Residents develop skills across multiple practice areas throughout the residency year. 

Primary Care & Chronic Disease Management 

16 Hours Weekly 

Residents engage in longitudinal direct patient care within the primary care setting. This experience includes chronic disease state management, medication optimization, patient education, follow-up, and collaboration with providers and care teams. Areas of focus may include diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity/weight management, medication adherence, and cardiometabolic risk reduction. 

Behavioral Health Integration 

4 Hours Weekly 

Residents gain experience supporting medication-related care within behavioral health and psychiatry services. This experience may include medication review, adherence support, medication safety, metabolic monitoring, coordination between behavioral health and primary care, and identification of medication-related concerns that may affect overall patient outcomes. 

Pediatrics 

4 Hours Weekly 

Residents build experience in pediatric primary care and medication-related needs in children and adolescents. Areas of focus may include pediatric medication safety, caregiver education, immunizations, asthma/allergy management, adherence support, and collaboration with pediatric providers in the outpatient setting. 

Ambulatory Care, Medication Access & Population Health 

6 Hours Weekly 

Residents support broader ambulatory care initiatives through medication access services, population health outreach, and value-based care efforts. Activities may include prior authorizations, patient assistance programs, formulary navigation, affordability support, care gap closure, outreach to patients with uncontrolled chronic disease, and follow-up after medication changes. 

Pharmacy Practice 

2 Hours Weekly 

Residents develop pharmacy practice skills through staffing and pharmacy operations. This experience helps residents understand dispensing workflow, prescription processing, medication counseling, adherence support, pharmacy-clinic communication, and the role of pharmacy operations within the broader FQHC care model. 

Leadership, Administration & Project Management 

8 Hours Weekly 

Residents participate in administrative, leadership, and professional development activities throughout the residency year. This includes research or quality improvement project work, value-based care initiatives, workflow development, committee participation, topic discussions, journal clubs, resident/preceptor meetings, presentations, and practice advancement activities.