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PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency Columbia

Mailing Address

Prisma Health Children's Hospital
7 Richland Medical Park Dr.
Columbia, SC 29203

How to Apply

How to Apply

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Prisma Health Children's Hospital–Midlands-University of South Carolina

Training pediatric pharmacy specialists

Prisma Health Children's Hospital–Midlands is the first freestanding children's hospital in South Carolina, with more than 30 pediatric subspecialties. We care for more than 150,000 visits each year and house 174 beds across a wide range of clinical areas, including 70 general pediatric medicine beds, 18 pediatric intensive care beds and 86 neonatal intensive care beds.

Video: PGY2 Pharmacy Residencies at Richland Hospital

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my name is jenna cox i'm one of the

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critical care pharmacists here at prisma

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health midlands and the pgy2 program

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director for critical care

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here at prison health midlands we offer

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unique experiences for

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residents who come through our programs

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our preceptors truly

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care about each and every one of our

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residents and really finding out what

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their goals are for their future

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we try to do our best to set them up for

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success whatever the career path is that

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they may choose

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we have many different preceptors with

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different backgrounds who

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offer wide resources to be able to help

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them meet those goals

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my name is gabrielle dabrill i am the

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pgy2 cardiology resident here

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my name is kayla antis i am the pgy2

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infectious diseases pharmacy resident

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on my interview here i also felt the

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most comforted and welcomed

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i feel like the relationships that i

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felt with those preceptors on that day

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really

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made me want to stay here and continue

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my training here not only

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do you need great rotations and great

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experiences but it's also really the

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environment

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and the preceptors and your co-residents

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that really makes your experience great

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i was really impressed by the vast

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amount of rotations that we have in the

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heart hospital

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able to really work through this

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separate heart hospital and focus in on

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like the advanced therapies that we have

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here

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everything ranging from lvads all that

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outpatient clinic

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to ecmo hella devices balloon pumps

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so we really offer those advanced

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therapies and i think that's why i was

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really interested in pursuing a pgy2

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here

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i'm andrew gainey i'm the current

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residency director

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for the pgy2 program in pediatrics at

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prisma health children's hospital

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there's a lot of things to think the

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pediatrics pgyt program

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kind of makes it very unique mainly

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because we offer

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the opportunity to tailor your year with

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a focus so depending on where you're

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coming from from your pgy1

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you're actually focusing and

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specializing in a clinical subspecialty

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we do offer a variety of rotations

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and numerous amounts of different

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subspecialty areas

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the pharmacy department as a whole

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offers many opportunities for

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wellness so whether that be the

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rejuvenation room that was recently

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added in the pharmacy department

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or bringing in different speakers to

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speak with us in our monthly department

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meetings to really try to focus on

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having that work life balance something

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that we as preceptors try to model for

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the residents as well

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i think my independence has grown a lot

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when you hit pgy2 you kind of hit the

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ground running

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and that's really a good thing because

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you need to be prepared to

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be a pharmacist independently fully

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independent after this year so i think

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my independence has really improved and

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not as reliant as

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i used to be on my preceptors i would

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say our preceptors do a really great job

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of

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knowing you know when we might need a

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little more help versus whenever

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you know whenever they need to let us

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just kind of be on our own

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um and i think the level of autonomy is

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great here

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there's a lot of fun things to do in

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columbia so with our co-residents we go

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out to eat a lot of the time

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i like that kind of small city vibe you

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get a lot of different restaurants to

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choose from and a lot of like events

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always happening

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when choosing a program i really

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recommend that the resident would

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think about what their career goals were

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what experiences there are that they

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would gain

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within a certain program whether that be

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a specific patient population

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that they would see here versus other

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programs that they're interested in

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in addition to that i think would be

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program fit so as they're

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able to speak to some of our current

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residents and our preceptors

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really to find somewhere that they feel

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comfortable

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one of the most important things that

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i'll remember throughout my time here is

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the relationships i have with people

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my co-residents but also the physicians

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that i've been able to work with

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residents and fellows the

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interdisciplinary team because i do feel

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like

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going on rounds they really appreciate

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pharmacy input and they appreciate what

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we have to say so i feel like we're

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like a very important member of the team

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healthcare is a dynamic field we have to

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be able to work as a team

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overall for both the residents and the

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preceptors you'll find a good

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camaraderie there within the team

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for help

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you

Our Postgraduate Year Two (PGY2) Pediatric Specialty Pharmacy Residency Program has a long and distinguished history, stemming from our original program accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists in 1972. Our pediatric pharmacists round daily with the pediatric critical care/pediatric trauma team, five neonatal critical care teams, the hematology/oncology team, the antimicrobial stewardship/infectious diseases team, three large general pediatric inpatient medicine teams and the pediatric emergency department.

While providing clinical pharmacy services to all areas in Children’s Hospital, we also provide services in outpatient settings as well, including the Children's Hospital Outpatient Clinic, the Special Care Center, the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Clinic, the Children's Day Hospital/Pediatric Sedation Suite and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Clinic.

We partner with the University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy and the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics.

Camaraderie

Our pediatric program (37000) offers one position. Prisma Health Richland-University of South Carolina has a total of 15 residents from all programs combined. No matter the residency program, all of our residents participate in a variety of strategically aligned activities (e.g., case conference/lunch and learn, residency leadership academy) that fosters camaraderie and fellowship within the residency class.

For more information pertaining to all programs at Prisma Health Richland-University of South Carolina, including residency showcases, social media, and our commitment to diversity and inclusion, please see our residency website.