Pediatric PGY2 Residency
Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent
Ascension St. Vincent Women and Infants Hospital
Purpose
Program Description
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Practice Sites
The primary pediatric teaching sites are Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent and Ascension St. Vincent Women and Infants Hospital. The hospital is a mission-based organization dedicated to the care of children from infancy to age 18 and to providing educational experiences to medical and pharmacy residents and students. Providing exceptional patient care is the primary focus at our institution.
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Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent
Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent is a non-profit, four-story pediatric hospital dedicated to the care of children and offers all private rooms, overnight accommodations for parents, and a child-friendly setting designed to allow caregivers and families to work together to improve children’s health.
Features
- 47-bed Pediatric Inpatient Unit with 24/7 hospitalist coverage
- 20-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) with 24/7 board certified intensivists
- 17-bed Hilbert Pediatric Emergency Department
- Level 1 trauma and burn center
- 18 comprehensive outpatient clinics
- ECMO services
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Ascension St. Vincent Women and Infants Hospital
Ascension St. Vincent Women and Infant Hospital is the largest free-standing comprehensive women’s health service hospital in Indiana and physicians deliver more multiples and high-risk babies than any other hospital in the state. Connected to Peyton Manning Children's Hospital, the pediatric pharmacy satellite provides 24/7 pharmacy coverage for Peyton Manning Children's and the Women's and Infants Hospital. Special features: maternal fetal medicine, labor and delivery services for high-risk mothers and babies as well as uncomplicated pregnancies, newborn intensive care, breast, gynecological, urological and plastic surgeries and full-service diagnostic imaging (ultrasound, MRI). The Center for Women's Health provides services and education to women of all ages.
Features
- 272,000 square feet
- 109 private NICU Rooms
- 15 Labor & Delivery Rooms
- 30 Mother Baby Rooms
- 20 High Risk OB Rooms
- 3 C-Section Rooms
- 8 PICU Bed Unit
- 15 Beds Pediatric Emergency Department with 2 trauma rooms
- Rooftop Heliport with 2 Helipads
Learning Experiences
Required |
Longitudinal |
Electives |
Orientation |
Ambulatory Care (6 months) |
Emergency Medicine |
General Pediatrics |
Practice Management |
Hematology/ Oncology |
Neonatal Critical Care |
Teaching |
Psychiatry |
Pediatric Critical Care |
Research |
Women’s Health |
Infectious Diseases |
Staffing |
*Other practice areas based on resident interest |
Required Learning Experiences Descriptions
Orientation Learning Experience
Pediatric Critical Care Learning Experiences
Neonatal Critical Care Learning Experiences
General Pediatric Learning Experiences
Infectious Diseases Learning Description
Longitudinal Learning Experiences Descriptions
Practice Management
The resident will be required to:
- Facilitate a committee or work-group
- Actively participate in the activities of the Pediatric
Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee as well as ad hoc
participation with other relevant groups - Develop and/or update a neonatal/pediatric policy, order
set, and drug shortage plan - Will gain technology experience with electronic health records, order sets, and Alaris pumps technology
- A quality improvement project as related to pediatric pharmacy operations
- Actively participate in the therapeutic initiatives for an Ascension National Pediatric Committee such as Pediatric and Maternal Expert Review Panel or Ascension Health Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee.
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Didactic and Experiential Teaching
- If not achieved during Pharmacy Practice (PGY-1)
Residency, the resident will participate in the Indiana Teaching
Certificate Program - The resident will have opportunities to teach in small group
facilitation and lectures through Butler, Manchester and Purdue
universities - The resident will develop an educational legacy project for pharmacists, pharmacy residents, and pharmacy students. Past legacy projects include Pharmacokinetic Monitoring and Training Guide for Vancomycin and Aminoglycosides and Parenteral Nutrition Monitoring and Training Guide.
- The resident will be required to:
- Give one formal noon conference and one interactive conference to pediatric medical residents
- Precept at least one month of PharmD students/residents with the potential to precept more if desired
- Present a variety of presentations including patient cases, therapeutic dilemmas, journal clubs and nursing in-services
- Create a preceptor development activity
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Residency Project
Ambulatory Clinic
Service Commitment
- The resident will be required to staff one evening every four weeks and one weekend every three weeks. Responsibilities will include both distributive and clinical. In addition, the resident will participate in the on-call program.
- The resident will actively participate in two volunteer activities, one which must be pharmacy related, during the residency.
- The resident will participate in interdisciplinary pediatric mock code simulations once a quarter.
Past Residents- Where are they now?
Kaylee Evans, PharmD, BCPPS completed her PharmD at the University of Southern Illinois Edwardsville. She complete both her PGY-1 and PGY-2 residencies at Ascension St. Vincent and Peyton Manning Children's Hospital. Kaylee is currently working as a pediatric outpatient clinical pharmacy specialist at Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health.
Kasia Los, PharmD, BCPPS completed her PharmD at Drake University. She complete both her PGY-1 and PGY-2 residencies at Ascension St. Vincent and Peyton Manning Children's Hospital. Kasia is currently a pediatric clinical pharmacist at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.
McKenzie Packard, PharmD, BCPPS completed her PharmD at Drake University. She completed her PGY-1 pharmacy practice residency at MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center and PGY-2 pediatric pharmacy resident at Peyton Manning Children's Hospital. McKenzie is currently a pediatric clinical pharmacist at Atrium Health Wake Forest Medical Center.
Emily Garries, PharmD, BCPPS completed her PharmD at Purdue University. She complete both her PGY-1 and PGY-2 residencies at Ascension St. Vincent and Peyton Manning Children's Hospital. Emily is currently a pediatric hematology/oncology pharmacy specialist at Peyton Manning Children's Hospital.
Kendyl Miller, PharmD completed her PharmD at Purdue University. She complete both her PGY-1 and PGY-2 residencies at Ascension St. Vincent and Peyton Manning Children's Hospital. Kendyl is currently a pediatric generalist at Peyton Manning Children's Hospital.
Current Resident
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Preceptors
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Jamalyn is the current PGY2 Pediatric Residency Director.
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Emily Garries, PharmD, BCPPS is a Pediatric Oncology/Hematology Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent. Emily received her Doctor of Pharmacy in 2021 from Purdue University. She completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at Ascension St. Vincent Indianapolis and a PGY-2 Pediatrics Pharmacy Residency at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent. Her areas of interest include pediatric oncology and infectious diseases.