PGY2 Residency

Program Goals

PGY2 Pediatric pharmacy residents will be provided with opportunities to function independently as part of an interdisciplinary health care team, enabling them to practice as pediatric clinical pharmacy specialists in a variety of pediatric practice environments. These extensively trained individuals will be able to identify, prevent, and resolve medication and nutrition related problems. In addition, they will provide leadership in pediatric pharmacy practice, continually improve the safety of the medication-use system, and deliver quality education to various health care practitioners and students.

General Goals

The CM PGY2 Pediatric pharmacy residency uses the ASHP Residency Standard to guide its instruction and evaluation of residents. Upon completion of this residency, the CM PGY2 Pediatric pharmacy residency will demonstrate competency in the following areas:

• Competency Area R1: Patient Care

• Competency Area R2: Practice Advancement

• Competency Area R3: Leadership and Management  

• Competency Area R4: Teaching and Education
  
  

Program Details

The program is centered on the provision of comprehensive pharmaceutical care and includes core learning experiences in General Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases, Neonatal Intensive Care, Hematology/Oncology or Blood/Marrow Transplant, and Pediatric Intensive Care. While all residents complete required learning experiences to establish a strong pediatric foundation, individualized training plans are developed based on each resident’s interests, career goals, and prior experiences. Residents also have the opportunity to customize their training through elective learning experiences aligned with their professional interests. 

Learning Experiences

Learning experiences are designed to suit the individual needs and interests of the resident and exist for all subspecialty areas of practice. The resident will participate in projects within the pharmacy department and will have the opportunity to participate on hospital-wide medication-related committees. Teaching experiences, including both didactic and clinical instruction, are gained through interaction with medical and pharmacy students, pediatric residents, and hospital staff. 

Required Learning Experiences (5 weeks) include:

• Orientation

• General Pediatrics

• Hematology/Oncology or Blood/Marrow Transplant

• Infectious Disease

• Neonatal Intensive Care 

• Pediatric Intensive Care

Required Longitudinal Learning Experiences include:

Elective learning experiences are designed to suit the individual needs and interests of the resident and exist for multiple subspecialty areas of practice. Each resident will be able to choose up to 5 or 6 elective learning experiences for the residency year, with each learning experience generally being a 5 week experience in duration.  In order to increase the available opportunities, efforts are made to ensure each resident has at least one elective block where they are the only resident with an elective at that time; however, availability of elective learning experiences is based on the preceptor’s availability. Potential elective learning experiences at Children's Mercy include:

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, a platform presentation 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, completion of an ASHP-accredited or candidate-status PGY1 residency, and licensure in the state of Missouri.