PGY 1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at the Golisano Children's Hospital

About the Program

The PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at the Golisano Children's Hospital is a 12-month, full-time curriculum that provides the resident with the knowledge and skills needed to provide optimal care to patients. This intensive training involves activities in a wide variety of practice settings, including:

Designing and managing drug treatment regimens for hospitalized patients in settings ranging from general pediatrics to pediatric and neonatal intensive care.
Recommending optimal drug management as part of specialty services such as infectious diseases and hematology/oncology.
Participating in pharmacy practice management activities to broaden the resident's understanding of the role of pharmacy and its integration into the healthcare system.
Discovering innovative opportunities including emergency medicine and medical informatics.

Accreditation

The PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency is accredited by the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP). Its goals, objectives, and evaluation procedures are consistent with the goals and objectives established by ASHP.

Curriculum

Rotation Schedule

The PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency is tailored to the needs and interests of the individual resident. The schedule of the pharmacy practice year is outlined below:

General Pediatrics—4 weeks
Neonatal Intesive Care—6 weeks
Orientation—2 weeks
Pediatric Emergency Medicine—4 weeks
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology—6 weeks
Pediatric Infectious Diseases— 4 weeks
Pediatric Intensive Care—6 weeks
Pediatric Pharmacy Practice—8 weeks

Longitudinal Rotations

Patient Safety / Informatics
Pharmacy Management
Pharmacy Practice
Research

Longitudinal Pharmacy Practice / Clinical Pharmacokinetics Experience

Following completion of the orientation period, the pharmacy resident will be required to provide pharmaceutical care services every third weekend and pharmacokinetic consults on assigned university holidays. A Clinical Specialist will be on call and will be available if problems arise or discussion of a patient's status is needed.

Elective Rotations

Elective Rotations are desigend to customize the pharmacy practice experience to the needs and desires of each resident. Possible electives include:

Pediatric Neurology
Pediatric Surgery
Pediatric Renal
Pediatric Pulmonary
Additional time in any of the required rotations

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For more information contact:

Deanna Phoenix, PharmD
Golisano Children's Hospital
University of Rochester Medical Center
601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 638
Rochester, NY 14642
deanna_macri@urmc.rochester.edu
Phone: (585) 273-4661
Fax: (585) 276-0333