Pharmacy Residency Programs

PGY1 Pharmacy Residency

Program Description

The postgraduate year one (PGY1) pharmacy residency at Seattle Children’s is a one-year ASHP-accredited training program that offers an environment to gain professional competence, expand clinical knowledge and develop a philosophy of pharmacy practice. The residents will practice in a variety of settings. Opportunities to explore additional areas of interest are available through electives both on- and off-site. In addition to clinical services, the residents will serve as preceptors to pharmacy students completing their clinical clerkships.

Purpose

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 (e.g., BCPS) and pursue advanced education and training opportunities including postgraduate year two (PGY2) residencies.

Pharmacists successfully completing this one-year pharmacy practice residency will have demonstrated competence in:

  • Providing medication-related care for pediatric patients with a wide range of conditions
  • Advancing pharmacy practice and improving patient care processes
  • Leading and managing individuals, teams and programs
  • Teaching, education and dissemination of knowledge

Available Rotations

  • Orientation and Training: 8 weeks
    • Anticoagulation
    • TPN
    • Central Pharmacy/Operations
    • Competencies
  • Acute Care Required Rotations: 20 weeks total (4 weeks each)
    • Pediatric Medicine A
    • Pediatric Medicine B
    • Pediatric Medicine C
    • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
    • Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
  • Early-Selective Pre-Requisite for Longitudinal Clinic (resident selects one rotation, 4 weeks)
    • Abdominal Solid Organ Transplant
    • Anticoagulation
    • Pulmonary/Cystic Fibrosis
  • Drug Distribution and Staffing (every third weekend, one PM shift per week, longitudinal)
  • Ambulatory Care (4 hours per week, longitudinal)
  • Drug Information (longitudinal)
  • Residency Project (longitudinal)
  • Pharmacy Safety, Quality and Management (4 weeks)
  • Electives (resident will select two rotations; each is 4 weeks)
    • Hematology-Oncology
    • Bone Marrow Transplant (Oncology is required first)
    • Antimicrobial Stewardship
    • Emergency Medicine
    • Pulmonary
    • Transitions of Care
    • Infectious Disease
    • Solid Organ Transplant
    • Other rotations may be available based on the resident’s interest as approved by the RPD.

Pharmacy Residency Requirements

  • Complete and present a research project at the Pediatric Pharmacy Association (PPA) conference.
  • Participate in teaching activities with students.
  • Prepare and present drug monographs for the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
  • Complete parenteral nutrition and anticoagulation competencies.
  • Staff 32 hours per month on average (primarily weekends).

Qualifications of the Applicant

Selected applicants will be required to visit Seattle Children’s for an on-site interview in January or February. Applicants must meet the following general requirements:

Application Requirements

Submission of all materials must be through PhORCAS.

  1. Three letters of recommendation (at least two letter of recommendation must be written by APPE rotation preceptors)
  2. Letter of intent
  3. Completion of supplemental essay question
  4. Official transcripts
  5. CV
  6. Participate in the ASHP Pharmacy Resident Matching Program. Program code number: 95351.

Program Contact 

Dominique Mark, PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS
Residency Program Director, PGY1 Pharmacy and PGY2 Pediatrics
Pediatric Clinical Pharmacist, General Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Washington School of Pharmacy

Current Residents

Daisy Nash, PharmD
School: Pacific University School of Pharmacy, Hillsboro, Oregon
Internship: Providence St. Vincent and Medford Inpatient Pharmacies, Portland and Medford, Oregon

Kali Cira, PharmD 
School: University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Internship: Children’s Hospital of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota

Emma Fleck, PharmD
School: Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
Internship: Randall Children’s Hospital, Portland, Oregon