PGY1 Residency

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 CMH 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, neonatology, 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 traditional (4-6 week) rotations include:

• Ambulatory Care Disease State
• General Pediatrics
• Hematology/Oncology/BMT
• Infectious Disease
• Neonatal Intensive Care
• Orientation
• Pediatric Intensive Care
• Pharmacy Administration
• General Pediatrics Teaching

Required longitudinal (6-11 months) rotations include:

• Ambulatory Care 
• Distribution (Staffing)
• Leadership
• Resident Conference
• Research – MUE
• Research – MRP

Potential elective rotations at CM include:

• Advanced Pediatric Intensive Care
• Antibiotic Stewardship Program
• Bone and Marrow Transplant
• Cardiology
• Clinical Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutic Innovation
• Cystic Fibrosis/Pulmonology
• Emergency Medicine
• Heart/Liver Transplant
• Medication Safety
• Multispecialty Am Care Clinics
• Nephrology/Renal Transplant

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 and Kansas with 90 days of employment.