Walgreens and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
PGY1 Community-Based Pharmacy Residency Program, Chapel Hill and Asheville, NC
PGY1 residency programs build upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and outcomes to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in the educational competency areas, goals, and objectives. Residents who successfully complete PGY1 residency programs will be skilled in diverse patient care, practice management, leadership, and education, and be prepared to provide patient care, seek board certification in pharmacotherapy (i.e., BCPS), and pursue advanced education and training opportunities including postgraduate year two (PGY2) residencies.
This program is operated by the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There are two site options – Asheville and Chapel Hill – each is close to a UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy campus. Walgreens residents will collaborate with each other, as well as network with other residents associated with sites in independent, supermarket, college health, public health department, or free and charitable pharmacy settings.
Community-based pharmacy residents will have a direct influence on patient outcomes through participation in patient-centered care, immunization services, health and wellness, and medication therapy management. Residents will develop collaboration with area providers and develop innovative clinical services for patients who are prescribed complex therapies. Residents will explore the development and evaluation of clinical services through completion of a research project and business plan. The resident will have an abundance of teaching opportunities. The program will prepare the resident to be an innovative clinical practitioner who can be a leader in the profession. The resident will have the skills, confidence, and experience to create change and advance patient care services in community-based (outpatient) settings.
Residency Activities
The resident will have direct influence on patient outcomes through the following:
• Medication therapy management programs
• Harm reduction services, including naloxone prescribing
• Pharmacist-prescribed tobacco cessation
• Pharmacist-prescribed hormonal contraception
• Collaboration with other health care providers
• Administration of adult and travel vaccines
• Development of health and wellness programs
• Provision of community outreach and communication
• Asheville: Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
• Chapel Hill: Diabetes self-management education
The resident will participate in strengthening practice management and teaching skills through the following:
• Developing services in collaboration with community partners and health care providers
• Service as an attending pharmacist at an interprofessional clinic serving uninsured and underserved patients
• Teaching in small group and large classroom settings
• Precepting student pharmacist learners
• Service as a Teaching Assistant for didactic courses
• Service as a New Practitioner Mentor for the American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
• Teaching and learning certificate (optional)
Residency Program Benefits
• Competitive stipend and comprehensive medical plan
• Travel allowance for pharmacy-related conferences
• Residents are eligible for Paid Time Off (PTO). Resident pharmacists may accrue approximately 10 days depending on average hours worked and time in position.
Candidate Requirements
• Doctor of Pharmacy degree
• Eligible for North Carolina pharmacist licensure
• Apply by January 2 through PhORCAS
• Curriculum Vitae
• Letter of intent addressed to Residency Program Director
• Three letters of recommendation
• Leadership statement answering the question, “What is your philosophy on leadership?”
• Official transcript (pharmacy school)
• Submit supplemental application via https://pharmacy.unc.edu/cprp
• Complete the online resident position application
• Complete virtual interviews (upon invitation)
• Complete a background check during onboarding
• Register with the National Matching Service (NMS)
For more information contact
Macary Weck Marciniak, PharmD, BCACP, BCPS, FAPhA
Residency Program Director
macary_marciniak@unc.edu
https://pharmacy.unc.edu/cprp
Walgreens is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.
The PGY1 Community-based Pharmacy Residency Program conducted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is accredited by the American Society of Health-system Pharmacists, in partnership with the American Pharmacists Association.