Our Community Residency Program is focused on developing leaders in pharmacist practice development.  We seek to expose our residents to contemporary issues related to building opportunities for pharmacists to provide care in our communities.   Since the establishment of our residency in 2006, our residents have played key roles in developing practices, advancing research through publication, and enhancing our curriculum.  Our residency seeks to exposure residents to many aspects of community and ambulatory care.  Residents have a primary community pharmacy practice site at either a Rite Aid Pharmacy or Giant Eagle Pharmacy where comprehensive medication therapy management, diabetes education and immunizations are provided.  The residents also have a longitudinal experience in a family practice residency program, an underserved physician practice and an experience at two local health plans.  Residents conduct a research project which has direct implications to their practice site and beyond – including opportunities for grant and manuscript publication.  Residents are responsible for educating our students through small group discussion sessions, didactic lectures, and precepting during experiential learning rotations and experiences.

Residents come to the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy programs from far and wide, representing more than 25 US States and foreign countries. All residents must be eligible for pharmacist licensure in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Applications for Pharmacist License and Intern Registration are available.

Pennsylvania requires 1500 registered intern hours in order to be eligible for licensure. Of the 1500 hours, only 750 hours can be obtained through an academic program. That is, 750 intern hours must be obtained outside of school. These 750 intern hours must be registered with a state board of pharmacy to count toward licensure in Pennsylvania. If you have not yet started registering hours with your state board of pharmacy, we encourage you to do so as soon as possible in order to be eligible for Pennsylvania licensure. We also encourage you to review your own state's rules regarding the registration, reporting and transfer of intern hours. Please do not hesitate to discuss any questions you have regarding licensure with individual program directors.

Eligible candidates will have a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an ACPE-accredited school or college of pharmacy and must submit the standard application requirements via PhORCAS by December 31st. Three letters of recommendation (at least one letter from a clinical rotation experience) are required.

An on-site interview is required.

Melissa Somma McGivney, PharmD, FCCP
Associate Professor of Pharmacy & Therapeutics
Director, Community Practice Residency Program
University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
721 Salk Hall
3601 Terrace Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Office: 412-624-8142
Fax: 412-624-8175
E-mail: somma@pitt.edu

To train a highly motivated, team-orientated pharmacy resident in advanced patient medication management skills, teaching techniques, and practice-based research/evaluation methods to prepare him/her to be a leader of change in the medical/academic community.

Benefits: Health, dental, eye care, life, and disability available, Vacation and professional travel provided, Travel stipend available
Training Site Type: Community Pharmacy
Owner/Affiliates: Partnerships with Rite Aid Pharmacy and Giant Eagle Pharmacy

Core Experience (primary community pharmacy site)
• Provision of direct patient care: Medication Therapy Management, Diabetes Education, Immunizations
• Practice Management
• Drug Information
• Best practice dispensing and counseling
Longitudinal Core Experiences
• Provision of direct patient care within:
o an interprofessional team: Family Medicine physician training sites
o a primary care medical home: physician office setting
o an underserved population: Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) or underserved clinic
• Research Project
• Teaching and education within the PharmD curriculum
Electives (based on availability)
• Academia
• Diabetes clinic
• Family medicine
• Geriatrics
• HIV/AIDS
• Underserved clinic

Melissa Somma McGivney, PharmD, FCCP (Director)

Stephanie Harriman McGrath, PharmD (Rite Aid)

Brian Bobby, PharmD (Rite Aid)
Dia DelPizzo, PharmD (Giant Eagle)
Rachel Ameredes, PharmD (Giant Eagle)
Lauren Jonkman, PharmD, BCPS (Underserved Clinics)

Patricia Klatt, PharmD, BCPS (UPMC St. Margaret)

Bobbie Farrah, PharmD, BCPS (UPMC St. Margaret)

Randy Smith, PhD (Research)

Jan Pringle, PhD (Research)

Kim Coley, PharmD, FCCP (Research)

Rite Aid Pharmacy #1944, Shaler, PA
Forbes Pharmacy, Pittsburgh, PA

Giant Eagle Market District #14 Pharmacy, South Hills, PA
UPMC St. Margaret Family Health Centers, Pittsburgh, PA

Grace Lamsam Program for the Underserved, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy

Sarah Krahe Dombrowski

1. Elrod SE*, Snyder ME, Hall DL, McGivney MS.  Practice Change in Community Pharmacy: A Case Study of Multiple Stakeholders’ Perspectives. INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy 2012; 3(3): 1-6.

1. Osborne MA*, Snyder ME, Hall DL, Coley KC, McGivney MS.  Evaluating Pennsylvania pharmacists’ provision of community-based patient care services to develop a statewide practice network.  INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy 2011; 2(4): 1-9.

1. Kozminski M*, Busby R*, McGivney MS, Klatt PM, Hackett S, Merenstein JM.  Pharmacist integration into the medical home:  qualitative analysis. J Am Pharm Assoc 2011;51:173-183.

1. Snyder ME^, Rice KR, Primack BA, Somma McGivney M, Pringle JL, Smith RB.   "Exploring Successful Community Pharmacist-Physician Collaborative Working Relationships Using Mixed Methods" J Soc Admin Pharm 2010;6(4):307-323.

1. Snyder ME^, Meyer SM, Somma McGivney M, Smith RB.  A Pilot Study: The Design and Preliminary Evaluation of Web-based Materials to Teach Pharmacist-Physician Collaboration During Community-based Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences.  International J Pharm Ed & Prac (Internet)  2010:6(1). 

1. Harriman McGrath S*, Snyder M*, Garcia G*, Pringle JL, Smith RB, Somma McGivney M.  Physician Perceptions of Pharmacist-Provided Medication Therapy Management (MTM): A Qualitative Analysis.  J Am Pharm Assoc 2010;50:67-71.

1. Garcia G*, Snyder M^, Harriman S*, Smith RB, Somma McGivney M.  Generating Demand for Pharmacist-Provided Medication Therapy Management: Identifying Patient Preferred Marketing Strategies.  J Am Pharm Assoc 2009;49:611-616.

Awards: 
2012          American Pharmacists Association Community Residency Preceptor Award (McGivney)
2012          American Pharmacists Association Wiederholt Prize (Kozminski ME, Busby R, Merenstein J, Klatt PM, Somma McGivney MA)

Grants:
Grant total:  $1000.  Maguire M, Somma McGivney MA, Montgomery J, Fabian T.  “Pharmacist-provided patient care services in an outpatient mental health setting: a multi-stakeholder qualitative analysis.   APhA Foundation.  December, 2012.

Grant total:  $1000 Kauffman Y, Cerussi N, Pringle JL, Somma McGivney MA. “Identifying medication-related needs of HIV patients:  foundation for community-pharmacist based services.”  Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Foundation.  February, 2011.

Grant total:  Kauffman Y, Cerussi N, Pringle JL, Somma McGivney MA. “Identifying medication-related needs of HIV patients:  foundation for community-pharmacist based services.”  APhA Foundation.  December, 2010.

Grant total: $1000. Kozminski ME, Busby R, Merenstein J, Klatt PM, Somma McGivney MA. "Pharmacist Integration into the Medical Home: A Qualitative Analysis. Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Foundation. February, 2010.

Grant total: $1000. McLaughlin SM*, Blackburn T, Somma McGivney MA. "Identification of Patient Medication-related Needs in a Community: Qualitative Analysis" Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Foundation. February, 2010.
Grant total: $22,100. Osborne M*, Snyder M^, Hall DL, Somma McGivney MA. "Recruiting Pharmacists in Pennsylvania to provide community-based patient care services as part of a statewide network (The Network Project)". Community Pharmacy Foundation. April, 2009.

Grant total: $1000. Osborne M*, Snyder M^, Hall DL, Somma McGivney MA. "Recruiting Pharmacists in Pennsylvania to provide community-based patient care services as part of a statewide network (The Network Project)". PPA Foundation. January, 2009

Grant total: $20,000. Harriman S*, Pringle J, Smith RB, Garcia G*, Somma McGivney MA. "Identification of Physician-Patient Care Needs able to be provided by Community Pharmacy-based Medication Therapy Management Services". National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation. December, 2007.

Grant total: $1000. Harriman S*, Pringle J, Smith RB, Garcia G*, Somma McGivney MA. "Identification of Physician-Patient Care Needs able to be provided by Community Pharmacy-based Medication Therapy Management Services". APhA Foundation Residency Grant. December, 2007.
Grant total: $1000. Garcia G*, Snyder M^, Harriman S*, Smith RB, Somma McGivney MA. "Identification of Patient Needs and Perceptions of Pharmacist Provided Medication Therapy Management. APhA Foundation Residency Grant. December, 2007.

Grant total: $40,000. Snyder M*, Zillich A, Somma MA, Smith RB. "Great Partners Project": Community Pharmacist and Physician Collaboration. Community Pharmacy Foundation Grant. July, 2007.

Grant total: $1000. Snyder M*, Zillich A, Somma MA, Smith RB. "Great Partners Project": Community Pharmacist and Physician Collaboration. APhA Foundation Residency Grant. December, 2006.