Residency and Fellowship Programs
We offer multiple exclusive residency program opportunities to our graduates.
These residency opportunities exist to train pharmacists in professional practice and provide experience in integrating pharmacy services with the comprehensive needs of individual practice settings. Residencies provide in depth experiences leading to advanced practice skills and knowledge. The residency programs we offer also encompass a Teaching and Learning certificate program to facilitate the career development of the next group of pharmacy educators. These residencies include:
Maury Regional Medical Center (MRMC) and Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy have formed a collaboration to offer three positions for post-graduate year one (PGY-1) pharmacy residencies. This unique residency merges inpatient and outpatient care with academia. The majority of the resident’s four-week clinical rotations will occur at MRMC, a 255-bed regional medical center located in Columbia, TN. The resident will become an expert in managing a variety of disease states and caring for a wide range of populations from premature infants to geriatric patients.
Application Process:
- Submit Online with PhORCAS. Applications must be submitted electronically via the PhORCAS website. Please read the instructions carefully to be sure the application is submitted properly. The deadline for submitting applications is January 4 each year.
- Submit online with PhORCAS; letter of intent and curriculum vitae: A concise statement of your career goals as a resident as well as a statement of your education, qualifications, and experiences must be uploaded on your application form.
- Submit online with PhORCAS: three letters of reference are required.
- Submit an official transcript via PhORCAS or mail: Your official transcripts can be mailed to:
Benjamin Gross, Pharm.D., MBA, BCPS, BCACP, BC-ADM,CDE, ASH-CHC
Residency Director
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacy
Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy
One University Park Drive
Nashville, TN 37204
- Interview: A personal, on-site interview is required for admission to the Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy Residency Program. Applicants will only be scheduled for an interview when their application process has been completed.
Our program is designed to give pharmacy residents and preceptors an educational program that allows them to develop skills that will help them succeed in a teaching setting. Our participants are able to take the knowledge gained from this certification and apply it in pharmacy practice or academic setting.
You will
- Increase knowledge of the principles of learning and effective teaching.
- Develop a course based on the knowledge you gain
- Be provided with opportunities to apply the knowledge and skills gained.
Teaching Requirements
- Didactic: 6 hours
- Large/small classroom setting, in-service presentations
- APPE: 8 weeks
- Precepting students, leading discussion groups
Other Requirements
- Rotation and Didactic Course Syllabus
- Course Design
- Active Learning Plan
- Exam Question(s)
- Teaching Philosophy
- Teaching Portfolio
- Evaluations: Student, Peer, and/or Self
The Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in partnership with Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy, provides fellowship training for pharmacy graduates who seek to further develop a career in research and teaching. The goal of the Vanderbilt CIBS-Lipscomb Critical Care Fellowship is to increase the number of highly skilled research pharmacists who will improve the lives of patients affected by critical illness. The CIBS center’s team members work with patients who are, or have been, critically ill and who have suffered from delirium and are at risk for long-term cognitive, functional and neuropsychological impairments. Fellows receive mentorship and training from an interprofessional group of physicians, nurses, psychologists, biostatisticians, epidemiologists, pharmacists, and physical and occupational therapists.