Pediatric Pharmacists Podcast

Host: Allison Chung and Todd Eury

Guest – Elizabeth Farrington, Pharm.D., BCPS,

Dr. Farrington is a clinical pharmacist at New Hanover Regional Medical Center (NHRMC) in Wilmington, North Carolina. Farrington received a B.S. degree in pharmacy from the University of North Carolina and a Pharm.D. degree from the University of Kentucky (UK), followed by a residency at UK and a pediatric fellowship. Her clinical practice is focused on pediatric critical care and general pediatrics. Recently elected as American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), President Elect.

Show notes/Summary:

Dr. Allison Chung and Dr. Elizabeth Farrington discuss how they both got interested in pediatrics and the different paths they took to become pediatric specialty pharmacists.

Potential paths include:

• Being hired as a staff pharmacy in a Children’s hospital and gaining experience there
• Doing a PGY1 w/ pediatric emphasis in a pediatric hospital
• Completing a general PGY1 and then doing a PGY2 in Pediatrics
• Doing a general PGY1 and then doing a Fellowship in Pediatrics
• Obtain Board Certification in Pediatric Pharmacy

Info can be obtained here.

Also discussed why pediatric pharmacists are important and how pediatric patients are a unique entity that requires specialized knowledge. Discussed some of the things that pediatric pharmacists do and what makes pediatrics so unique.

Pertinent literature:

Childstats.gov – America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2021 – Press Release

LaRochelle JM, Smith KP, Benavides S, Bobo K, Chung AM et al. Evidence demonstrating the pharmacists’ direct impact on clinical outcomes in pediatric patients: An opinion of the pediatrics practice and research network of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. J Am Coll Clin Pharm 2020;3:786-792

Evidence demonstrating the pharmacist’s direct impact on clinical outcomes in pediatric patients: An opinion of the pediatrics practice and research network of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy – LaRochelle – 2020 – JACCP:  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CLINICAL PHARMACY – Wiley Online Library

Bhatt-Mehta V, Buck ML, Chung AM, Farrington EA, Hagemann TM, Hoff DS, LaRochelle JM, Pettit RS, Phan H, Potts AL, Smith KP, Parrish RH. Recommendations for Meeting the Pediatric Patient’s Need for a Clinical Pharmacist: A Joint Opinion of the Pediatrics Practice and Research Network of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and the Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group. Pharmacotherapy 2013;33(2):243-251

Recommendations for Meeting the Pediatric Patient’s Need for a Clinical Pharmacist: A Joint Opinion of the Pediatrics Practice and Research Network of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and the Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group – Bhatt‐Mehta – 2013 – Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy – Wiley Online Library