Pharmacy Practice Residency with emphasis in community care

The Department of Pharmacy at Children’s Hospital continues to expand the services offered in ambulatory care and recognizes the need for a residency program in community care.  The vast majority of pharmacy residency programs in existence focus on adult care, while our program is primarily pediatric based.

Newly licensed and experienced pharmacists must undergo significant training before they are ready to practice independently in the pediatric setting.  Pediatric drug distribution is complex; it encompasses the challenges of adult drug distribution in addition to other intricacies specific to pediatrics.

The Department of Pharmacy provides the following services in Ambulatory Care:

• Innovative ambulatory pharmacy services:
  • Pharmacists provide pharmacotherapy services in the Primary Care , Close To HomeTM Centers and the HIV Clinics
  • Outpatient pharmacy serving clinic patients, discharged patients and hospital staff
  • A private pharmacist consultation room
• Ambulatory compounding program
• Investigational drug studies

 

Program Objectives
The Children’s Pharmacy Practice Residency with emphasis in community care focuses on training pharmacists in disease state management in an ambulatory care setting. Residents completing the program are prepared to:

• Provide direct patient care to pediatric and adult patient populations within the ambulatory setting.
• Develop an interdisciplinary collaborative practice.
• Implement or enhance an ambulatory care pharmacy practice program.
• Educate patients, students, pharmacists, and other health care professionals.
• Develop or enhance a documentation program for patient care and billing purposes.
• Market and manage an ambulatory care pharmacy practice program.

 

Rotations/Experiences
The resident completes longitudinal rotations through the outpatient pharmacy at Children’s Hospital.  Additional experiences are available through the outpatient clinics including a rotation in the Internal Medicine Adult/Pediatrics Clinic. Longitudinal learning experiences focus in the following areas:

• Direct Patient Care with additional experiences available through, but not limited to, the following outpatient clinics:
  • Primary Care
  • Internal Medicine Adult/Pediatric Clinic
  • Adolescent Clinic
  • HIV Clinic
  • Nephrology  
• Practice Management
• Teaching/Education with the opportunity to receive a teaching certificate
• Leadership/Meetings
• Residency Project
• Professional Service/Staffing in the Outpatient Pharmacy

 

In addition to the assigned rotations, residents complete/participate in the following projects:

• Prepare and present drug monographs for formulary consideration
• Journal club with quarterly presentations
• Quarterly seminar presentations to the pharmacy staff.

 

Residency Requirements
Successful candidates will be graduates of accredited pharmacy programs and eligible for licensure to practice pharmacy in the state of Ohio. The residency begins on July 1 and ends one year later on June 30.

Staffing Requirements
Every other weekend in the outpatient pharmacy.

Salary/Benefits

• Stipend: $39,000
• Insurance (medical, dental, vision, life)
• Ten days paid vacation per year
• Travel allowance for the ASHP Midyear Meeting and the Great Lakes Pharmacy Resident Conference
• One year paid membership to a professional pharmacy organization
• Access to an extensive library of journals and textbooks