Pharmacy Residency Programs

2024-2025 Pharmacy Residency Recruitment Plan

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Graduate Pharmacy Education is excited for the 2024-2025 residency recruitment cycle. During this year’s interview process, we will offer both onsite and virtual interviews for our residency programs. All applications to our programs will be reviewed solely on the merits of the application. If a candidate is invited for an interview with one of our residency programs, the Residency Program Director will work with each candidate based on their preference for interviewing: either onsite or virtual. We understand there are many variables for each candidate to consider in deciding what is the best interview process. We can offer great experiences for candidates to learn about our programs both onsite and virtually.

*Note: The PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy Residency program will only host interviews virtually.

If you are interested in learning about our programs before ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting & Exhibition, please attend one of our virtual information sessions.

Recruitment Informational Sessions

PGY1	Nov. 18, 5 to 6 p.m. \| Link Dec. 2, 6 to 7 p.m. \| Link Dec. 17, 5 to 6 p.m. \| Link
PGY1 – High Point Medical Center	Nov. 14, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. \| Link Nov. 19, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. \| Link Nov. 25, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. \| Link
PGY1/2 – Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership with Masters	Nov. 7, 6 to 7 p.m. \| Link Nov. 18, 6 to 7 p.m. \| Link Dec. 16, 6 to 7 p.m. \| Link
PGY1/2 – Investigational Drugs and Research	Dec. 3, 5 to 6 p.m. \| Link Dec. 19, 5 to 6 p.m. \| Link
PGY2 – Cardiology	Email Zach Klick
PGY2 – Critical Care	Dec. 3, 5 to 6 p.m. \| Link Dec. 18, 7 to 8 p.m. \| Link
PGY2 – Emergency Medicine	Email Lars Almassalkhi
PGY2 – Infectious Diseases	Dec. 3, 4 to 5 p.m. \| Link Dec. 17, 5 to 6 p.m. \| Link
PGY2 – Internal Medicine	Nov. 7, 6 to 7 p.m. \| Link Nov. 25, 6 to 7 p.m. \| Link Dec. 17, 6 to 7 p.m. \| Link
PGY2 – Oncology	Oct. 30, 7 to 8 p.m. \| Link Nov. 20, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. \| Link Dec. 11, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. \| Link
PGY2 – Pediatric	Dec. 3, 4 to 5 p.m. \| Link Dec. 17, 7 to 8 p.m. \| Link

Graduate Pharmacy Education Residency Training Programs

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Graduate Pharmacy Education offers a wide range of learning opportunities across our health-system. These experiences include postgraduate year one and two residency programs, an applied informatics fellowship, an internship for pharmacy students, longitudinal advanced pharmacy practice experiences, and introductory pharmacy practice experiences.

Our residency programs include 25 residents across 12 diverse programs. These programs align under the same mission to provide a dynamic, goal-oriented environment, founded on the core experiences required to develop well-rounded clinical experts, practice researchers, educators and enterprise leaders. We are committed to adhering to regulations and standards set forth by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

Our programs are designed with a variety of experiences to develop confidence, knowledge and skill sets necessary to become autonomous medication management experts. In addition, numerous longitudinal expectations allow residents to experience interdisciplinary teamwork, pharmacy operations, pharmacy practice management, medication strategy and process improvement. We place every resident’s professional objectives at the center of their training, thereby enabling them to excel in their career choice.

Pharmacy residents at Wake Forest Baptist are an integral part of a large pharmacy team and progressive group of pharmacy leaders who provide comprehensive pharmacy services throughout the health-system to improve the health outcomes of our patients and communities. We aim to instill and foster a passion for excellence in the practice of pharmacy, compassion for patient care, and leadership in innovation.

Department of Pharmacy Vision and Mission

Vision: The vision of the pharmacy department is to provide lifecycle medication management to our patients.

Mission: Excellence in health outcomes. Compassion in care. Leadership in innovation.

Postgraduate Year 1

A unique PGY1 pharmacy residency program builds on Doctor of Pharmacy education and outcomes to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists responsible for medication-related care of patients with a wide range of conditions, eligible for board certification, and eligible for PGY2 pharmacy residency training.

Postgraduate Year 2

Eight unique PGY2 pharmacy residency programs build on Doctor of Pharmacy education and PGY1 pharmacy residency programs to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists in specialized areas of practice. PGY2 residencies provide residents with opportunities to function independently as practitioners by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge and incorporating both into the provision of patient care or other advanced practice settings. Residents who successfully complete an accredited PGY2 pharmacy residency are prepared for advanced patient care, academic, or other specialized positions, along with board certification, if available.

Postgraduate Year 1/2

The Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership program is structured to combine PGY1 clinical and PGY2 administrative learning experiences. In addition, the program contains an MS degree component. Residents who successfully complete this program are prepared for leadership positions in various healthcare settings and board certification.

The Investigational Drugs and Research program is structured to combine PGY1 clinical and PGY2 research learning experiences. The combined 2-year Investigational Drugs and Research residency provides residents with the knowledge, skills, and experiences required to practice as a specialized investigational research pharmacist. At the completion of the PGY1/2 residency, the pharmacist will be equipped to practice in a variety of settings including hospital pharmacy, pharmaceutical industry, or academia.