PGYI:  COMMUNITY PHARMACY PRACTICE RESIDENCY

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy

“A Unique, Cutting Edge Experience”

MISSION STATEMENT

We strive to develop confident, effective and innovative community pharmacy practitioners who will advance the profession and improve community health by providing superior patient care in a financially sustainable manner.

WHO PROVIDES THE RESIDENCY TRAINING?

Price Chopper Pharmacy is affiliated with the University of Missouri-Kansas City to offer a PGYI: Community Pharmacy Residency position.

Price Chopper Pharmacy is a family-owned grocery store chain located in the Kansas City metropolitan area.  Balls Foods, the parent company, is a self-insured company with 3,200 covered lives.  As a resident, you will care for employees who have diabetes and cardiovascular conditions through disease-state management programs modeled after the Asheville project.

This one-year post graduate experience offers residents the opportunity to develop into confident practitioners with effective and innovative leadership skills who will advance the profession and improve community health by providing superior patient care in a financially sustainable manner. The pharmacy is an advanced community rotation training site, has access to drug information resources, and participates in local, state and national leadership activities.

WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF THIS AFFILIATION?

A university-affiliated residency program offers the resident experience in a variety of community pharmacy settings, an expansive group of mentors from whom to learn, and a broad range of opportunities to develop the skills needed for success in her/his future career.

University faculty play an integral role in residency training and offer mentorship. Through the university partnership, the resident has the opportunity to participate in a range of training experiences including elective ambulatory care experiences at St. Luke's Family Care Clinic with Dr. Maureen Knell, focusing on family practice, anticoagulation, and pain management.  Residency experiences are individualized to the needs and areas of interest of each resident.

In addition to these training experiences, residents will receive a clinical adjunct appointment to the faculty and teach students both in the classroom and in the clinical arena. They will receive a university e‑mail account, access to databases and search engines at the Health Sciences Library, and the ability to use the UMKC Drug Information Center to help answer challenging drug-related questions. 

Residents who are interested in pursuing an academic career will be able to arrange additional experiences in teaching and curriculum development.

BENEFITS

Selected residents will be employed by their site. The stipend is $41,000.  The residents will receive paid vacation/holiday/sick leave, health insurance and a travel stipend.  All affiliated residents will obtain a UMKC e-mail address, UMKC adjunct faculty status, and access to the UMKC Health Sciences Library and Drug Information Center.  We will help you find a post-residency position that uses all your new skills.

ACCREDITATION

This residency is accredited by the ASHP Commission on Credentialing.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Selection of residents will be based on their community experience, interest in advancing community pharmacy practice, desire to provide direct patient care, and ability to display leadership potential. Residents must be motivated and self-directed individuals.

Applicants must have a Pharm.D. or equivalent experience and be eligible for licensure in Missouri. Candidates should submit a completed application, academic transcript, curriculum vitae, letter of intent, and three letters of recommendation to the program director. Qualified candidates will be invited for an on-site interview and selection will take place through the ASHP Residency Match Program.

The application deadline is January 6; late applications will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Price Chopper Pharmacy
Locally-owned supermarket chain with twenty pharmacy locations throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area
Contact: Nikki Schwartze, Pharm.D.
Clinical Services Coordinator
Phone: (816) 453-0503
Fax: (816) 453-0543

e-mail: nikki.schwartze@ballsfoods.com