PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency Program Structure
The Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center PGY2 Residency Program is structured to provide 1 month (4-5 weeks) of orientation at the beginning of the residency. Three of the six required clinical rotations are usually completed in the first half of the residency unless scheduling restrictions occur. The remaining required clinical rotations and the electives are completed in the second half of the residency unless scheduling restrictions occur. A dedicated project month is scheduled approximately halfway through the residency as part of the longitudinal research learning experience. Ambulatory care, committee experiences, and teaching and education are longitudinal experiences. Residents are required to staff every third weekend throughout the residency.
| Required Selective Elective |
Type of Learning Experience | Learning Experience | Duration* |
| Required |
Orientation | PGY2 Resident Orientation | 4-5 weeks |
| Required | Drug Distribution | Longitudinal Inpatient Staffing -Two 8-hour shifts every 3rd weekend (dayshift only) |
48-50 weeks |
| Required | Practice Mgmt | Pharmacy and Therapeutics Policy Review | 48-50 weeks |
| Required | Practice Mgmt | Anticoag Specialty Panel | 45-47 weeks |
| Required | Practice Mgmt | Drug Shortages Committee | 20-22 weeks |
| Required | Research | Longitudinal Residency Research Project -Includes a 4-5 week Project-focus month in December |
50-52 weeks |
| Required | Quality | Longitudinal Quality Improvement Project | 46-48 weeks |
| Required | Clinical Code Response | Longitudinal Response to Medical Emergencies -ICU code coverage as assigned (dayshift only) |
48-50 weeks |
| Required | Teaching | Longitudinal Teaching and Education -Didactic lecture and CE presentation |
36-38 weeks |
| Acute Care Selective (2 required) |
Clinical | Hospital Medicine Blue / Antimicrobial Stewardship | 4-5 weeks |
| Clinical | Hospital Medicine Yellow – Inpatient Complex Care | 4-5 weeks | |
| Clinical | General Pediatrics – Pulmonary Medicine | 4-5 weeks | |
| Required | Clinical | NICU Medical Team I | 4-5 weeks |
| Required | Clinical | Pediatric ICU I (assigned one of the teams below) -Trauma / General Surgery Blue Team -Transplant / Gold Team |
4-5 weeks |
| Required | Clinical | Oncology (Leukemia / Lymphoma) | 4-5 weeks |
| Ambulatory (Amb.) Care Longitudinal Selective (2 clinics required) |
Clinical Amb. Care | Ambulatory Care Longitudinal – Cardiology (Heart Transplant) | 22-24 weeks |
| Clinical Amb. Care | Ambulatory Care Longitudinal – Cardiology (Pulmonary HTN / Anticoag) | 22-24 weeks | |
| Clinical Amb. Care | Ambulatory Care Longitudinal – Complex Care Clinic | 22-24 weeks | |
| Clinical Amb. Care | Ambulatory Care Longitudinal – Pediatric Epilepsy Clinic | 22-24 weeks | |
| Clinical Amb. Care | Ambulatory Care Longitudinal – Lung Transplant Clinic | 22-24 weeks | |
| Clinical Amb. Care | Ambulatory Care Longitudinal – Nephrology Transplant Clinic | 22-24 weeks | |
| Transplant Selective (1 required) |
Clinical | Bone Marrow Transplant | 4-5 weeks |
| Clinical | Nephrology / Renal Transplant | 4-5 weeks | |
| Clinical | Liver / Small Bowel Transplant | 4-5 weeks | |
| Clinical | Lung Transplant | 4-5 weeks | |
| Elective | Clinical Amb. Care | Ambulatory Care Block – Cardiology | 4-5 weeks |
| Elective | Clinical Amb. Care | Ambulatory Care Block – Complex Care Clinic | 4-5 weeks |
| Elective | Clinical | Acute Care Cardiology | 4-5 weeks |
| Elective | Clinical | Acute Care Pediatrics Float | 4-5 weeks |
| Elective | Clinical | Cardiac Intensive Care | 4-5 weeks |
| Elective | Clinical | CICU / Heart Failure and Transplant | 4-5 weeks |
| Elective | Clinical | Emergency Medicine | 4-5 weeks |
| Elective | Clinical | NICU Medical Team II** | 4-5 weeks |
| Elective | Clinical | NICU CDH / Surgery** | 4-5 weeks |
| Elective | Clinical | Pediatric ICU II† | 4-5 weeks |
* Note: To coincide with pharmacist staffing schedules, rotations will start on a Monday and end on a Friday. Each rotation is 4 to 5 weeks in length, close to each calendar month but the exact start dates will vary.
** Elective Clinical: NICU Medical Team II and NICU CDH / Surgery require completion of Required: NICU Medical Team I prior to taking / scheduling these learning experiences.
† Elective Clinical: Pediatric ICU II requires completion of Pediatric ICU I prior to taking / scheduling this learning experience.
