Pediatric Pharmacy Resident, PGY1

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** ASHP Match Participants Only **

Monroe Carell PGY1 Pharmacy Resident – Term Professional-Monthly
Expected Start Date: June 16, 2025

Job Summary:

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt (Monroe Carell) Post-Graduate Year One (PGY1) Residency program is a 12-month, full-time residency, accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) with an emphasis in pediatrics. PGY1 residency programs build upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and outcomes to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in the educational competency areas, goals, and objectives. Residents who successfully complete PGY1 residency programs will be skilled in diverse patient care, practice management, leadership, and education, and be prepared to provide patient care, seek board certification in pharmacotherapy (i.e., BCPS), and pursue advanced education and training opportunities including postgraduate year two (PGY2) residencies.
The mission of our program is to develop a pharmacist with the skills and abilities to successfully practice as an acute care pharmacist, adjunct faculty member, and/or be prepared to pursue and complete PGY2 residency training. This residency also includes developing a core skill set in drug information and literature evaluation, pharmacotherapy evaluation and management, project-based research and team functioning, presentation development and delivery, and direct patient interaction.
Our residency program will provide each resident with specific learning experiences designed to enable the resident to expand the scope of his/her practice skills. The resident will be evaluated on ASHP goals/objectives as assigned on various learning experiences (rotations, longitudinal experiences, presentations, etc.) throughout the year. The ASHP Residency Learning System and PharmAcademic is used extensively, which offers the resident a tailored, personalized, and progressive learning experience throughout the year. Residents have the opportunity to gain teaching experience and assist preceptors with teaching pharmacy students from the local colleges of pharmacy. An optional teaching certificate provided by one of the local colleges of pharmacy may be obtained during the residency. The resident will also gain experience in giving formal presentations and pharmacy research projects that are designed to improve patient care quality and safety throughout the year.
This residency will tentatively begin on June 16, 2025 with one residency position available. Monroe Carell also offers a PGY2 specialty residency in Pediatrics. PGY2 specialty residencies require the successful completion of a PGY1 residency year. Monroe Carell pharmacy residency positions beginning in 2025 for postgraduate year one (PGY1) or postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency programs are offered to applicants through the ASHP Resident Matching Program (the "Match"). The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) is responsible for establishing the rules of the Match, and for monitoring the implementation of the Match. The administration and conduct of the Match is carried out by National Matching Services Inc. on behalf of ASHP.
Key Responsibilities:
A broad range of experiences are incorporated into the residency curriculum. The focus is on clinical rotations in direct patient care settings. Residents also gain experience in pharmacy administration, medication use system, drug information and pharmacy research projects that are designed to improve patient care, quality and safety. The resident will draft a manuscript of their research project that is suitable for publication. Required rotations include longitudinal rotations of Practice Management, Clinical on Call and staffing, 2 months of pediatric medicine and 1 month each of Pedia