Pediatric Pharmacy Residency | University of the Sciences

Residency in Pediatric Pharmacy

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
in Conjunction with
The Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper University Hospital

Introduction

This twelve-month residency is directed at highly motivated individuals who primarily seek to gain clinical experience in the pharmacotherapeutic management of pediatric patients. University of the Sciences in Philadelphia offers this residency in conjunction with The Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

The purpose of this residency is to train individuals to be independent practitioners and educator of pediatric pharmacotherapy.

Goals

To develop personal and professional responsibility as a health care professional to serve the needs of the patient, other health care professionals, and the pharmacy profession.
To provide a structured environment for acquisition of knowledge and experience in the provision of clinical pharmacy services to pediatric patients.
To develop teaching skills through participation in formal and informal training of pharmacy students, pharmacists, and other health care professionals.
To develop writing skills through activities such as preparation of case reports, review articles, and research results for publication.
To develop research skills through the development, completion, and presentation of a residency research project.
To provide the resident with a sense of professional responsibility through interactions with other health care practitioners and involvement in professional pharmaceutical organizations.
To develop personal characteristics of behavior and professional attitudes reflective of high moral and professional standards, emotional maturity, and personal and professional integrity.
To develop oral presentation skills by preparing and delivering a continuing education presentation and research project to the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacy Administration faculty.

Faculty

Cathy Y. Poon, PharmD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Vice Chair of Didactic Education
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Clinical Specialist – Pediatrics
The Children’s Regional Hospital, Cooper University Hospital

Additional preceptors to be selected by the resident in conjunction with the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacy Administration Residency and Fellowship Program Coordinator.

Facilities

The Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper University Hospital

The primary training site for the Pediatric Pharmacotherapy Resident is The Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper University Hospital. This is a children’s hospital within a hospital with approximately 70 beds and a variety of ambulatory clinics devoted to caring for critically ill children. The hospital provides a wide range of pediatric services for neonates, infants, children, and adolescents throughout southern New Jersey and the Delaware Valley. The Hospital is also the state designated trauma center for children of southern New Jersey. As the clinical campus of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden, The Children’s Regional Hospital has a staff that includes professionals in neonatology, general pediatrics, pediatric critical care, pediatric surgery/trauma and pediatric subspecialties.

University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, founded in 1821, is the oldest college of pharmacy in the United States. The mission of the College is to provide undergraduate, professional, and graduate education in the health professions and natural sciences. The college offers post-graduate training programs including residencies and fellowships.
Components of the Program

The resident will spend a minimum of 2000 hours in program-related activities. Approximately 60 to 70% of the time will be in professional skill development; 15 to 25% in educational activities; and 10 to 20% in scholarly activities/research. Instructional activities of the resident will include precepting Doctor of Pharmacy students on introductory and/or advanced clinical clerkships, teaching clinical skills to first professional year Doctor of Pharmacy students, teaching in the second and/or third professional year therapeutics laboratory, and/or lecturing in the therapeutics course. Residents are required to prepare and complete a residency project and present the results of the project. Residents are encouraged to participate in and attend professional meetings.

Evaluation

An advisory committee shall be named for the resident within the first month of the program. Membership for the committee shall consist of the primary preceptor, Residency and Fellowship Program Coordinator, and at least two other individuals. The function of the advisory committee is to review and approve the objectives of the residency program, review and approve the schedule of activities, meet to evaluate the data information in the quarterly reports, and provide verbal feedback to the preceptor and resident which can assist them in completing program objectives.

Within the first 2 months of beginning the program, the resident shall submit a copy of the residency objectives detailing rotations and preceptors, educational activities, and scholarly activities that were reviewed and approved by the advisory committee, to the Chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacy Administration. For evaluation purposes, the resident will submit a quarterly report to the advisory committee, which will meet with the resident quarterly. An evaluative summary, written by the preceptor, must accompany each report. Copies of the quarterly reports and evaluative summaries will be given to the Chair of the Department. The resident will verbally report his/her activities to the Department at the January Department meeting.

At the end of the residency, a summary of accomplishments and an evaluation of the experience will be completed by the residency. After review by the advisory committee, this document should be submitted to the Chair of the Department by June 30th.