Faculty
Potential Preceptors (to be selected by the resident
in conjunction with the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacy
Administration Residency and Fellowship Program Coordinator.
Cathy Y. Poon,
PharmD.
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Adjunct Associate Professor
University of Pennsylvania
Clinical Specialist – Pediatrics
The Children’s Regional Hospital
Facilities
The Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper
Hospital/University Medical Center
The primary training site for the Pediatric Pharmacotherapy Resident
is The Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper Hospital/University
Medical Center. 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 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 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.
Qualifications And Application Requirements
- PharmD.
- Completion of a minimum 1-year pharmacy practice or specialized
residency (or equivalent experience)
- Completed application
- Three letters of reference
- Official transcripts of all college work completed
- Curriculum vitae
- On-site interview
- Must become licensed to state of New Jersey.
Salary and Benefits
The resident will be an employee of the USP and
will receive an annual stipend $36,000 distributed over the 12-month
period of the program by the payroll department at the USP.
Health, dental, disability and life insurance will
be provided through the plan available to employees of the College.
Nine standard University holidays.
Eight vacation and two floating days per 12 months. Five sick
days per 12 month period of the program. The resident will not
be financially compensated for unused leave time. The resident
is encouraged to attend professional meetings and receives annual
travel support of $1000. The resident will receive an appointment
as Resident and Clinical Instructor in the Department of Pharmacy
Practice/Pharmacy Administration.
The resident is invited to participate, at no cost,
in course work and continuing education programs sponsored or
provided through the USP. Coursework may be taken as a non-matriculated
student with the approval of the preceptor and advisory committee.
Secretarial support for typing of resident-related
materials and correspondence will be provided. Audiovisual services
will be available through the Information Science Department at
the Joseph W. England Library of USP. These services include portable
video projector and laptop computer, overhead transparency materials,
poster and lettering supplies, as well as access to a collection
of tapes and slides. In addition to audiovisual services, the
Library provides Internet access, e-mail accounts, literature
searches, photocopy services, and an extensive collection of electronic
and printed journals and references.
Certification
Upon approval of the primary preceptor, advisory
committee and Department Chair, the resident will be awarded a
certificate of completion from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy,
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.
Last Updated: 5/8/06
