A Pharmacotherapy Scholars Program to Provide Intensive Training to Enhance Pharmacy Students' Postgraduate Readiness.

To design, integrate the curriculum for, and evaluate an innovative program to facilitate placement of students into postgraduate pharmacy residency training programs involving direct patient care. The Pharmacotherapy Scholars Program (PSP) was designed to prepare fourth-professional year students to become highly proficient in a direct patient care role and to successfully match with postgraduate residency training programs. The following elements were included in the year-long curriculum: integrated synchronous advanced pharmacy practice experiences with personal advising, team-based mentoring, peer-to-peer learning, longitudinal research, and professional development.