Phillip H. Lee

Dr. Phillip Lee received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in 2011. He went on to complete a PGY1 at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, TN and the PGY2 in Internal Medicine and Academia at the Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy at East Tennessee State University. His first faculty appointment was at the Harrison School of Pharmacy at Auburn University where he maintained a practice site at East Alabama Medical Center. In 2015, Dr. Lee joined the faculty at the Belmont University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (BUCPHS) and established an Internal Medicine practice at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. In 2023, he transitioned out of practice to take on the newly created role of Director of Skills Labs at BUCPHS.

Current Employment, Practice and Academic Responsibilities:
Dr. Lee is currently an Associate Professor and the Director of Skills Labs at the Belmont University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. In this position, he currently oversees didactic skills instruction and teaches in all three didactic years. He is also leading the development of the skills lab series in a revised curriculum that will begin in the fall of 2024. In addition to his activity related to skills lab, he is the Simulation Liaison for the pharmacy program at the soon to open Belmont University Simulation Center located in the Frist College of Medicine and the chair of the program’s assessment committee.

Significant Projects and Accomplishments:
Dr. Lee currently chairs the BUCPHS Curricular Revision Task Force (CRTF). The CRTF has spent multiple years reviewing literature and best practices across the academy to develop a revised didactic curriculum. The objective of the CRTF was to create a curriculum that better prepared students to be practice-ready while also unnecessary student stress by allowing students to focus on specific topics and have deeper learning experiences. In the fall of 2024, first-year pharmacy students will begin the newly revised curriculum.

Promotion of Health System Pharmacy Practice:
Dr. Lee brings over a decade of health system pharmacy practice experience into the classroom. He has practiced in the acute care setting in community hospital, a community-teaching hospital, and academic medical centers. Dr. Lee uses these experiences to provide his students with real world examples in the skills lab to prepare them for their experiential experiences and future practice. Outside of the classroom, he serves as the faculty advisor for BUCPHS’s Student Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists Chapter.

Professional Engagement & SPE:
Dr. Lee has been a member of ASHP since his time as a pharmacy student and got involved in ASHP during his residency. He served on the Section of Inpatient Care Practitioners Section Advisory Group (SAG) on Pharmacy Practice Experiences for seven years including terms as the Vice-Chair and Chair of the SAG. When the Section of Pharmacy Educators (SPE) was developed Dr. Lee transitioned to the newly formed section and found a role on the SAG on Development of Student Education and Learning Experiences (SELE). He currently serves as the workgroup lead for Interprofessional Experiences. Previously, Dr. Lee has served as a poster reviewer and a panelist for the ASHP Best Practices Award.

ASHP & Pharmacy Education:
In my time volunteering with ASHP, I have had the privilege to help maintain or develop two resource centers for ASHPs membership. The first is the preceptor toolkit developed by the Section of Inpatient Care Practitioners. The second is the Interprofessional resource center created recently by the SPE SELE SAG. These resource centers provide the membership with a starting place when working in these areas. Our work should support the work of the membership and make their lives easier. I hope both of these resources accomplish that.

Professional Advice:
Get involved early. New faculty can benefit significantly from the relationships created in professional organizations. The first few years of faculty life can be very challenging. Developing and leaning into relationships with those who have already been through that part of their career can help reduce the burden. I have relationships that I still depend on that began in my first years of involvement. These have served me well and developed into friendships that make my career more rewarding.