The Children's National Medical Center Pharmacy Postgraduate Year One (PGY1) Residency Program offers the motivated resident an excellent opportunity for learning in a challenging and progressive environment. It is designed to emphasize individual resident needs and interests utilizing the ASHP-developed Resident Learning System (RLS). Because Children's National is challenged with the very diverse issues that come with a heavy managed care population, residents receive real world learning experiences. The program is well rounded, including a great deal of instruction and involvement, providing both a philosophical and practical perspective on pharmacy issues.

More than 50 pharmacists have completed our residency since the start of the program in 1980. The pharmacy department is affiliated with Howard University School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, and other pharmacy schools around the country.

Children’s National Medical Center is a participating member of the ASHP Residency Matching Program. 

Rotations
Required rotations include: Clinical Nutrition, Critical Care Medicine (Pediatric Intensive Care or Neonatal Intensive Care), Hematology/Oncology, General Medicine, Administration, Ambulatory Care, Cardiology, Emergency Medicine and Infectious Diseases.

Examples of clinics include: General Pediatric Clinic, Adolescent Medicine, HIV, Home Infusion, Transplant Clinic, Diabetes, and Pulmonology.

Some examples of Elective Rotations include, but are not limited to: Investigational Drugs and Pulmonology. Elective rotations may also be chosen based upon the resident’s professional interests and previous experiences.

Requirements
A residency project, selected by the resident, is required and must be in publishable form upon completion of the residency. The resident also will complete at least one drug use evaluation. In addition, written evaluation of each rotation experience by both resident and rotation preceptor are required. Residents staff every third weekend and one to two evening shifts per month for the department and must take the DC licensure exam in June or be eligible for reciprocation. Finally, residents will have the opportunity to serve as a preceptor for pharmacy students and will be required to in-service the pharmacy, nursing, and medical staffs when necessary.

Potential candidates for Children's Pharmacy Postgraduate Year One (PGY1) Residency Program should submit an application by January. Residency begins in July. Please type or print clearly all entries on the application. The items below should be submitted with your application:

• Transcript of college courses completed - If you cannot get the most recent transcript including current course work due to the holidays, please submit what you have and bring a current transcript to your interview.
• One page statement of professional goals - Include both short term and long term, as well as why you want to pursue residency training in general and specifically at Children’s National Medical Center.
• Current CV - It should include (but not be limited to) schools or universities attended (including dates), degrees conferred or expected, honors and awards, extracurricular activities, your work experience, clinical rotations (taken or scheduled), and other pertinent information.
• Three letters of recommendation - At least one of which is from a previous pharmacy employer and two from clinical faculty. Provide each individual who is writing a recommendation with a copy of the Residency Applicant Recommendation Request Form (included in application download below). They will send their letters of recommendation directly to Children’s National Medical Center.
• Optional - Passport sized photograph to help us remember you and your interview.

An on-site interview at Children’s National Medical Center is required. Applicants will be invited to interview based upon their applications, transcript, and letters of recommendation at a mutually convenient time during late January or February.

Download our application now.

Contact Information

Shannan K. Eades, Pharm. D.
Clinical Manager
Children’s National Medical Center
111 Michigan Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20010
202-476-4024
seades@cnmc.org