The Walgreens and Ferris State University College of Pharmacy PGY1 Community-Based Pharmacy Residency aims to  develop advanced community pharmacists who will provide direct patient care to a variety of patient populations, collaborate with other healthcare professions to optimize patient outcomes, and incorporate patient care activities into daily workflow of a community pharmacy.

This residency experience is based out of Walgreen’s Medication Therapy Management (MTM) hub located within a Grand Rapids Walgreens. There will also be a rotation at our fast-growing community-based specialty pharmacy location located on the Grand Rapids MI Medical Mile. 

Graduates of the program are trained to be leaders and managers in the pharmacy community and play an active role in  advancing community pharmacy practice beyond dispensing. The resident will be expected to achieve a level of proficiency to perform the duties of a community-based staff pharmacist and pharmacy manager with the future endeavor of  assisting with clinical initiatives of the district and region.

Residency Activities:
-Provide medication therapy management and patient counselling across multiple patient populations in our unique MTM hub
-Development of health and wellness programs
-Deliver preventative health services and participate in off-site immunization clinics
-Provide services for patients taking specialty medications for solid organ transplant and inflammatory diseases
-Deliver chronic disease state management education and action plans 
-Lead patient-center dispensing at local Walgreens
-Create partnerships to improve health equity and bring health care to patient who lack access
-Design and conduct a practice-based research project 
-Present research findings at regional and national professional meetings 
-Development of clinical pharmacy services and collaborative practice agreements
-Provide clinical instruction to student pharmacists at the College and pharmacy