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GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A graduate-student pharmacy residency program at a Walgreen Co. drug store here is the first to gain full accreditation from the American Pharmaceutical Association and the American Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists, according to the pharmacy school participating in the program.
The resident, Benjamin Buise, Pharm.D., is a 2001 graduate of the University of Florida School of Pharmacy. The university and Walgreens jointly launched the residency program for postgraduate students in July 1998. Buise divides his time between the Walgreens Community Care Center, which is housed at a Walgreens drug store on University Avenue in this city's southeast side, and the interdisciplinary Shands Eastside Community Practice center, where he assists in pharmacist-managed clinics and patient education.
The approval by the APhA and ASHSP marks a significant...