Pharmacy Residency Programs

PGY1 Pharmacy Residency

Program Description

The postgraduate year one (PGY1) pharmacy residency at Seattle Children’s is a one-year ASHP-accredited training program that offers an environment to gain professional competence, expand clinical knowledge and develop a philosophy of pharmacy practice. The residents will practice in a variety of settings. Opportunities to explore additional areas of interest are available through electives both on- and off-site. In addition to clinical services, the residents will serve as preceptors to pharmacy students completing their clinical clerkships.

Purpose

PGY1 residency programs build upon doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) education and outcomes to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills and abilities as defined in the educational competency areas, goals and objectives. Residents who successfully complete PGY1 residency programs will be skilled in diverse patient care, practice management, leadership and education, and be prepared to provide patient care, seek board certification in pharmacotherapy (e.g., BCPS) and pursue advanced education and training opportunities including postgraduate year two (PGY2) residencies.

Pharmacists successfully completing this one-year pharmacy practice residency will have demonstrated competence in:

  • Providing medication-related care for pediatric patients with a wide range of conditions
  • Advancing pharmacy practice and improving patient care processes
  • Leading and managing individuals, teams and programs
  • Teaching, education and dissemination of knowledge

Available Rotations

  • Orientation and Training: 8 weeks
    • Anticoagulation Training (1 week)
    • TPN Training (2 weeks)
    • Central Pharmacy Training (4 week)
    • Competencies (1 week)
  • Acute Care Required Rotations: 24 weeks total (4 weeks each)
    • Pediatric Medicine MEDA
    • Pediatric Medicine MEDB
    • Hematology/Oncology
    • Neonatal Intensive Care
    • Pediatric Intensive Care
    • Pharmacy Quality and Safety
  • Lead-in Month Prior to Logitudinal Clinic (select 1 rotation): 4 weeks
    • Abdominal Solid Organ Transplant
    • Cardiac Solid Organ Transplant and Heart Failure
    • Anticoagulation
  • Drug Distribution and Staffing: Every third weekend (2 x8 hour shifts), one x 3 hour PM shift per week with an additional 3 hour PM shift every 4th week, Longitudinal
  • Ambulatory Care: 4 hours per week (or 8 hours every other week pending clinic setting), Longitudinal
    • Solid Organ Transplant Longitudinal Clinic (this may be cardiac or abdominal)
    • Anticoagulation Longitudinal Clinic
  • Drug Information Projects: Longitudinal (~4 hours per month)
    • Formulary monographs
    • Medication Use Evaluation (MUE)/drug class review
    • Continuing education seminar (1.0 CPE)
  • Residency Project: 4 weeks distributed, Longitudinal
  • Elective (select 3 rotations): 12 weeks total (4 weeks each)
    • Bone Marrow Transplant (after heme/onc)
    • Pediatric Medicine MEDC
    • Emergency Medicine
    • Antimicrobial Stewardship
    • Infectious Disease
    • Abdominal Solid Organ Transplant (if not already completed as a lead-in month prior to clinic)
    • Cardiac Solid Organ Transplant and Heart Failure (if not already completed as a lead-in month prior to clinic)
    • Pediatric and Adolescent Psychiatry
    • Other rotations may be available based on the resident’s interest pending RPD approval

*Learning experience descriptions are available in Pharmacademic

Pharmacy Residency Requirements

  • Complete and present a research project at the Pediatric Pharmacy Association (PPA) conference.
  • Participate in teaching activities with students.
  • Prepare and present drug monographs for the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
  • Complete parenteral nutrition and anticoagulation competencies.
  • Staff 32 hours per month on average (primarily weekends).

Qualifications of the Applicant

Selected applicants will be required to visit Seattle Children’s for an on-site interview in January or February. Applicants must meet the following general requirements:

Application Requirements

Submission of all materials must be through PhORCAS.

  1. Three letters of recommendation (at least two letter of recommendation must be written by APPE rotation preceptors)
  2. Letter of intent
  3. Completion of supplemental essay question
  4. Official transcripts
  5. CV
  6. Participate in the ASHP Pharmacy Resident Matching Program. Program code number: 95351.

Program Contact 

Dominique Mark, PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS
Residency Program Director, PGY1 Pharmacy and PGY2 Pediatrics
Pediatric Clinical Pharmacist, General Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Washington School of Pharmacy

Current Residents

Reda Ali, PharmD
School: University of Washington School of Pharmacy
Internship: Seattle Children’s Hospital

Sanika Mathew, PharmD
School: University of Georgia
Internship: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta