Walmart pharmacy residents help people live better today through quality and convenient
care, while helping to improve the industry for tomorrow’s needs. With the resources
and strength of the world’s largest retailer, you’ll be able to make a big impact—on
the world and the communities you serve.
º£½ÇÉçÇø College of Pharmacy and Walmart Pharmacy offer a 12-month
PGY-1 Community Pharmacy Residency Program. This one-year post-doctoral program is
ideal for anyone seeking advanced training in community pharmacy, academia, and ambulatory
care. One position is available, offering unique experiences and a variety of activities
that will help develop leadership, clinical and teaching skills.
Walmart has been a pharmacy leader expanding access to care and improving clinical
outcomes since 1978. The residency serves to enhance your professional training though
development and implementation of programs that seek to improve clinical outcomes
and patient safety.
Unique Learning Experiences
The program offers unique experiences in an advanced community pharmacy environment.
Residents will receive training in the provision of various preventative services
and disease state management programs including:
Diabetes
Immunizations
Point-of-Care Testing
Travel Health Services
Smoking Cessation
Medication Adherence
Residency Program Goal
The goal of the PGY-1 Community Pharmacy Residency Program is to educate and train
pharmacists capable of developing, implementing and providing patient-centered pharmacy
care services in the community setting. The resident will also attain additional knowledge
and skills in conducting practice-based research, performing academic activities and
providing ambulatory care services.
Time Allocation
Approximately 60% of the resident’s time is focused on providing direct patient care in Walmart pharmacies.
This will allow the resident to develop and implement patient-centered pharmacy care
services in the community pharmacy setting.
Approximately 30% of the resident’s time will be allocated towards developing his/her clinical skills
in the ambulatory care setting, and participating in a teaching certificate program.
The remaining 10% of the residency training is concentrated in the areas of:
Research project development
Administration and management
Leadership development
Special interest
Current Resident
2022 – 2023
Cydnee Harris, PharmD
College of Pharmacy: University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy
Previous Residents
2021 – 2022
Traci D. Williams, PharmD
Post Residency Status: Academic Fellow, Roosevelt University College of Pharmacy
2019 – 2020
Olusegun Adeshola, PharmD
Post Residency Status: Ambulatory Care Pharmacist, JPS Health Network
2017 – 2018
Jewel Younge, PharmD, BCPS
Post Residency Status: Clinical Pharmacist, University of Illinois at Chicago College
of Pharmacy/University of Illinois (UI) Health System