TEXAS CHILDREN'S PHARMACY DEPARTMENT
Specialty Residency in Pediatric Pharmacotherapy

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Commitment to excellence and service is the philosophy of Texas Children’s Hospital Pharmacy Department. The clinical pharmacy staff works with the pharmacists, students, and residents to increase professional development, clinical involvement, and expand the understanding of pharmacotherapy specific to the pediatric population.

The residency program at Texas Children’s Hospital has been in place since 1996. The residency is a one year program that is heavily weighted in direct patient care. The program allows for tailored instruction for the resident based on interests and past experience. The preceptors are dedicated to the residency program. The residency program at Texas Children's Hospital will train pharmacists to serve as authoritative resources in the application, use, research, and optimization of medications in pediatric patients. Additionally, the program will train pharmacists in practice management skills and to effectively educate pediatric healthcare practitioners. The program start date is around July 1st.

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Required Rotations:
Administration
Ambulatory Care: Heart Transplant Clinic
Ambulatory Care: Hematology / Oncology
Cardiology: Pediatric Cardiology / CV ICU
Critical Care: Pediatric ICU / Progressive Care Unit (PCU)
General Medicine/Solid Organ Transplantation
Hematology / Oncology
Neonatology: Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) 
Stem Cell Transplant

Elective Rotations:
Emergency Medicine Gastroenterology Infectious Diseases Nephrology	Neurology Nutrition Pulmonary (Any previous required rotation can be repeated)

Projects and Presentation Requirements:

• Clinical Research Project
• Poster Presentation at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
• Formal Write-up for submission and publication
• Presentation of results at Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group (PPAG) Specialty Meeting in the spring
• Journal Clubs
• Every other month
• Resident Rounds
• Every other month (45 minute presentation to the staff)
• Staffing Responsibilities
• The resident will staff approximately 40 hours per month
• The resident will work in the following areas:
  • Central pharmacy – one evening shift every other week
  • Decentralized pharmacist (floor pharmacist) – every third weekend
• The resident will be assigned to an area based on their interests and skill levels
• Each resident will be licensed in the State of Texas by August 1st
• Teaching Responsibilities
• Lectures to the therapeutics class at the University of Houston School of Pharmacy
• Aid in the precepting of students
• Participation in PEDS 101, a lecture series for first year medical residents
• Residents will also have the opportunity to complete the scholarship in teaching program offered through the University of Houston School of Pharmacy
• Education Opportunities
  • Feigin Rounds (Tuesdays 1030, 6th Floor neonatology conference room)
  • Grand Rounds (Friday 0830, Texas Children's Hospital Auditorium)
  • Resident and student presentations
  • Pharmacotherapy Rounds (Third Thursday of each month)