The 12-month PGY1 Community-based Pharmacy Residency Program is a combined program offered by Florida A&M University and Community Health Northwest Florida. The main emphasis of the program is primary care in rural and urban underserved populations. The program is designed to provide the Resident with a unique experience through postgraduate education and training to build the necessary knowledge and skills to care for patients in the community setting. The Resident will learn to take responsibility for medication use outcomes through patient interviews, evaluation, assessment, and monitoring. The Resident will be trained in distributive services, business administration, health and wellness interventions, immunizations, disease state education and monitoring, medication therapy management services, point of care testing, documentation of services, and billing. Finally, there is a required academic rotation. All of our required rotations are longitudinal and designed to prepare the Resident to confidently practice in all community pharmacy practice areas and pursue a career as a clinical pharmacy practice faculty member.

Throughout the year, the resident will be responsible for:

• Distributing medications in the community pharmacy setting
• Identifying, evaluating, resolving, and monitoring potential medication-related problems
• Conducting comprehensive medication therapy management
• Supervising and providing oversight of employees and pharmacy students
• Billing for clinical services
• Delivering individualized and group education for patients with a variety of disease states
• Participating in the pharmacy benefit management for specific health plans
• Performing pharmacoeconomic evaluations
• Participating in committees
• Developing and implementing new business models in the community setting
• Designing, planning, and completing clinical research
• Conducting point-of-care testing for preventative care and medication monitoring as follows:

1. 1. 1. Smoking cessation
      2. Weight loss
      3. Dyslipidemia management
      4. Immunizations
      5. Diabetes management and HbA1c testing
      6. Biometric health screenings

For more information about our program, see the link below:

https://pharmacy.famu.edu/about-the-college-of-pharmacy/office-of-experiential-programs/community-health-northwest-florida.php

Application Materials

1. Letter of Intent
2. Curriculum vitae
3. Three letters of reference (minimum): Reference writers are asked to complete the standard reference form within PhORCAS. Please do not have reference letters mailed to our program as they will not be considered.
4. PharmD Transcript(s