Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and outcomes to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists responsible for medication-related care of patients with a wide range of conditions, eligible for board certification, and eligible for postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency training.

PGY1 Program Goals

To develop marketable distributive and clinical job skills including literature assessment, presentation and teaching skills
To function as a competent clinical pharmacist in an interdisciplinary health care team
To become an independent practitioner with self monitoring skills
To improve written and verbal communication skills
To increase flexibility to change, adapting quickly to new situations and environments
To exercise leadership in improving the safety of the medication use system
To provide effective education to patients, families, health care professionals and students

General Goals

The CM PGY1 residency uses the ASHP Residency Standard to guide its instruction and evaluation of residents. Upon completion of this residency, the PGY1 Pharmacy Resident will demonstrate competency in the following areas:

Competency Area R1: Patient Care
Competency Area R2: Practice Advancement
Competency Area R3: Leadership
Competency Area R4: Teaching and Education

Program Details

The focus of the program is on the provision of pharmaceutical care, with core rotations in general pediatrics, acute care, critical care, ambulatory care and other specialty patient care rotations. The residency program is designed to offer a training plan specific to each resident based on their interest, goals and past experiences. Residents are required to complete required rotations in order to build a solid pediatric foundation and have the opportunity to select elective rotations based upon their specific interests and goals.

Rotations

Required Core Learning Experiences (5-6 weeks each)	Options
Orientation	Program onboarding and foundational training
General Pediatrics	Core pediatric medicine experience
Acute Care Selective (1 required)	Hematology/Oncology Infectious Disease General Pediatrics APPE Teaching Acute Care Cardiology
Critical Care Selectives (2 required)	Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) Pediatric Intensive Care (PICU) Cardiac Intensive Care (CICU) Emergency Medicine
Specialty Selective (1 required)	Medication Safety Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenetics Antimicrobial Stewardship Specialty Pharmacy Services
Pharmacy Administration & Management	Leadership and operational management experience

Required Longitudinal Learning Experience	Brief Description
Drug Information (6 weeks)	Drug monograph or drug class review
Ambulatory Care Selective (6 months)	Selectives Include: Complex Care Weight Management or Severe Asthma TPN/Nutrition Services Attend clinic 2 days per month
Leadership – Longitudinal (11 months)	Monthly leadership journal club attendance Lead 1 journal club P&T attendance & minute taking Pharmacy committee involvement
Inpatient Operations (6 months)	Every 3^rd week Function as a clinical pharmacist during staffing weekends
Decentralized Operations (6 months)	Every 3^rd week Function as a decentralized med/surg clinical pharmacist during staffing weekends
Medication Use Evaluation (10 weeks)	Develop and complete a medication use evaluation
Research Project (12 months)	Complete IRB approval Local and national poster or platform presentations Write manuscript
Teaching and Education (12 weeks)	Develop and present 1 hr CE-approved seminar Pharmacy Staff Education Series presentation Lead 2 student topic discussions 1 nursing or provider in-service Teaching Certificate (optional)

Elective Learning Experiences:
Advanced PICU	Advanced Pharmacy Administration
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry	Blood/Marrow Transplant
Nephrology/Renal Transplant	Heart and Liver Transplant
Pharmacogenomic Clinical Decision Support	Pharmacy Education
Ambulatory Care	Any selective not assigned

Residents are also required to complete additional program requirements, aimed at developing a skilled and competent pediatric pharmacist. Additional program requirements include completion of a major research project, platform and poster presentations at national/regional/local conventions, student teaching and precepting, active participation in hospital committees, and weekend pharmacist staffing.

Eligibility requirements include a Doctor of Pharmacy degree or Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Committee certificate and ability to obtain licensure in the state of Missouri within 90 days of employment.