Pharmacy Residency Programs

PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency

Program Description

The Postgraduate Year Two Pediatric Pharmacy Residency at Seattle Children’s is a 52-week ASHP training program (candidate status) that provides training in the field of pediatrics. Experience is gained in a variety of experiences to meet resident needs and interest areas, with the end goal of becoming a well-rounded pediatric clinical pharmacist with eligibility to sit for the Board-Certified Pediatric Pharmacy Specialist (BCPPS) examination.

Purpose

PGY2 residency programs build upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency training to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills and abilities as defined in the educational competency areas, goals, and objectives for advanced practice areas. Residents who successfully complete PGY2 residency programs are prepared for advanced patient care or other specialized positions, and board certification in the advanced practice area, if available.

Available Rotations

Orientation

  • Anticoagulation Training (1 week)
  • TPN Training (2 weeks)
  • Central Pharmacy Training (4 weeks)
  • Competencies (1 week)

8 weeks (Orientation may be shortened and converted into an elective experience for residents who have completed PGY1 training at Seattle Children’s)

Pediatric Medicine

4 weeks

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)

4 weeks

Neonatal Intensive care Unit (NICU)

4 weeks

Hematology Oncology

4 weeks

Ambulatory Care

  • Anticoagulation Longitudinal Clinic
  • Cardiac Solid Organ Transplant and Heart Failure Longitudinal Clinic

Longitudinal (~6 months, half day per week)

Lead-In Month Prior to Longitudinal Clinic (select 1 rotation)

  • Cardiac Solid Organ Transplant and Heart Failure
  • Anticoagulation

4 weeks

Drug Information

  • Formulary monograph
  • Medication Use Evaluation (MUE)/drug class review
  • Continuing education seminar (1.0 CPE)

Longitudinal (~4 hours per month)

Drug Distribution and Staffing

Every third weekend (2 x 8-hour shifts)

One x 3-hour PM shift per week with an additional 3-hour PM shift every 4th week

Longitudinal

Project Time

4 weeks divided throughout the year

Teaching and Precepting

4 weeks (will precept either a PGY1 resident or APPE student)

Electives (4 rotations)

  • Bone Marrow Transplant (prerequisite-oncology)
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Infectious Disease
  • Pediatric and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Abdominal Solid Organ Transplant
  • Cardiac Solid Organ Transplant and Heart Failure (if not completed prior to longitudinal clinic)
  • Cardiac ICU

Other rotations may be available based on the resident’s interest as approved by the RPD.

4 weeks each (16 weeks total)

Pharmacy Residency Requirements

  • Complete and present a research project at the Pediatric Pharmacy Association (PPA) annual meeting and complete manuscript.
  • Participate in teaching activities with students and residents.
  • Present a 1-hour CE on a pediatric topic.
  • Prepare and present drug monograph/projects for the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee as assigned.
  • Complete parenteral nutrition, pharmacokinetic and anticoagulation competencies.
  • Staff every third weekend once orientation period is complete; one 3-hour PM shift per week with an additional 3 hour PM shift every 4th week.
  • See appendix with required topics that must be completed by the end of the resident year.

Qualifications of the Applicant

Selected applicants will be required to meet Seattle Children’s preceptors for a virtual or in-person interview in January or February. The applicant must meet the following general requirements:

  • Applicants must be graduates of an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)-accredited degree program (or one in process of pursuing accreditation) or have a Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Committee (FPGEC) certificate from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP).
  • Successful completion of an ASHP-accredited PGY1 residency
  • Licensed or eligible for licensure in the State of Washington

Application Requirements

Submission of all materials must be through PhORCAS.

  1. Pre-interview during PPS at ASHP midyear (or, if unable to complete on site, may be supplemented with a virtual pre-interview)
  2. Participate in the ASHP Pharmacy Resident Matching Program. Program code number: 95914.
  3. Completion of supplemental application material (essay question)
  4. Official transcripts
  5. Three letters of recommendation (one must be from residency program director or coordinator)
  6. Letter of intent
  7. CV

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

Grace Tam, PharmD
School: Rutgers University Honors College, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Piscataway, New Jersey
PGY1 Program: University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois