The purpose of Walgreens and University of California San Francisco PGY-1 Community Pharmacy Residency is to prepare community pharmacists to become advanced practice leaders and provide patient-centered care. This will be attained by the resident through advanced training at various exemplary specialty pharmacy settings.

This pharmacy offers a variety of patient-centered services for complex diseases/conditions such as organ transplantation, HIV, oncology, and other chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and cardiovascular disease where the pharmacists work closely with healthcare providers as a team Other services provided at this location include bed-side deliveries for discharge medications, compounding, immunizations, precepting and teaching students. Other experiences such as off-site immunization clinics, community outreach events, medication therapy management, and management activities will ensure that the resident attains a well-rounded experience and graduates as a leader in community pharmacy.

Residency Activities
The resident will participate in the provision of patient-care services through the following:
-Coordinate with healthcare providers
-Enhance and manage current programs for complex disease states to improve patient adherence and health outcomes.
-Provide Medication Therapy Management
-Patient medication counseling
-Administer immunizations in a variety of settings
-Develop community outreach programs

The resident will participate in the following activities that will strengthen practice management/leadership and teaching skills:
-Design and conduct practice-based research project
-Present research findings at appropriate regional and national professional meetings.
-Develop business plan to promote pharmacy’s patient- care services
-Provide clinical instructions to students pharmacists