PGY1 Pharmacy Residency

The PGY1 Pharmacy Residency has been an ASHP-accredited residency program since 1980. The goal of the program is to increase the availability of clinical pharmacists with diverse and well-rounded experience in pediatric pharmacy practice. The program is the only PGY1 Pharmacy Residency with a pediatric emphasis in the Washington metropolitan area.

The purpose of the PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at Children’s National is to provide learning experiences centered on patient care and practice management that will enable residency graduates to pursue centralized or decentralized clinical pharmacist positions in pediatrics after completion of the program. The program will also prepare the graduates to pursue both board certification (e.g. BCPS or BCPPS) and/or a postgraduate year two (PGY2) residency program. The residency program will also provide teaching opportunities and a required teaching certificate that will also develop pedagogical skills in the context of adjunct faculty appointment with affiliated pharmacy schools.

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The Pharmacy Residency Programs provide world-class training centered on patient care, building on prior education to develop skilled pharmacist practitioners who deliver exceptional pediatric care.

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Program Details

Rotation Experiences

All experiences are 5 weeks in length
Required Rotations
- Antimicrobial Stewardship
- General Pediatrics
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
- Oncology
- Orientation
- Pharmacy Administration
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
Elective Rotations (3): At least two-thirds of the residency year must be spent in direct patient care areas
- Biochemical Genetics and Medical Genetics
- Blood and Marrow Transplant
- Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU)
- Cardiology & Nephrology
- Emergency Medicine and Trauma
- Emergency Medicine and Trauma II
- General Pediatrics II
- Hematology
- Infectious Diseases
- Investigational Drug Service (IDS)
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) II
- Neurology
- Neurology Clinic
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) II
- Psychiatry
- Pulmonology
- Solid Organ Transplant
- Solid Organ Transplant Clinic
- Transitions of Care

*Some elective rotations may not be offered each year dependent on preceptor availability

Longitudinal Requirements

Other Program Requirements

Staffing
- PGY1 residents will staff a minimum of 14 weekends spaced throughout the year
- 8 weekends decentralized staffing (WDC)
- 6 centralized pharmacy staffing in main pharmacy
- In addition, PGY1 residents will staff 10 weekday evening centralized shifts
On-Call Program
- Residents rotate through Clinical On-Call (COC) for 6 weeks (which will correlate with WDC weeks and/or clinical therapeutic drug monitoring shifts)

Stipend and Benefits

Application Information

Potential candidates for Children's National Pharmacy Postgraduate Year One (PGY1) Residency Program should submit an application no later than January 2, 2027. The residency year begins July 1, 2027. The items below should be submitted with your application through PHORCAS:
- Current Curriculum Vitae
  - It should include (but not be limited to) schools or universities attended (including dates), degrees conferred or expected, honors and awards, extracurricular activities, work experience, clinical rotations (completed and scheduled) and other pertinent information.
- Three letters of recommendation
  - Two of which are from clinical or academic faculty and one from the most recent employer or someone who can speak to you as an employee
An interview at Children’s National is required. Applicants will be invited to interview based upon their applications, personal statements and letters of recommendation at a mutually convenient time during late January to early March.

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