Patient care, innovation, advocacy, leadership and community service are the foundations of residency training with the VCU PGY1 Community-Based Pharmacy Residency Program. 

We are one of the oldest community-based pharmacy residency programs in the country, having trained community-based pharmacist practitioners for more than 25 years. The offering in community-based pharmacy practice with the VCU School of Pharmacy is an ASHP-APhA accredited one-year (PGY-1) residency program that emphasizes patient care, practice innovation, community engagement, advocacy and leadership.

The resident will work with community-based pharmacies engaging in innovative patient care services, yet will have ample opportunity to assist in the design and implementation of similar patient care services. Residents will gain experience in activities that will develop them as community-based pharmacy practitioners. Development of basic skills in practice-based research will be a component of the residency experience.

In addition to direct patient care experiences, the resident will also gain experience in activities that will prepare them for roles as clinicians and educators upon completion of the residency.

Visit our program overview page to learn more.