Arkansas Children’s and UAMS College of Pharmacy Fellowship in Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infectious Diseases
Background
The Fellowship in Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infectious Diseases at Arkansas Children’s and the UAMS College of Pharmacy is a two-year program that is designed to provide the fellow with clinical, research, and teaching skills in this specialty area so that upon completion the fellow will be prepared to help initiate or add to existing Antimicrobial Stewardship programs with their future employment.
Fellows will be exposed to AS/ID at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock and at Arkansas Children’s Northwest in Springdale remotely. Fellows will also be participating with state-wide stewardship in combination with our health department and nationally through the SHARPS (Sharing Antimicrobial Reports for Pediatric Stewardship) Collaborative. Support will also be given for the fellow to take additional courses through the UAMS College of Public Health that could end with a Master’s degree. Courses will be selected based on fellow’s research interests. Degrees that could be sought include a Master’s in Biostatistics, Epidemiology, or Health Policy and Management.
Details
Number of Positions: Three
Estimated Salary: Competitive
Estimated Starting Date: July 1
Core Rotations
- Antimicrobial Stewardship/TDM (eight months)
- Infectious Disease (seven months)
- Pharmacy Orientation (one month)
- Research (six months)
- Elective (two months)
Longitudinal Experiences
- Research Certificate Program
- Antimicrobial Stewardship Certificate Program
- Teaching Certificate Program
- Graduate Courses (optional)
- Weekly ID Case Conference, Journal Club, Fellow’s Conference
- Microbiology
- Hospital Committees
Additional Responsibilities/Projects Throughout the Year
- First year — one Pharmacy staffing weekend and one Clinical call TDM weekend coverage each month
- Second year — two Clinical call TDM coverage weekends/month
- Clinical coverage one major and one minor holiday weekend
- Therapeutics Recitation one semester per year
- Assist in Pediatric and ID Elective Courses
Benefits
Each fellow will receive:
- Competitive annual stipend
- Ten days of paid time off to be used for vacation and sick leave, holidays and professional leave for attendance of state and national meetings per the discretion of the Fellowship Program Director
- Financial assistance to attend national meetings as deemed appropriate by Director
- Health, life, and malpractice insurance
- Two monogrammed lab coats