Pharmacy Residency FAQs

4 PGY1 Pharmacy Residents per residency year

January 3

• Completion of the Doctor of Pharmacy degree
• Eligibility for Tennessee Licensure

• Transcript from an accredited college of pharmacy
• Transcript(s) from undergraduate work
• Curriculum Vitae
• Three letters of recommendation (Should speak to the applicant’s clinical skills and knowledge base; letters from a clinical rotation preceptor are preferred)
• Letter of Intent

• Letters of recommendation should include information describing the applicant’s clinical skill set and knowledge base, in addition to personal attributes.
• Letters of recommendation from clinical pharmacy preceptors are preferred.
• Letters writers are not required to submit a separate letter of recommendation uploaded into Phorcas in addition to the standard Phorcas template

• Annual stipend $57,193
• Paid time off (PTO): 20 days will be accrued which may be used for personal days, sick days, or professional interviews. At the end of the residency, any PTO time not used will be paid out to the resident at their hourly rate.
• Educational leave to attend required conferences and meetings
• Limited educational travel expenses (as available) within the general hospital guidelines
• Health insurance coverage for individual or family with specific limitations defined in the current policy
  
  

Yes! Erlanger provides a travel allowance for ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and the Southeastern Residency Conference (SERC) that covers travel, hotels, and an allowance for food.

• Residents have dedicated office space equipped with a dual screen desktop and phone.
• Residents are also issued laptops for use within the hospital system.
• Access to Micromedex, Up to Date
• Erlanger uses Epic for electronic health records (EHR)

• Orientation
• Medicine
• Critical Care
• Infectious Diseases
• Research
• Ambulatory Care

PGY1 residents are required to provide staffing coverage every fourth weekend and one weeknight shift (4-8pm) per week. There is no call requirement.

Yes! Erlanger pharmacists serve as preceptors for four colleges of pharmacy, so there are usually multiple students on rotation at Erlanger during a given month. Depending on the point in the residency year, PGY1 Residents may work alongside clinical preceptors to facilitate student learning or may serve as the primary preceptor for the student under clinical preceptor supervision.

Our program shares the hospital goals of embracing the power of diversity. Erlanger’s statement on diversity can be found here: A Message about Diversity