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 | Academia Teaching and Education | 22-24 weeks |
| Required | Teaching | Professional Teaching and Education | 16-18 weeks |
| Required | Clinical | Hospital Medicine Yellow – Inpatient Complex Care | 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 | Pediatric Ambulatory Care | 4-5 weeks |
| Required | Clinical | Oncology (Leukemia/Lymphoma) | 4-5 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 | Acute Care Cardiology | 4-5 weeks |
| Elective | Clinical | Acute Care Pediatrics Float | 4-5 weeks |
| Elective | Clinical | Ambulatory Care – Cardiology | 4-5 weeks |
| Elective | Clinical | Ambulatory Care – Complex Care Clinic | 4-5 weeks |
| Elective | Clinical | Ambulatory Care – Nephrology Transplant and Dialysis | 4-5 weeks |
| Elective | Clinical | Ambulatory Care – Pediatric Neurology and Epilepsy | 4-5 weeks |
| Elective | Clinical | Antimicrobial Stewardship | 4-5 weeks |
| Elective | Clinical | Benign Hematology | 4-5 weeks |
| Elective | Clinical | Cardiac Intensive Care | 4-5 weeks |
| Elective | Clinical | CICU/Heart Failure and Transplant | 4-5 weeks |
| Elective | Clinical | Hospital Medicine Blue | 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 |
| Elective | Clinical | Pulmonary Medicine | 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.
