Pharmacy Residency Postgraduate Year One (PGY1) – Lee Memorial Hospital - HealthPark Medical Center
Two hospitals. One shared purpose. A residency built around your growth.
At Lee Memorial Hospital and HealthPark Medical Center, we believe residency is more than a year of clinical training, it is an opportunity to help shape the pharmacist you are becoming. You will join a team that values who you are, recognizes your potential, and is genuinely invested in your growth.
We consider it a privilege to teach residents not only how to practice pharmacy, but how to care for people. Through close mentorship, meaningful interdisciplinary practice, and progressively greater responsibility, we will challenge you, support you, and help you develop the confidence to become an exceptional clinician, colleague, teacher, and leader.
Our shared purpose is to optimize patient outcomes through interdisciplinary medication management while never losing sight of the person at the center of that care. We want you to leave this program prepared to practice at a high level and knowing that your ideas, your development, and your contribution mattered here.
Program at a Glance
Accreditation Status
ASHP pre-candidate
Positions
2
Duration
12 months
Training Sites
Lee Memorial Hospital + HealthPark Medical Center
Application Deadline
January 2, 2027
Start Date
June 28, 2027
Estimated Stipend
$57,000 + housing stipend
Electives
3 months; up to 3 elective months may be requested at other Lee Health hospitals
ASHP ACCREDITATION STATUS: The PYG1 Pharmacy Residency conducted by Lee Health – Lee Memorial Hospital, Fort Myers, Florida has an accreditation pre-candidate status with ASHP.
We believe exceptional residency training begins with seeing each resident as an individual. Residents enter our program with different strengths, experiences, interests, and goals, and we believe those differences should help shape their development.
Our role is to create an environment where residents feel valued enough to contribute, supported enough to take risks and ask questions, and challenged enough to grow. We provide high expectations, meaningful responsibility, thoughtful feedback, and mentorship with the goal of developing pharmacists who are clinically excellent, compassionate, curious, collaborative, and prepared to lead.
Most importantly, we recognize the privilege of preparing pharmacists who will care for patients long after their residency year with us has ended.
About the Program
The Lee Memorial Hospital - HealthPark Medical Center PGY1 Pharmacy Residency offers a comprehensive clinical and professional development experience across two community teaching hospitals. Residents train with interdisciplinary teams in a variety of acute-care and specialty settings and participate in educational activities with medical and advanced-practice trainees. The program combines structured core learning experiences with individualized elective opportunities to help residents develop clinical judgment, communication skills, leadership abilities, and professional confidence needed for advanced pharmacy practice.
What Makes This Program Distinct
Two-site training across Lee Memorial Hospital and HealthPark Medical Center offering a broad range of learning experiences.
Interdisciplinary rounding and shared learning with medical and advanced-practice training programs.
Distinctive cardiology experiences, including an inpatient Heart Failure unit and ambulatory specialty clinic through the Lee Health Heart Institute.
Dedicated oncology learning experience at Lee Health Cancer Institute.
Broad elective access across Lee Health, including the ability to request up to three elective months at alternative Lee Health hospitals.
Longitudinal experiences in medication-use evaluation, research/project management, leadership, staffing, quality improvement, policy development, and medication-use system advancement.
Teaching development through an ACPE-accredited lecture, Lee Health Teaching & Medical Writing Certificate Programs, APPE mentoring, and co-precepting opportunities.
Purpose and Mission Statements of PGY1 Program
Purpose Statement: The Lee Health PGY1 pharmacy residency program at Lee Memorial - HealthPark Medical Center will build on the Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) 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 postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency training.
Mission Statement: The residency program at Lee Health is committed to providing excellent training experiences that support the resident's clinical, academic, and professional interests. The program is dedicated to preparing future pharmacy clinicians and leaders by promoting confidence, leadership and professional skills.
What Your Residency Can Look Like Here
Learning experiences are four weeks unless otherwise noted:
Orientation (5 weeks)
Antimicrobial Stewardship
Adult Internal Medicine (5 weeks)
Emergency Medicine / Cardiac Decision Unit
Critical Care
Contemporary Pharmacy Practice Heart Failure Unit (Lee Health Heart Institute)
Ambulatory Heart Failure Clinic (Lee Health Heart Institute)
Administrative Pharmacy Practice (includes Medication Safety)
Oncology (Lee Health Cancer Institute)
Ambulatory Care Clinic (FSU Medical Residency)
Cardiology
Cardiovascular and Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Units
Community-Based Pharmacy Practice
Education
Infectious Diseases Consult
Informatics
Inpatient Oncology
Internal Medicine (FSU Medical Residency)
Medication Therapy Management
Neurology
Neuro ICU
Pediatrics*
Pharmacy Practice Leadership
Psychiatry
Specialty Pharmacy
Transitions of Care
Trauma
Advanced Antimicrobial Stewardship
Advanced Contemporary Pharmacy Practice
Advanced Emergency Medicine
*Pediatric areas of focus include NICU, PICU, Pediatric Emergency Department, Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship, and Pediatric Oncology, dependent on preceptor availability.
Residents select three months of elective learning experiences. At least one elective must be in an adult acute-care setting. Residents may complete more than one elective in a practice area when the learning environment or patient population differs. A maximum of three rotations may be completed within a specific patient population or practice area, with no more than two non-direct patient care rotations. Residents may request up to three elective months at alternative Lee Health hospitals.
Medication Use Evaluation (MUE): Six-month experience, July through December. The resident completes a medication-use evaluation and presents the results as a poster at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting.
Project Management: Nine-month experience, October through June. Each resident leads and completes an IRC-approved research project and presents the results at the Florida Residency Conference in the spring.
Pharmacy Practice Leadership Seminar: Six-month experience. The System Director of Pharmacy meets with residents for 1-2 hours each month to discuss leadership principles and skills needed for pharmacy practice.
Pharmacy Practice Experience: Residents staff 28 hours per month from July through June, including one weekend every four weeks (two 8-hour shifts) and three 4-hour evening shifts per month. Holiday staffing requirements include one of Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, or New Year’s Day, as well as Fourth of July when it falls on a weekday, Memorial Day, and Labor Day.
Clinical Practice Advancement: Eleven-month experience, August through June. Residents develop and present formulary monographs and/or drug class reviews, participate in quality or performance-improvement projects, and review or develop policies, procedures, guidelines, or order sets to improve medication use and patient outcomes.
ACPE-accredited Lecture: prepare and present a one-hour continuing education program.
Lee Health Teaching Certificate Program: complete the seven-month ACPE-accredited teaching certificate program.
APPE Mentorship: serve as a mentor to APPE students in the Lee Health APPE Block Program.
Co-precepting: may serve as a co-preceptor to PharmD students during rotation experiences.
Lee Health Medical Writing Certificate (optional): a structured educational experience focused on developing and editing scholarly and scientific materials.
The Dose Newsletter (optional): Residents who participate will develop and publish at least three articles for the Lee Health Pharmacy Newsletter, The Dose, gaining experience in medical writing, editing, content development, and publication.
Why Train at Lee Health?
Large Health-System Experience: Train within a multi-hospital health system with access to diverse patient populations and specialty services.
Interprofessional Training: Learn alongside pharmacists, physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses and other members of the healthcare team.
Individualized Development: Shape three elective months around your professional goals, including opportunities at other Lee Health hospitals.
A Place Where You Are Known and Supported: With two residents in the program, your development is personal. Preceptors and program leadership will know your goals, recognize your progress, provide meaningful feedback, and help you intentionally shape your residency year.
Program Facts
Duration/Type: 12-month residency
Number of positions: 2
Application deadline: January 2, 2027
Starting date: June 28, 2027
Interview required: Yes
Training site type: Hospital
Model type(s): Community, Acute Care
About Our Campuses
Total beds: Lee Memorial Hospital 336 + 18 SNU / HealthPark Medical Center 326 + 112 SNU
Lee Memorial annual visits = 21,000 (1,750 per month)
ealthPark annual visits = 55,000 (4583 per month)
About Lee Health
Acute care medical centers: 4 adult, 1 pediatric, 1 micro-hospital
Total beds: 1,877
Average daily census: 1,400
Tax status: Non-Profit
Salary and Benefits
Medical insurance (health, dental, vision)
7.40 hours PTO accrued per pay period
Discounted meals
Discounted membership to Wellness Centers
Professional travel reimbursement
On-site ACPE-accredited continuing education
Housing stipend
Estimated stipend: $57,000+ housing stipend
How to Apply
Applications for the 2027–2028 residency year must be submitted through PhORCAS by January 2, 2027.
Candidates must also register for the ASHP Resident Matching Program administered by National Matching Services.
Questions? Connect With Our Residency Program Director
“As Residency Program Director, one of the things I value most is the opportunity to help residents discover what they are capable of. My goal is for you to finish this year not only as a stronger pharmacist, but as a confident clinician who knows how to think critically, care compassionately, collaborate effectively, and continue growing long after residency.”
