Pharmacy Students and New Graduates

Children’s offers a one-year, postgraduate residency program in pharmacy practice with an emphasis in pediatrics and a one-year fellowship in critical care pediatric clinical pharmacy. We are also a rotation site for pharmacy students to complete their advanced pharmacy practice experiences.

Pharmacy Fellow

Pharmacy Intensive Care Fellowship
Children's Hospital Central California offers a one-year-long intensive care fellowship designed to provide the pharmacist with training in the focused area of critical care pediatric clinical pharmacy. In addition to gaining a comprehensive understanding of the global aspects of pharmaceutical care in the ICU, the fellowship also emphasizes an intensive research project. For this component, the fellow will work closely with the intensive care physicians to develop and complete a research study suitable for presentation and publication.

Period of Appointment: Twelve months

Health Benefits: Fellow entitled to full health benefits. Plans to be selected upon arrival.

Weekend Staffing: Fellow required to staff the intensive care satellite pharmacy two weekends a month once distribution training is complete.

Responsibilities Include (but not limited to):

• Attend intensive care unit rounds and provide drug information.
• Identify a research project related to intensive care, propose it to the hospital Investigational Review Board, carry out the study, and ultimately present and publish the study.
• Actively participate in ongoing intensive care research studies as well as any studies initiated during the fellowship.
• Assist in pharmacy and therapeutics activities that relate to intensive care therapeutics.
• Provide distributive support (staffing and dispensing)

Rotations: Distribution/Staffing, Neonatal Intensive Care, Pediatric Intensive Care, Poison Center, Emergency Department, Administration

Application Requirements (due by January 15th):

• At least one year of hospital pharmacy experience is preferred and/or a residency with a pediatric emphasis.
• Must have a California State Board of Pharmacy License (or obtain license within two months of starting fellowship).
• Completed application for employment (available online at www.childrenscentralcal.org)
• Letter of Intent
• Three letters of recommendation
• Official school of pharmacy transcripts
• Be available for interview (January/February)

Pharmacy Residency

Children's Hospital Central California offers a one-year, postgraduate residency program in pharmacy practice with an emphasis in pediatrics. This program will teach you to convert didactic concepts into sound drug therapy using a hands-on approach. Throughout the year, resident activities will include providing patient specific clinical pharmacology in both inpatient and outpatient areas; providing drug education to medical residents and nurses; precepting pharmacy students; and participating in administrative activities.

Period of Appointment: 12 months

Health Benefits: Residents entitled to full health benefits. *Plans to be selected upon arrival.* Supplemental coverage for family members may be purchased.

Weekend Staffing: Residents are required to staff in the inpatient pharmacy two weekends a month. Time is considered overtime.

Professional Leave: Residents are encouraged to attend and participate in conventions and professional meetings. Residents will be scheduled to attend three pharmacy conferences: Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group Annual Conference, ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, and Western States Conference.

Vacation/Sick Days: For every 80-hour pay-period, residents will receive 7.69 hours of paid time off (PTO). PTO includes hours taken for both vacation and sick days and must be approved by Residency Coordinator.

Examination & Licensure: It is recommended that residents take the California Pharmacy Licensure Exam prior to the start of the residency. Residents must have a California Intern License if exam results not back before the start of the residency. (Call CA State Board for application or visit: http://www.pharmacy.ca.gov/).

Availability Rotations

Pharmacy Administration, Poison Control Center, General Medicine, Primary Care Practice, Hematology & Oncology, Neurology Practice, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Pulmonology Center, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Infectious Diseases, Gastroenterology Practice, Nephrology Practice.

Application Requirements: (Due by January 15th)

• Doctor of Pharmacy degree; a B.S. or M.S. and equivalent clinical experience
• Be eligible to apply for a license to practice pharmacy in the State of California
• Completed application for employment
• Letter of intent
• Three letters of recommendation
• Official school pharmacy transcripts
• Interview

Questions regarding both the fellowship and residency programs in pharmacy practice can be directed to:

Wenee Liu Lopez, Pharm.D.
Pharmacy Resident and Student Coordinator
Children’s Hospital Central California
9300 Valley Children’s Place – GW19
Madera, CA 93636-8762
wliu@childrenscentralcal.org

Student Rotation

Children’s Hospital Central California is a rotation site for pharmacy students to complete their advanced pharmacy practice experiences. These experiences concentrate on the identification, resolution and prevention of drug related problems. Other practice functions involving pharmaceutical care system management may also be incorporated into the rotational experience depending on the type of rotation and the primary preceptors in charge of the rotation. Students here will be expected to focus on patient specific drug use, monitoring of individual patient’s drug therapy, and professional communication of ideas, information and analysis to other healthcare professionals, colleagues, patients and patient families. As part of the rotation, students will be required to complete projects and present patient cases designed to encourage critical assessment of medication therapy and to demonstrate the student’s knowledge about the role and function of a pharmacist in a clinical setting.

Rotations available to pharmacy students at Children's Hospital:

• Acute Care:
• General Medicine
• Neonatal Intensive Care
• Pediatric Intensive Care
• Ambulatory Care:
• Primary Care Clinic
• Neurology Clinic
• Other:
• Administration

Pharmacy students from University of the Pacific School of Pharmacy and University of California San Francisco School of Pharmacy must contact the schools’ Fresno area site coordinators.

Students from other schools need to contact Wenee Liu Lopez with the following information:

• Preferred rotation(s)
• Dates of availability
• Contact information for Pharmacy School's Director of Experiential Rotations

Wenee Liu Lopez, Pharm.D.
Pharmacy Resident and Student Coordinator
Children’s Hospital Central California
9300 Valley Children’s Place – GW19
Madera, CA 93636-8761
wliu@childrenscentralcal.org