The Walgreens PGY1 Community-Based Pharmacy Residency Program aims to develop advanced community pharmacists who will provide direct patient care to a variety of patient populations, collaborate with other healthcare professionals to optimize patient outcomes, and incorporate patient care activities into the daily workflow of a community pharmacy.
This PGY1 residency experience is based out of a Walgreen’s Specialty Pharmacy and multiple other Walgreen’s pharmacies in the Gulf Port, MS area.
Longitudinal learning experiences offer the resident the opportunity to practice continuously throughout the year in focused, direct patient care areas such as specialty pharmacy, medication and disease state management, routine and other immunizations, travel health, and clinical practice management. The resident will further develop patient care and management skills and knowledge while working directly with community pharmacist leaders.
Resident Activities:
-Develop collaborative programs to improve patient adherence and outcomes
-Provide medication therapy management and patient counseling across multiple patient populations
-Deliver preventative health services including routine immunization, off-site immunization clinics, and health coaching consultations
-Provide travel health consultations and administer vaccines
-Deliver chronic disease state management education and action plans to multiple patient populations
-Develop pharmacy practice management skills
-Provide services for patients taking specialty medications for HIV, hepatitis C, and other conditions
-Lead patient-centered dispensing at a local Walgreens
-Participate in community outreach
-Assist as a preceptor of student pharmacists
-Design and conduct a practice-based research project then present research project findings at a professional conference
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About Walgreens Walgreens is a trusted and convenient local health destination that millions of Americans rely on every day. Our founder, Charles R. Walgreen Sr., was known for finding new ways to connect with customers on a personal level and treating each person like a guest in his own home. For over a century, we have expanded that personal connection through our network of neighborhood pharmacies and our innovative health services and products. The foundation for all of this is our trusted pharmacy expertise, and our team members who provide essential care that helps people achieve better health outcomes at an affordable cost.