The combined 2-year residency/Master of Science in Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership program is designed to cultivate forward-thinking pharmacy leaders who are prepared to shape the future of health-system pharmacy. Through a comprehensive blend of operational, clinical, strategic, and leadership development experiences, residents gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence necessary to excel in a wide range of leadership roles across diverse healthcare settings. Upon completion of the program, residents are equipped to serve as dynamic, dedicated professionals committed to advancing patient health, enhancing healthcare delivery, and strengthening the pharmacy profession. Success is fostered through an integrated approach that combines didactic coursework with hands-on experiential learning, providing meaningful opportunities in both the classroom and in real-world practice environments.
Residents of the PGY1/PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership residency program will join our alumni who have entered the workforce in a variety of different roles, including directors of pharmacy, hospital executives, and clinical leaders. The program offers residents a broad set of valuable tools that prepares them for a successful career, regardless of their specific goals. Residents gain hands-on experience within one of the nation's largest integrated health systems, providing exposure to multi-site operations, strategic decision-making, executive leadership, and system-level initiatives that prepare them to lead in an increasingly complex healthcare environment.
Residency Program Design
The PGY1/PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership residency program at Wake Forest Baptist is a member of the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy Masters of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences with a specialization in Health-System Pharmacy Administration collaborative. The program includes residents at more than 15 different health systems across the country. This allows Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership residents to gain experience in a variety of settings, while also fostering collaboration in didactic education. For more details on the collaborative and curriculum, see this.
The overall goal of the program is to prepare residents for leadership positions in health care. After residents complete our program, they will:
- Be able to envision, plan, implement, coordinate and monitor patient care and operational services
- Be effective stewards of human resources, including recruitment, mentoring, evaluating and leading professionals and technical support staff
- Be adaptive leaders to changes and demands for health-system pharmacy practice and the health care environment in general
- Be strategic thinkers and planners who see challenges as opportunities to contribute to improving health care deliveryDuke Health
- Be consistently ethical and professional in their practiceMassachusetts General Hospital
- Be clinically competent in the practice of pharmacy
- Understand and assume the managerial and financial responsibilities in health-system pharmacies
- Have a vision for the future practice of pharmacy and possess the tools to realize that vision
Why Wake Forest Baptist?
- Robust clinical pharmacy practice experience
- Flexible and diverse elective learning experience opportunities
- Committee leadership opportunities in both PGY1 and PGY2 years
- Longitudinal management experience
- Extensive and supportive resident mentorship
- Teaching certificate and preceptorship opportunities
- Extraordinary leadership learning opportunities
Hear from our current and past residents on their experiences.
Recruitment Informational Sessions
- November 4, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. EST
- November 11, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. EST
- November 17, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. EST