Emory University Hospital Midtown
HSPAL Residency

2025 – 2027 Residency Program Applications 

• Applications for the 2025 – 2027 PGY1/PGY2 residency years are due by January 3rd, 2024;
• Phorcas Program Number 34043 

Our program leadership and preceptors would love to meet with interested candidates at times convenient to the applicant. Please fill out this survey link to notify the RPD and RPC of your interest to meet.

Program Purpose

ASHP PGY1 Purpose: PGY1 residency programs build upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)  education and outcomes to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in the educational competency areas, goals, and objectives. Residents who successfully complete PGY1 residency programs will be skilled in diverse patient care, practice management, leadership, and education, and be prepared to provide patient care, seek board certification in pharmacotherapy (i.e., BCPS), and pursue advanced education and training opportunities including postgraduate year two (PGY2) residencies. 

ASHP PGY2 Purpose: PGY2 residency programs build upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency training to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in the educational competency areas, goals, and objectives for advanced practice areas. Residents who successfully complete PGY2 residency programs are prepared for advanced patient care or other specialized positions, and board certification in the advanced practice area, if available

General Info

The Department of Pharmacy at Emory University Hospital Midtown is excited to offer a PGY1/PGY2 Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership (HSPAL) residency program, the second PGY1/PGY2 HSPAL program in Georgia!  Emory University Hospital Midtown is a renowned 550 bed acute patient care facility and treats 17,000 patients per year at the outpatient Winship Cancer Institute located in Atlanta, Georgia as part of Emory Healthcare. The residency program provides comprehensive practice management and leadership experiences with a diverse pharmacy leadership team with residency and practice experience from a variety of leading institutions. The program allows for tailored instruction for the individual resident based on interest(s), past experience, and future goals. The 24 month Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership residency program will develop pharmacy leaders with expert knowledge and skills necessary to assume clinical, operational, and leadership management positions within a health system pharmacy practice setting.

The PGY1/PGY2 Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Residency Program at EUHM is designed to provide the resident with a solid foundation of core experiences, a strong knowledge base, a commitment to teaching, an appreciation for leadership, and ample opportunity for pursuing individual interests.  The program incorporates broad-based competencies during the first year of the program, and builds upon these skills in the PGY2 year allowing the resident to further develop and refine multiple skill sets (i.e. practice foundation, direct patient care, drug information, policy development, and practice management). This is accomplished by participating in patient care activities through staffing requirements and completing unique pharmacy administration rotations in clinical and operational management, business and finance operations, medication safety, supply chain management, informatics and formulary and medication use system management and participating in ongoing research and quality improvement activities.    The resident will have direct human resource management experiences throughout the PGY2 year to develop leadership and management skills. Upon completion of the program, the resident is prepared to excel in any health system leadership role, particularly in an academic teaching center part of a larger health system.

A majority of experiences will be at Emory University Hospital Midtown facilities, including the main hospital and several ambulatory locations including infusion clinics, specialty and retail pharmacies throughout the metro Atlanta area. In addition, residents will have the opportunity to complete rotations not offered at Emory University Hospital Midtown at other Emory Healthcare or external sites. Rotation schedules are flexible and designed to provide residents with a solid foundation of core experiences with ample opportunity for pursuing individual interests. Residents are assigned a residency advisor to guide them through the program, as well as to ensure that the goals of both the resident and program are being met. Residents develop a customized training plan at the beginning of the year.  PharmAcademic is utilized to analyze the resident's performance, which includes global evaluations conducted with the advisor and program director throughout the year.

Learning Experiences

Residents’ baseline self-evaluations and interests are used to formulate customized training plans and rotation schedules.  Rotations are typically month long or 4 week long experiences, with a few 2 week electives, and a tentative year-long schedule is developed at the beginning of each year of the residency program.  The rotation schedule is flexible depending on department activities, external rotations, and preceptor availability.  Residents are required to follow the expectations set by individual rotation preceptors.  Rotation learning experiences often vary with regard to daily start and end time, presentation requirements, and other responsibilities.  

Residents may choose to change their schedule based on changing interest throughout the year and rotation availability.  Any schedule change must be approved by the preceptors of each rotation (switching to and switching from), the resident’s advisor and their RPD. 

Learning experiences for the HSPAL resident will be month long experiences in addition to longitudinal rotational experiences. Some electives may be 2 week experiences, as noted below. Determination of rotation length may be subject to change based upon resident’s interests, prior experience, and other available opportunities as long as all program requirements and ASHP goals and objectives are met for the program. The program director will work collaboratively with the residents to ensure an organized, intentional rotation schedule to optimize learning experiences. 

Required Experiences and Recommended Timeline

PGY1 Recommended Disease States

1. July: Orientation/Staffing Training (Required)
2. August: Internal Medicine: (Required)
   • Hospitalist Service/FMS rotation recommended
3. September: Ambulatory Care- Non-Oncology (one Amb Care Required)
   • 2 ambulatory care experiences recommended
4. October: Practice Management (1 required)
   • 2 operations or drug information rotations from PGY2 rotation options; 1 in inpatient leadership
5. November: Critical Care (Required)
6. December: Research OR Additional Elective
7. January: Emergency Medicine (Required)
8. February: Infectious Diseases (Required)
9. March: Practice Management (1 required)
   • 2 operations or drug information rotations from PGY2 rotation options; 1 in inpatient leadership
10. April: Ambulatory Care- Oncology (one Amb Care required, recommend 2 in the year)
11. May: Clinical Rotation- Elective (Direct patient care required)
12. June: Clinical Rotation- Elective  (Direct patient care required)

PGY2 Required and Recommended Rotations

*Not required in PGY2 year if completed in PGY1 year

1. PGY2 Orientation- 4 weeks (Required)
2. Inpatient Operations - Distribution and Automation- 4 weeks (Required)
3. Inpatient Operations- Sterile Compounding and Perioperative Services- 4 weeks (Required) 
4. Pharmacy Informatics- 4 weeks (Required) 
5. Director of Pharmacy –  4 weeks (Required) 
6. Vice President of Ambulatory Care Pharmacy - 2 weeks (Required) 
7. Specialty Pharmacy Operations – 4 weeks (Required*) 
8. Ambulatory Infusion Services- 4 weeks (Required*) 
9. Pharmacy Finance and 340B- 4 weeks (Required) 
10. Supply Chain Management - 4 weeks (Required) 
11. Clinical Practice Management – 4 weeks (Required) 
12. Research or Elective – 2 weeks (Required) 
13. Electives – 12 weeks (assuming 2 requirements completed in PGY1 year)

Longitudinal Learning Experiences

PGY1- Refer to the PGY1 Program Manual Appendix

1. Pharmacy Service Commitment
2. Research
3. Formulary Management
4. Pharmacy Teaching Program with Mercer University College of Pharmacy (Elective)
5. Resident On Call
6. Code Blue Coverage
7. Medication Safety (Elective)

PGY2

1. Pharmacy Service Commitment
2. Research
3. Human Resource Management
4. Manager On Call
5. Medication Safety

Elective Learning Experience Opportunities:

PGY1: 4 Elective Opportunities, 3 must be clinical electives, 1 in administration

PGY2: 2 Elective Opportunities, may elect additional elective opportunity in lieu of Research month

• Inpatient Electives:
• Neonatal ICU
• Cardiothoracic ICU
• Surgical ICU
• Cardiology ICU
• Medical ICU
• Emergency Medicine
• Solid Organ Transplantation (Kidney, Liver, Heart/Lung) (OFFSITE)
• Inpatient Oncology (BMT, Leukemia, Medical Oncology) (OFFSITE)
• Ambulatory Care:
• Cardiology
• Dermatology
• GI
• Neurology
• Pulmonology (PAH & CF)
• Oncology
• Rheumatology
• Hepatology
• Administration Elective Experiences:
• Hospital and System Pharmacy Administration- 5 weeks
• System Formulary Management- 4 weeks
• Pharmacy and Regulatory Compliance - 2 weeks
• Professional Organizational Leadership Opportunities:
  • Apexus offered following application process 
  • Others may be available for discussion and application process: ASHP, FDA, CDC, BOP 

Research Project:  
Residents are required to design, develop and complete an original research project. This includes a final manuscript of research results. To expand their understanding of and compliance with research requirements, residents are required to complete an Emory IRB (Institutional Review Board) -certified module. Residents are expected to present their project at one conference each year. One poster presentation and one platform presentation is required. HSPAL residents may have 1 or 2 research projects between PGY1 and PGY2 year depending on project scope. For a project completed over 2 years, there must be an interim report presented during the PGY1 year.  

Quality Improvement Project:   
Residents are required to complete a quality improvement project each year with a goal to improve the care delivered to patients at Emory University Hospital Midtown. A preceptor will mentor the process. Residents will collect and analyze data, prepare a handout, and present the project to a committee as designated by the RPD in conjunction with the preceptor. 

Grand Rounds Presentation:  
Residents are required to prepare one 60-minute presentation for ACPE credit on approved topics, complete with Powerpoint slides and handouts during each residency year, PGY1 and PGY2. Additional details regarding grand round presentation will be provided upon start of the program. 

Pharmacy Service Commitment:  
Residents gain experience in the pharmacy’s medication distribution system by staffing in one operational area and one clinical area every third weekend and one evening every pay period for a total of 58 staffing shifts. The Health System Pharmacy Administration resident will staff every 3rd Saturday and Sunday in the main inpatient pharmacy and 1 evening per pay period, rotating between operational and clinical shifts. The inpatient staffing weekend is set to align with the manager on-call weekend for the PGY2 resident.   When holidays occur on a weekend (e.g. Christmas, New Year’s Day), the resident is still expected to cover the weekend unless assigned area is closed for that holiday. Health System Pharmacy Administration Residents will be required to staff 1 minor holiday and 1 major holiday during both the PGY1 and PGY2 year. . 

At Home On-Call:  
PGY1 residents will participate in the  specialty resident on call rotation with all EUHM residents. 

PGY2 HSPAL residents will participate in the inpatient manager on call rotation.   

Feedback on the on call program will be collected as part of the continuous improvement plan. Any time spent on on-call activities must be documented in the duty hour tracking form.  

Longitudinal Direct Human Resource Management:  
Under a supervising preceptor, HSPAL residents will have a direct area of management as a longitudinal experience during their PGY 2 year including hiring and recruitment activities, performance management, and area related operational management responsibilities. The area will be chosen collectively based upon resident interest and department need. (Examples include intern class, medication assistance, prior authorization or medication history technicians) 

Licensure: Residents must obtain Georgia pharmacist licensure by Sept. 15.

Evaluations: Residents should complete all evaluations, including rotational evaluation and global evaluations, in a timely manner.

Compensation: PGY-1 residents receive a $54,000/year salary plus medical, dental, vision and 401K benefits. PGY-2 residents receive a $56,000/year salary plus medical, dental, vision and 401K benefits.

Contact Info

Program Director
Shailly Shah, PharmD, MS, BCPS
shailly.shah@emoryhealthcare.org

Program Coordinator
Alyssa Billmeyer, PharmD, MHA
alyssa.billmeyer@emoryhealthcare.org