The Walgreens PGY-1 Community-Based Pharmacy Residency Program is a post-graduate experience designed to establish practitioners as leaders in community and specialty pharmacy. Graduates of this program will be qualified to
accept community management, clinical, and specialty pharmacy positions. The residency is based at the local Community Specialty Pharmacy in Cincinnati, Ohio. The pharmacy teams service patients with many disease states including chronic inflammatory diseases, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, and transplant. The community pharmacists at these sites work closely with providers, patients, and the community to provide optimal drug therapy for patients. In addition, residents gain insights on management issues that can affect the implementation of patient care services in the community and specialty pharmacy setting. This program is affiliated with James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy at the University of Cincinnati.

Residency Activities
The resident will participate in the provision of patient care services through the following:
-Disease state management in chronic inflammatory disease, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, and transplant
-Provide medication therapy management services across practice sites
-Pharmacist administered immunizations and off-site clinics
-Community outreach programs
-Patient centered dispensing

The resident will participate in the following activities that strengthen practice management and educator skills:
-Design and conduct practice-based research projects
-Present research findings at appropriate regional and national professional meetings
-Serve as an instructor in Pharmacy Practice Lab
-Complete a teaching certificate program
-Serve as preceptor to pharmacy students on advance community practice rotations