Community-Based (PGY-1) Residency Program (CBRP)

Director: Betsy Elswick, PharmD
Positions: 4

Description:

The WVU School of Pharmacy Community-Based PGY1 Residency program is designed to build upon the Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and outcomes to develop community-based pharmacist practitioners with diverse patient care, leadership, and education skills who are eligible to pursue advanced training opportunities including PGY2 residencies and professional certifications.

Program Overview:

The WVU School of Pharmacy Community-Based Residency shall provide the resident:

Structured time with residency preceptors at her/his primary site as well as providing mentorship by pharmacy owners in community pharmacy management;
Instruction and mentorship by WVU School of Pharmacy faculty members in the areas of teaching and scholarship, including a formalized 2-semester teaching certificate program, at the School; and
Collaboration and time spent with other health care professionals, including physicians, through designated time in outpatient clinics.

The School’s vision is to create residency graduates who will advocate and implement change to make community-based pharmacist-delivered patient care and Medication Therapy Management (MTM) services a vital component in the healthcare system.

The WVU CPRP is a jointly sponsored one-year program, conducted as a 52-week longitudinal and concentrated experience at four distinct and renowned pharmacy practice sites which include Kroger (Morgantown, WV and Marietta, WV sites), Moundsville Pharmacy (Moundsville, WV) and Waterfront Family Pharmacy (Morgantown, WV).

Valuable teaching experiences are incorporated into the residency through a formal teaching certificate program. The residents provide instruction to didactic small group and large group pharmacy classes, and co-precept Doctor of Pharmacy level students, other health care professionals, and the community at large. The residents provide and facilitate educational, wellness and disease state management and prevention programs within the community and surrounding areas. The resident spend ½ day per week providing patient care in an integrated outpatient clinic. Each year, residents complete a community-based patient centered research project, to include the development, implementation, documentation, and presentation of results at a national meeting to professional colleagues. A unique facet of the residency include the residents’ time spent as volunteer medical staff at Camps KnoKoma and Catch Your Breath, designed for children in West Virginia living with diabetes and asthma respectively. Finally, the residency program will enable residents to acquire the operational and financial management skills which are needed to function in a contemporary community pharmacy setting at the completion of the residency, if desired.

The resident shall have up to and including 4 weeks of dedicated time for electives each year, based upon interest, availability and approval by the Residency Program Director (RPD). Electives may include but are not limited to the follow:

American Pharmacists Association (competitive application)
Indian Health Service, Alaska Native Medical Center (competitive approval process)
Family Medicine
Internal Medicine
Psychiatry
Addictions
Education/academia
Anticoagulation
Others

Residents shall adhere to all standards, goals, and objectives set forth in 2016 Accreditation Standards and Required Competency Area, Goals, and Objectives for Postgraduate prepared jointly by APhA and ASHP and the PGY1 Community Pharmacy Practice Residency Learning System. These goals and objectives will be primarily accomplished by participating in the core clinical service initiatives and dispensing process at Kroger/Moundsville Pharmacy/Waterfront Family Pharmacy and secondarily, teaching and scholarly activities at West Virginia University.

The application deadline is January 15 vi PhORCAS.

Director

Betsy Meredith Elswick, Pharm.D., is Associate Professor at West Virginia University School of Pharmacy. Dr. Elswick is residency program director for WVU School of Pharmacy’s Community-Based pharmacy residency program. She is also coordinator for WVU School of Pharmacy's Alumni Association and Alumni Affairs where she oversees the outreach and engagement of the School’s 3,500+ alumni. She received her degree from WVU School of Pharmacy in 2001 and completed a PGY-1 Community Pharmacy Residency with Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA.

Dr. Elswick actively engages her students and residents to become advocates for their profession through their annual visits to Washington, DC and Charleston, WV. She has served on ad hoc committees for the West Virginia Board of Pharmacy for finalizing rules for both pharmacist-delivered immunization and collaborative practice. She is Past-President of the West Virginia Pharmacists Association and has been an appointed delegate to APhA’s House of Delegates (HoD) for over 15 years. Past APhA committee involvement has included appointments to the HoD Policy Review Committee (two terms, including chairperson), HoD Policy Committee (two terms), HoD Policy Reference Committee (three terms), HoD House Rules Review Committee, APhA-APPM Awards Committee, APhA-APPM Policy Committee, and APhA’s Government Affairs Committee.

Some of her past accolades have included the 2005 Innovative Pharmacy Practice Award, the 2006 WV Distinguished Young Pharmacist Award, and 2010 Bowl of Hygeia. In 2011, she received APhA’s Government Pharmacist of the Year award. Dr. Elswick received the 2014 Adult Immunization Award from the West Virginia Immunization Network.

Residency Preceptors

Krista D. Capehart, PharmD, MSPharm, AE-C, serves as Assistant Residency Director and is is an Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and the Director of the Wigner Institute for Advanced Pharmacy Practice, Education and Research in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy. Dr. Capehart completed her Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan and later completed a Master of Science in Pharmacy with a focus in drug policy and regulation at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL. Prior to joining WVU, Dr. Capehart joined the clinical faculty in 2006 at the University of Charleston School of Pharmacy and was the pharmacist in charge of the PharmUC Patient Care Clinic. Dr. Capehart has focused her practice in community and ambulatory clinical pharmacy, concentrating on improving patient compliance and quality of life through patient counseling and education. She has experience educating patients with asthma, COPD, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes about their chronic conditions; providing immunizations; compounding medications; and meeting the special needs of her patients. Dr. Capehart has received multiple award recognitions including Teacher of the Year in 2006, WVPA Distinguished Young Pharmacist 2012, and the WV Asthma Coalition Asthma Champion 2013. She was selected as a Salzburg Global Fellow and participated in the Salzburg Global Seminar entitled "The Drive for Universal Health Coverage: Health Care Delivery Science and the Right to High-Value Health Care" in Austria.

Dr. Capehart utilizes her experience in health policy and regulation and clinical experiences to advocate for her patients, the profession of pharmacy, and in her role with the Wigner Institute. The mission of the Wigner Institute for Advanced Pharmacy Practice, Education, and Research is to advance the practice of pharmacy throughout West Virginia and optimize health outcomes by providing education, training, and resources. She also employs her other areas of interest in Wigner duties by assisting with direct patient care service development, improving health care access in rural areas through expanded pharmacy services, increased patient self-management awareness and knowledge, health literacy, and enhanced counseling opportunities in the community setting.

Gretchen Garofoli, PharmD, BCACP, CTTS serves as Assistant Residency Program Director for Independent Community-Based Pharmacy Residency Sites and Site Coordinator and Primary Preceptor for the WVU-Waterfront Family Pharmacy CBRP. She also serves as the scholarship and teaching mentor for the WVU-Moundsville Pharmacy Residency site. Dr. Garofoli is an Associate Professor at West Virginia University School of Pharmacy in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy. She is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy and completed a Community-Based Pharmacy Residency at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. Her current practice site is Waterfront Family Pharmacy in Morgantown, WV where she focuses on diabetes care, immunizations, medication synchronization, and medication therapy management. Dr. Garofoli’s areas of interest include diabetes management, medication therapy management, immunizations, compounding, and program development and implementation in the community pharmacy setting. She was the 2011 recipient of the West Virginia Pharmacists’ Association Distinguished Young Pharmacist Award, the 2015 APhA New Practitioner of the Year, and the 2018 recipient of the West Virginia Pharmacists’ Association Excellence in Innovation Award. Her research interests include diabetes, immunizations, and pharmacist provided screenings.

Katie Kacmarik, PharmD, is Site Coordinator and is also a Preceptor for the Moundsville Pharmacy CPRP. Dr. Kacmarik received her Bachelor’s of Science in Biology from West Liberty University prior to attending pharmacy school at WVU. While at WVU, she served as president of the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) student chapter, participated in Pharmacy Day at the West Virginia Legislature and legislative visits at the United States Capitol, and received the Dean’s Award for outstanding volunteer work. Currently, she serves as president of the Ohio-Marshall County Pharmacists Association, and is president-elect of the West Virginia Pharmacists Association.

Upon graduation from West Virginia University in 2012, Katie returned to the Northern Panhandle to begin her career as a pharmacist at Moundsville Pharmacy, with a focus on managing the pharmacy’s clinical and specialty services. In her short career, she has concentrated her professional development in the areas of long-term care consulting, pharmacy compounding, bio-identical hormone replacement, medication therapy management, diabetes education, and pharmacy compliance.

In 2014, Moundsville Pharmacy credits Katie for receiving the OutcomesMTM Top MTM Center award for West Virginia; and in 2015, she was recognized as a Pharmacy Development Services (PDS) Pharmacist of the Year for her contributions to independent pharmacy in the co-development of the SyncRx+ synchronization and medication therapy review program. In 2016, she was named Pharmacist of the Year for the Ohio-Marshall County Pharmacists Association, and in 2017, she was inducted into the West Liberty University Alumni Wall of Honor.

Erica Shelton, PharmD, is Primary Preceptor for the Marietta-Kroger resident. Dr. Shelton offers tremendous experience in precepting having served as APPE preceptor for Advanced Community, Ambulatory Care System or Population Based System Care, and Community Clinical, as well as IPPE preceptor for Community Pharmacy. Dr. Shelton has been a Kroger Pharmacy manager for over 11 years. During this time, she was recognized as the Kroger Mid-Atlantic Division Pharmacist of the Year, as well as being named District Pharmacist of the year on 3 separate occasions. In addition, Dr. Shelton was named in the top ten performers in her Kroger division when new MTM platforms were initiated by the Kroger Company. In 2011, she was a Subject Matter Expert and helped train her district on new technology and company standards. She has assisted with district managerial duties such as audits and private controlled substance inventories. Currently, she is responsible for the operation and growth of the Kroger pharmacy located inside of Marietta Memorial Hospital where she has started innovative programs such as meds-to-beds and transition of care coordination.

Jason Turner, PharmD, serves as a Primary Preceptor for the WVU-Moundsville Pharmacy Community-Based Pharmacy Residency Program (CPRP). Dr. Turner is a 2003 graduate of West Virginia University School of Pharmacy. Early in his career, he realized his passion for independent pharmacy practice and business ownership through his training at Moundsville Pharmacy in Moundsville, WV from pharmacy-mentor and owner Roger Cole. Today, Jason now proudly owns and operates Moundsville Pharmacy and, with the help of his team of pharmacists and technicians, continues the legacy of Cole. Since 2014, Moundsville Pharmacy has expanded into three additional pharmacy locations – Sistersville Pharmacy, Pine Grove Pharmacy, and New Martinsville Pharmacy – all serving patients in Northern West Virginia.

In 2013, Jason embraced the Medicare Star Ratings model and took action to become a leader in prescription synchronization and developed synchronization process enhancements to take synchronization to the next level. SyncRx+ allows pharmacies to synchronize patient prescriptions and capture additional opportunities for the pharmacy while improving the health of the patient.

Focusing on Medicare Star Ratings and prescription synchronization enabled Jason to transform the overall operations of his own pharmacy business - from staffing and workflow to taking care of patients. Today, Jason enjoys sharing his experiences and expertise with pharmacy peers across the country. As a speaker, he focuses on conveying the impact of the Medicare Star Ratings system, the role of prescription synchronization, and empowering pharmacy owners to take the necessary steps to become a high performing athlete in the world of healthcare. Jason and his team have trained over 300 independent pharmacies from across the country in the processes of the SyncRx+ synchronization and medication therapy review program.

Jason has served as president of the Ohio-Marshall County Pharmacists Association and the West Virginia Pharmacists Association. He was inducted into the WVU School of Pharmacy Inaugural Hall of Fame in 2014, and named Pharmacist of the Year by Pharmacy Development Services (PDS) in 2015. In 2017, he was named one of only 30 finalists nationwide for the Pharmacy Times and Parata Systems Next Generation Pharmacist Award.

Katie Kacmarik, PharmD, is Site Coordinator and is also a Preceptor for the Moundsville Pharmacy CPRP. Dr. Kacmarik received her Bachelor’s of Science in Biology from West Liberty University prior to attending pharmacy school at WVU. While at WVU, she served as president of the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) student chapter, participated in Pharmacy Day at the West Virginia Legislature and legislative visits at the United States Capitol, and received the Dean’s Award for outstanding volunteer work. Currently, she serves as president of the Ohio-Marshall County Pharmacists Association, and is president-elect of the West Virginia Pharmacists Association.

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