Pharmacy Residency Program

Program Overview

The goal of the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Pharmacy Practice Residency program is to train compassionate, clinically superior pharmacists who are prepared for hospital practice or further specialization. Graduates of this program will be able to easily transition to a PGY2 pediatric specialty residency or obtain a hospital position as a point-of-care pediatric pharmacist.

About Our Program

At Nemours, we offer a one-year Pharmacy Residency Program. Our goal, upon your completion of this program, will be to prepare you as a competent and confident practitioner, able to deliver pharmacy care to pediatric patients in a distributive as well as clinical environment.

You’ll also develop the necessary skills to educate patients, families and other healthcare professionals on drug-related topics.

We’ll provide experiences that will help develop essential skills such as writing, communication, critical thinking and problem solving. You’ll also have the opportunity to improve the safety of the medication-use system and demonstrate professional maturity by monitoring your own performance and by exhibiting commitment to the profession.

Our program offers you a number of distinctive features including:

One off-site opportunity exists to allow exposure to practice in other pharmacies.
There are a total of two elective rotations available for you to tailor the residency to your interests.
We provide a dedicated research rotation and work with your interests and background to develop your rotation schedule.
Program offers flexibility in your schedule should your interests change over the course of the year.
A residency steering committee monitors your progress and provides guidance for the completion of your required activities.
Program allows the opportunity to participate in student teaching during your residency year.

Nemours is an open and welcoming place to work, and values diversity in all its forms. Additionally, Nemours aspires to have its workforce and providers reflect the rich diversity of the communities we serve. Candidates of diverse backgrounds, Spanish-speaking applicants, and those committed to working with diverse populations and conversant in multicultural issues are strongly encouraged to apply.

Residency Program Basics

12-month experience
1 PGY1 position svailable
Two holidays
One weekend every two weeks

Clinical Services/Special Features

The program includes experiences to help you develop essential skills such as writing, communication, critical thinking, and problem solving. You’ll also have the opportunity to improve the safety of the medication-use system and demonstrate professional maturity by monitoring your own performance and by exhibiting commitment to the profession.

Multidisciplinary patient care rounds
Antibiotic stewardship program
Neonatal nutrition support service
Discharge counseling service
Investigational drug service
Solid organ transplant service
Pharmacogenomics service
Anticoagulation monitoring program

Required Projects

Required projects during your residency include:

Residency research project
Manuscript suitable for publication
Journal club
P&T monograph and minutes
Investigational drug service monograph
Medication use evaluation
Drug class review
Pharmacy newsletter
CE presentation
Drug information questions
Medication Safety Swarm attendance

Residency Opportunities

Teaching certificate
Precepting of pharmacy students
PALS certification

Clinical Achievements

The program has earned a number of clinical achievements:

Residency Director served as the principal investigator for a three-year Cardinal Health grant to implement pharmacy discharge counseling.
Residency Director serves on the Board of Directors for the Eastern States Residency Conference and holds a patent for the software Accupedia®.
Residency Director serves as a co-investigator in an NIH-funded study in the Duke University Pediatric Trials Network.
A pediatric pharmacist presented at Pediatric Medical Grand Rounds on the topic of Breastfeeding and Medications: A Guide for Prescribers.
Several members of the pharmacy department collaborated to publish the Pediatric Neurosurgery On-Call textbook.
Preceptors have been published in various journals such as Hospital Pharmacy, American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, Drug Topics, and The Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
Posters created by residents and preceptors have been presented at various conferences held by organizations such as Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP), Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group (PPAG), American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) and American Society and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN).
A pediatric pharmacist was asked to write a pediatric book chapter on the management of pediatric causalities of chemical terrorist attacks. The chapter is for the Textbook of Military Medicine, which is prepared by Department of the Army, Office of The Surgeon General and published by the Borden Institute.
A pediatric pharmacist was awarded the Best/Innovative Practice Award by the Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group for her submission entitled, “Development of a Computerized Pediatric Anticoagulation Program.”