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Pharmacy Residency Overviews

One of the oldest in the country, our pharmacy residency program was established in 1964 and is ASHP-accredited. Both PGY-1 and PGY-2 specialty residents are admitted yearly to the 12-month program, which begins July 1.

Methodist University Hospital (MUH) is a community academic medical center affiliated with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and is the flagship for the 7-hospital Methodist Healthcare System. Areas of excellence include Solid Organ Transplantation, Neurosciences, and Oncology. 

The department of pharmacy includes an outpatient pharmacy, centralized unit dose and IV admixture services with automation, decentralized patient care area pharmacist services, and clinical specialists in the areas of internal medicine, cardiology, emergency medicine, critical care, medical oncology, hematology and bone marrow transplant, solid organ transplant, nephrology, and outpatient anticoagulation. 

The department also provides student training for both the University of Tennessee and the University of Mississippi.


Postgraduate Year One (PGY1)
The purpose of the PGY1 Pharmacy Residency is to provide the resident with the skills, knowledge and attitudes required to become a competent pharmacy practitioner. The program is accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).
PGY2 Internal Medicine
This residency at Methodist University Hospital provides the resident with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to achieve potential excellence as a clinician, educator, and scholar in the area of internal medicine therapeutics.
PGY2 Critical Care Specialty
This specialized residency is designed to provide advanced training in critical care, supportive care, research, and teaching.
PGY2 Oncology
The program is designed to provide advanced training in malignant hematology, medical oncology, stem cell transplant, supportive care, research and teaching.
PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant
The program is designed to provide the resident with experience and advanced training in the management and supportive care of abdominal organ transplant recipients, clinical research, and teaching.
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