Program

The OHSU PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency Program is a full-time, 12-month program that provides residents with extensive training opportunities in pediatrics, practice management, and academia. The program offers one position for each residency class beginning the first Monday after 4th of July and ending in early July of the following year.

OHSU offers a structured training program in several inpatient and ambulatory pediatric areas. The program allows opportunity for focused areas of learning through elective experiences. The resident's knowledge base, past experience, and interests dictate the choice and length of experiences. The resident, program director, and primary preceptors jointly develop the resident schedule. 

Residents receive a list of goals and objectives at the beginning of each learning experience. The residents meet with their preceptors to formally review performance at midpoint and end of the learning experience. A written report assessing the resident is prepared based on the ASHP Residency Learning System (RLS) using the PharmAcademic evaluation system. On a quarterly basis, the residency program director meets with each resident, providing an evaluation of his/her progress based on the comments of the preceptors, resident self-evaluations, and assessment of the resident's strengths/areas for improvement.

Required Learning Experiences

• Orientation – 3 weeks
• General Pediatrics – 4-6 weeks
• Pediatric Critical Care Unit – 6 weeks
• Neonatal Critical Care /Mother/Baby and Labor & Delivery - 6 weeks
• Pediatric Infectious Diseases – 4 weeks
• Pediatric Ambulatory* – 4 weeks
• Pediatric Oncology – 5 weeks
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine – 2-4 weeks
• Total Parenteral Nutrition – 2-4 weeks
• Pediatric Transplant – 3 weeks

Longitudinal Required Learning Experiences:

• Leadership, Medication Safety, Drug Information
  • Monograph or equivalent
  • MUE
  • Process Improvement
  • Patient Safety Incident Review
• Project Management (major project)
• Minor Project
• Service Commitment (staffing)
• Teaching, Education, and Precepting

Additional Required Activities

• Topic Discussions
• Pediatric Medication Safety Committee
• Pediatric Medication Use Committee
• Professional Meeting Attendance

Elective Experiences (2-4 weeks)

• Pediatric Research Pharmacy
• Additional Ambulatory Rotations
• Pediatric Pain Stewardship

Ambulatory Rotation Options

• Cardiology
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Neurology
• Gastroenterology
• Endocrinology
• Nephrology

Required Presentations

• Pearl Presentation to pharmacy staff: 7-10 min
• Case presentation to pharmacy staff: 20 min
• CE presentation to pharmacy staff: 1 hour
• Doernbecher Grand Rounds to medical staff (if able): 1 hour
• Academia: 1 hour of lecture at School of Pharmacy
• Major project poster at Vizient/Midyear and PPA

Staffing

• 4 shifts per month, 40 shifts per year
  • ~First half of the year
    • One weekend per month in General Pediatrics
    • Two evenings per month
  • ~Second half of the year in PICU and NICU
    • Every 3rd weekend
    • One evening per month
• One major and one minor holiday
  • Major: Thanksgiving or Christmas Day
  • Minor: Presidents Day, Martin Luther King Day, New Year's Day, Memorial Day

Required Attendance at Meetings/Financial Support

• Pediatric Pharmacy Association (PPA) Annual Meeting
• American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Meeting
• Financial support will be available for the above-mentioned meetings
• Financial support may include registration, airline, hotel, food, and transportation reimbursement