Required rotations & experiences:
 Chronic Disease Management
 Pharmacy Administration
 Transitions of care
 Teaching Certificate
 Residency Project
This community pharmacy residency program
will focus on developing pharmacists as leaders
within the profession with an emphasis on the
role of pharmacy in community health centers.
Center &
Pacific University School of
Pharmacy
Longitudinal dispensing pharmacy rotation
 1 day a week
Community Pharmacy
Elective Rotations
 Anticoagulation (may be required)
 Psychiatric Medicine
 Respiratory Medicine
 Advanced academia
 Advanced pharmacy administration
 Other options may be available
General schedule information
 Work schedule will be Monday-Friday,
7 am - 6 pm with occasional Saturdays.
 The clinic is closed weekends & holidays.
Virginia Garcia Memorial Health
Residency Program
(VGMHC-PacUSOP CPRP)
Information is available online:
Websites: VirginiaGarciaResidency.pbworks.com
www.pacificu.edu/future-graduate-professional/colleges/
college-health-professions/school-pharmacy/post-graduate
-year-one
Sarah Deines, PharmD, BCACP
Residency Program Director, Clinical Pharmacist
Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center
226 SE 8th Ave, Hillsboro, OR, 97123
sdeines@vgmhc.org
National Matching Service Program Code: 213315
This residency site agrees that no person at this site will
solicit, accept, or use any ranking-related information from
any residency applicant.
The purpose of this residency program is to
prepare pharmacists who are passionate about
public health to acquire the skills necessary to
operate a community pharmacy and to
develop Clinical Pharmacy Services in a
primary care setting.
The Program Design: Collaborating to provide care for the community
Pacific University School of Pharmacy
offers a three-year, year round curriculum leading to the PharmD degree. The
school is housed in the Health Professions Campus along with seven other
health professional programs.
The resident will complete the
Oregon Pharmacy Teaching Certificate
Program and will teach alongside
faculty in the curriculum. The resident
will participate in student learning on
pharmacy practice days and will facilitate learning activities for students on
APPE rotations. The resident may also
participate in Pacific patient care clinics
and interview days.
Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center
(VGMHC) Hillsboro Clinic is a community
health center that is situated on the ground
floor of the Health Professions Campus.
The resident will have the opportunity to
train with a well established Clinical Pharmacy Services team that works directly with
patients and medical providers to maximize
medication therapy under collaborative drug
therapy management protocols.
In addition to rotations in the clinic, the
resident will train in the onsite 340B pharmacy
to develop skills in operating and managing a
pharmacy in a community health center.
Tuality Healthcare
Located across the street from the
Pacific Health Professions Campus,
Tuality Community Hospital provides
care to many VGMHC patients.
The resident’s role in training at
Tuality is to gain a complete understanding of how patients receive care
across the continuum.
The resident will complete orientation at Tuality, then will spend time
each morning working with hospital
pharmacists and staff to identify
VGMHC patients and ensure accurate
medication reconciliation at admit,
participate in discharge planning, and
coordinate follow-up visits in the primary care clinic.