Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center

Providing high quality health care for those who need it most

Community-Based Pharmacy Residency Program 

Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center is committed to providing high quality, comprehensive, and culturally appropriate care to those who need it the most, serving the communities of Washington and Yamhill counties.

The purpose of our residency program is to develop and prepare pharmacists who are committed to providing this care within the underserved community. We aim to cultivate the skills of our residents to be able to provide high quality care in a community or primary care setting. Our residency prepares resident pharmacists to pursue the next step in their career.

Pharmacy Residency program

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ASHP Purpose Statement for Community Pharmacy Programs

PGY1 Community‐Based Pharmacy Residency Program Purpose: 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.

Applying to VG

Applications will only be accepted via PhORCAS.

Deadline for application submission: https://accreditation.ashp.org/directory/#/program/residency/programInfo/94009

Onsite interviews will be offered in January and February of 2025.

Qualifications of Candidates
  • PharmD or BS.Pharm with equivalent experience
  • Graduate of an US ACPE-Accredited pharmacy program
  • Preference will be given to applicants who are fluent in Spanish and able to pass a proficiency test
  • Must pass a criminal background check (OIG, SAM)
  • Candidates on a Visa must already be authorized to work in the US through end of residency year
Application Packet

A complete application should include:

The standard PhORCAS required elements:

  • Personal Statement
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Letters of recommendation (utilizing standardized PhORCAS reference form)

Supplemental application (limit to 1-1.5 pages) answering the following questions:

  • 1 Why do you want to work with an underserved population and/or within a community health center?
  • 2 Other than language barriers, what will be your biggest challenge(s) in working with the VG patient population and our practice site? How do you hope to overcome this?
  • 3 Select one of the following:

a. If you are proficient in a second language:

i. What language and level of proficiency? (Definitions below)
ii. How have you used these skills in patient care?

b. If you do not speak a second language, how have you provided care to a patient in a non-native language or how do you anticipate meeting this need, if you have not encountered this situation before?

Language Proficiency Definitions

Proficiency Code Speaking Definitions Reading Definitions
 0 - No Practical Proficiency  No practical speaking proficiency.  No practical reading proficiency.
 1 - Elementary Proficiency  Able to satisfy routine travel needs and minimum courtesy requirements  Able to read some personal and place names, street signs,
office and shop designations, numbers and isolated words and phrases
 2 - Limited Working Proficiency  Able to satisfy routine social demands and limited work requirements  Able to read simple prose, in a form equivalent to typescript
or printing, on subjects within a familiar context
 3 - Minimum Professional Proficiency  Able to speak the language with sufficient structural accuracy and vocabulary
to participate effectively in most formal and informal conversations on practical, social,
and professional topics 		  Able to read standard newspaper items addressed to the general reader,
routine correspondence, reports, and technical materials in the
individual's special field.
 4 - Full Professional Proficiency  Able to use the language fluently and accurately on all levels pertinent
to professional needs.		  Able to read all styles and forms of the language pertinent
to professional needs.
 5 - Native or Bilingual Proficiency  Equivalent to that of an educated native speaker.  Equivalent to that of an educated native.

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