Residency Purpose Statement
PGY1 Community‐Based Pharmacy Residency Program Purpose: PGY1 residency programs build upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and outcomes to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in the educational competency areas, goals, and objectives. Residents who successfully complete PGY1 residency programs will be skilled in diverse patient care, practice management, leadership, and education, and be prepared to provide patient care, seek board certification in pharmacotherapy (i.e., BCPS), and pursue advanced education and training opportunities including postgraduate year two (PGY2) residencies.
Residency Program Description
The aim of this residency program is to prepare pharmacists who are passionate about working with underserved populations to acquire the skills necessary to practice within community pharmacy and primary care settings. The community pharmacy residency program at the Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center and Pacific University School of Pharmacy, will focus on developing pharmacists as leaders within the profession with an emphasis on the role of pharmacy in community health centers. The intent of the program is to prepare independent pharmacy practitioners to practice in a rapidly changing healthcare environment. This program offers the opportunity for a pharmacist to:
VG Residency Conference
In addition to scheduled rotations, the resident will have the opportunity to participate in the Virginia Garcia Pharmacy Residency conference. This twice monthly learning experience is intended to facilitate discussions between residents and preceptors about clinical and practice management topics. Primary literature and patient case presentations will be included in this learning experience, as well as discussion of guidelines, standards of care, formulary and resources available within the Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center primary care clinics.
Clinical topic discussions
Core disease states
Primary literature and discussion of controversies
Professional development discussions
Professional involvement, leadership topics
Well-being and resilience
Decisive Book Club
Crucial Conversations
Preparing for Midyear; preceptor panel on job searching; CV review
Continuous Professional Development; BCACP
Adovacy
Financial planning seminar
Practice management
Business plan development, implementation and evaluation
AmCare reimbursement models
How to build or expand a new service
Overview of quality metrics
Quality improvement and PDSA