Postgraduate Year Two - Pediatric Residency Program

Medication Use Evaluation (MUE) (6 months)

6-month long learning experience [July through December]. The results of a Medication Utilization Evaluation (MUE) completed in the Fall by the resident will be presented as a poster at the ASHP Midyear Meeting.

Project Management (9 months)

9-month long learning experience [October through June]. The PGY-2 Peds resident is required to lead and complete an IRC-approved research project. The resident will have the opportunity to present their project at either the Pediatric Pharmacy Association Meeting or Florida Residency Conference in Spring, or both pending RPD approval.

PGY-2 Newsletter (The Dose of Pediatrics)

The PGY-2 Peds resident will publish a minimum of two pediatric articles in the Lee Health Pharmacy Newsletter, “The Dose of Pediatrics”. The resident may also be responsible for the content review, coordination, and publication of an additional two pediatric pharmacy newsletters, pending PGY-1 interest in pediatrics.

Clinical Practice Advancement (11 months)

11-month long learning experience [August through June]. Residents will participate in the following activities throughout the residency year.

• Residents prepare a formulary monograph and/or a drug class review and present the recommendations to the Pharmacy Clinical Practice Council, Pediatric Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee, System Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee, and other committees as applicable
• Resident will participate in quality improvement and performance improvement projects and present the recommendations to the appropriate health system committees
• Residents review and develop policies, procedures or orders sets to improve patient outcomes

Medication Safety (11 months)

11-month long rotation [August through June]. The resident will participate in several activities designed to improve their working knowledge and experience with patient and medication safety concepts. The resident is expected to follow up with medication safety events and perform root cause analysis to define gaps that may have lead to the specific error. The resident is expected to meet with the Director of Pharmacy on a weekly basis, nursing staff monthly, and present safety events to pharmacy staff monthly.

Pharmacy Practice Experience

The PGY-2 Peds resident is required to staff 11 weekends (two 8-hour shifts) throughout the residency year. In addition, the resident will be required to staff one of the following holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Year’s Day. It is expected that the resident work the Fourth of July (if on a weekday), Memorial day, and Labor Day.

Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Clinic

Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Clinic is an outpatient longitudinal rotation that the resident will attend 2 Fridays a month and provide clinical pharmacy services to all patients with CF with the goal of optimizing medication therapy. The resident is expected to complete medication reconciliations, medication educations, answering patient medication questions, and optimize transitions of care into the hospital and from the hospital setting.

Lee Health Medical Writing Certificate

The LH Medical Writing Certificate program is an optional certificate designed to allow participants to move through a structured and systematic educational experience to acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and performance behaviors to successfully develop and edit scholarly and scientific materials.