How to Apply to Pharmacy Residency Programs
Application and Program-Specific Requirements
Lifespan uses the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists' (ASHP) Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service (PhORCAS) across all pharmacy residency training programs.
- Lifespan residency program-specific PhORCAS application requirements are detailed on each respective program’s web page
The Resident Matching Program
All applicants to ASHP-accredited pharmacy residencies must participate in the Match process sponsored by the National Matching Service (NMS). Applicants to our programs must register with NMS to obtain a match number. Information about applications and deadlines for the Match can be found on the NMS website.
Learn more about the ASHP Resident Matching Program
Interview information will be communicated to candidates after their acceptance of an interview offer.
Work Authorization
Applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S. without company sponsorship, now and in the future, for employment-based work authorization. No sponsorship will be available upon completing Residency Program.
- How to Apply
- Residents
- Coastal Medical PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice
- Specialty Pharmacy PGY-1 Community-Based Pharmacy Residency Program
- Rhode Island Hospital PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice
- Rhode Island Hospital PGY-1 and PGY-2 Health System Pharmacy Administration & Leadership
- Rhode Island Hospital PGY-2 Critical Care
- Rhode Island Hospital/University of Rhode Island PGY-2 Ambulatory Care
- Rhode Island Hospital/University of Rhode Island PGY-2 Oncology
- The Miram Hospital PGY-1
- Past Residents
- Residency Program FAQs
- Rhode Island Hospital Longitudinal Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (LAPPE)