ASHP Midyear 2026 PPS, Residency Showcase and Booth Prep

The 2026 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition runs Sunday, December 6 through Wednesday, December 9, 2026 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. According to the ASHP Midyear homepage and Student Information page, the discounted registration deadline is November 6, and ASHP student members get the lowest registration rates.

If you are a P4 student preparing for the 2027 residency match, your schedule at Midyear revolves around two recruitment halls: the Residency Showcase and the Personnel Placement Service (PPS). After you return from Orlando, you will finish your applications in our PhORCAS application and match guide and move directly into formal residency interviews.

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When you book your trip to Orlando, ASHP warns attendees to book hotel rooms only through Orchid.Events, its sole official hotel reservation provider, and to avoid unauthorized offers by phone, email or website. Southwest Airlines also offers discounted fares for Midyear travel between December 3 and December 13, 2026.

Make sure you know the difference between the Residency Showcase and the Personnel Placement Service (PPS) before you plan your schedule. Both happen at the convention center, but they work in completely different ways.

Per ASHP's Residency Showcase and PPS pages, the Residency Showcase is a large hall of walk-up booths where more than 1,000 residency programs from across the country talk with 2027 candidates. You do not need an appointment or a separate registration. You walk up on a first-come, first-served basis.

PPS is pharmacy's largest in-person job fair, where candidates sit for private, pre-scheduled one-on-one interviews behind a curtain at the employer's booth. New in 2026, PPS is free to all registered Midyear attendees in the student, resident and practitioner categories, provided you select PPS during your Midyear registration to opt in. At PPS, you can meet with hundreds of employers, fellowship sponsors and residency programs over four days.

The in-person Residency Showcase takes place December 7 and 8 across three three-hour sessions (Monday afternoon, Tuesday morning, and Tuesday afternoon).

One rule on ASHP's Prospective Residents page catches unprepared candidates off guard: participating sites exhibit during only one time slot. They do not exhibit at all three sessions. If five of your top programs are all assigned to Monday afternoon, you have from 1 to 4 p.m. to visit all five, including waiting in line and walking across the hall.

Another rule to know before you search: programs are listed by site, not by the specific type of residency program offered. If you are looking for a PGY1 community-based or ambulatory care residency, search the floor plan by the parent health system or university name. Also note that while ASHP adds searchable Showcase listings to the ASHP Residency Directory in late August, some participating programs do not update their directory listing. ASHP states that the interactive floor plan, released August 11, 2026, has the most complete list of participants.

If you are a P1, P2 or P3 student who is not pursuing a residency in 2027, ASHP asks that you wait until the second half of each session to enter the hall, which means arriving after 2:30 p.m. for the Monday and Tuesday afternoon sessions and after 9:30 a.m. for the Tuesday morning session. That gives P4 candidates in the Class of 2027 priority during the first half of every block.

• Step 1 (Before Orlando): Open the August 11 interactive floor plan and list every site you want to visit. Sort them into three session lists so you know which booths to visit in each block.
• Step 2 (Rank within each session): Pick your top-priority sites per session and map their booth numbers on the floor plan so you walk in a loop instead of crisscrossing the hall.
• Step 3 (First half of each session): Visit your highest-priority booths before 2:30 p.m. for the afternoon sessions and before 9:30 a.m. for the morning session, before P1 to P3 students join the floor.
• Step 4 (What to watch at the booth): ASHP's Student Information page advises candidates to watch how residency directors communicate and lead, and how current residents interact with each other, while asking questions you cannot easily answer online.
• Step 5 (If time runs out): If a booth line is too long or your session ends, ASHP suggests asking the program representatives if they are available to talk with you at another time during the meeting.

If you are a P4 applying to residencies that use PPS, a candidate looking for a PGY2, or a student pursuing a PharmD industry fellowship or a job after graduation, you should opt in to PPS when you register for Midyear.

ASHP splits PPS into two parts: the PPS Online application portal and PPS In-Person at the convention center.

If you are a PGY1 resident interviewing for a PGY2 position at PPS, note that the 2027 ASHP Match Early Commitment deadline falls on December 16, 2026 right after Midyear. According to National Matching Services (NMS), a PGY2 program and a current PGY1 resident in the same organization or health system must complete the online Early Commitment process by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on December 16, 2026, and the PGY2 program pays a non-refundable fee of $160 USD for each committed position. Programs that fill all their positions through the Early Commitment Process must immediately access PhORCAS to close the program for applications. For all PGY1 and PGY2 positions entering the Match, you must register for the Match before sending applications through PhORCAS and complete all application requirements before the Rank Order List deadline on March 5, 2027 for Phase I and April 13, 2027 for Phase II.

• Opt in during Midyear registration: Select the free PPS add-on when you register for the Midyear Clinical Meeting.
• Set up your account starting September 16, 2026: Sign in to the new PPS Online system using the exact same credentials you used to register for the Midyear Meeting.
• Build your profile and upload your CV: Once you opt in and complete registration, your profile and CV are placed in the candidate database so employers can search for you and reach out.
• Apply and schedule between September and December: Browse open positions and schedule in-person interview slots with employers before you fly to Orlando.
• Attend the Industry Fellowship Open House (if applicable): On Saturday, December 5 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., the PPS Hall opens exclusively for current students to meet industry fellowship programs before interviews begin.
• Check in at the PPS Hall (December 6 to 9): Arrive at the employer's booth inside the PPS hall for your scheduled time. The employer will greet you in the front area and walk you behind a curtain to conduct your private interview.

ASHP tells prospective residents to wear business dress (paired with comfortable shoes, a water bottle and healthy snacks in your bag) and to arrive with copies of your CV and prepared questions. At a busy Showcase booth or a curtained PPS table, conversations move quickly. You need a concise introduction and clear reasons why you are standing at that specific health system's booth.

Our team wrote the practice questions below to help you rehearse your booth introduction, your clinical rotation stories and your program fit before December. For full-length interview preparation after Midyear, read our pharmacy residency interview questions and answers.

• Booth opener: Tell me a little about yourself and what brings you to our booth today.
• Program fit: What are you looking for in a PGY1 residency program, and how did our hospital get on your list?
• Clinical interest: Which APPE rotation have you enjoyed the most so far this year, and why?
• Career goals: Where do you see yourself practicing after residency, and are you considering a PGY2?
• PPS screen: Walk me through a clinical intervention or project on your CV that you are proud of.
• PPS screen: How do you organize your time when you have longitudinal projects due during a busy clinical rotation?

ASHP emphasizes two rules for candidate questions at the Showcase: be respectful of each program's time, and ask questions you cannot answer online. Do not ask how many PGY1 spots the hospital offers, when their application deadline is, or which rotations are required if that list is already on their website or in the ASHP Residency Directory.

Instead, use your minutes at the booth to test the program culture and learn what changes are coming for the 2027 residency class. Here is our team's checklist of high-yield questions to ask current residents and Residency Program Directors (RPDs).

• For current residents: What made you rank this program first after your own Showcase and interview season?
• For current residents: How do preceptors deliver feedback here when you are on a steep learning curve early in the year?
• For current residents: Walk me through what a typical staffing weekend looks like and how your clinical team supports you.
• For the RPD: Are there any changes to core rotations, electives or staffing planned for the 2027 residency class?
• For the RPD: What qualities or habits have you noticed in residents who thrive in your hospital's culture?
• Before you walk away: Write down the names of the residents and preceptors you spoke with, plus one specific detail from your conversation, so you can reference it in your letter of intent.

Tell me about yourself and what brings you to our residency booth today.

• ASHP: 2026 Midyear Clinical Meeting & Exhibition
• ASHP Midyear: Residency Showcase
• ASHP Midyear: Residency Showcase for Prospective Residents
• ASHP Midyear: Personnel Placement Service (PPS)
• ASHP Match: Schedule of Dates
• ASHP Match: Early Commitment Process
• ASHP Match: Apply to Programs
• ASHP Midyear: Student Information
• ASHP Midyear: First-Timers Information
• ASHP Midyear: Virtual Residency Showcase Information