St. Louis Children’s Hospital

PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency with Specialty Pathway in Critical Care Learning Experience

PGY2 Pediatric Critical Care Track Required Clinical Rotations 

PGY2 Pediatric Critical Care Track Other Elective 

Clinical Rotations (3-5 weeks) 

*8-12 weeks of elective time 

Orientation (4 weeks) * Antimicrobial Stewardship 
Neonatal ICU (4 weeks) Toxicology 
Pediatric ICU (4 weeks) Hematology/Oncology 
Cardiac ICU (4 weeks) Bone Marrow Transplant 
Emergency Medicine (4 weeks) Cardiology 
Infectious Diseases (4 weeks) Neurology 
Transplant Selective 
(choose Solid Organ Transplant or Bone Marrow Transplant) (4 weeks) 
General Pediatrics 

Critical Care II Selectives (5 weeks) 

(Must choose two of the following:  Cardiac ICU II, Neonatal ICU II, Pediatric ICU II, or Emergency Medicine II) 

General Pediatrics II 
Cystic Fibrosis Clinic 
Pharmacogenomics Clinic (12 months) 
Cardiac ICU II 
Emergency Medicine II 
Neonatal ICU II 
Pediatric ICU II 
High-Risk Obstetrics 

* Unless resident completed PGY1 at SLCH then shortened to one week 
** PGY2 residents are required to co-precept APPE student(s) on one of their rotations

Longitudinal residency experiences (required).  
All experiences are 12 months in duration.

  • Research (Four  weeks of concentrated research time built in. One week in October or November and three weeks in December.)
  • Leadership
  • Medication use and safety
  • Staffing (Four-hour evening shift each week and every fourth weekend)
  • Presentations