Pharmacy Residency FAQs

• PGY1 Program: 4 residents
• PGY2 Critical Care Program: 1 resident

January 3

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

• Transcript from an accredited college of pharmacy
• 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 of recommendation from a critical care or emergency medicine pharmacy preceptor is preferred for applicants applying to the PGY2 Critical Care Residency.
• Letters writers are not required to submit a separate letter of recommendation uploaded into Phorcas in addition to the standard Phorcas template

• Annual stipend 
  • PGY1: $58,734
  • PGY2 Critical Care: $63,784.50
• 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
• Complimentary and required Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Basic Life Support (BLS) training
• Optional Pediatric Life Support (PALS) training
• Dedicated office space
• Erlanger-issued laptop
• Complementary membership to ASHP and other national specialty organizations (i.e. SCCM, ACCP, etc.) as available
• Various wellness resources including discounted gym membership and complementary counseling
• Complimentary access to University of Tennessee Digital Library
• Complimentary mobile access to Lexicomp, Micromedex, NeoFax, and UpToDate
• Opportunities to participate in select Learning and Organizational Development classes
• Discounted meals at the Erlanger Baroness Hospital cafeteria
• Merchandise discounts at select retailers

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. Erlanger also provides funding for the PGY2 Critical Care Resident to attend The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Congress.

• 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.
• The PGY2 Critical Care Resident is required to provide clinical staffing in the Emergency Department every 3rd weekend. There is no weeknight staffing or on call requirement. The resident will also provide clinical staffing for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

• 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.The PGY2 Critical Care Resident is required to precept at least 2 learners throughout the residency year. Additionally, the PGY2 will serve as a preceptor for a PGY1 resident on their nutrition support longitudinal rotation in addition to precepting all PGY1 residents on their longitudinal code blue experience.

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