Popular Locations
- Yale New Haven Children's Hospital
- Yale New Haven Hospital - York Street Campus
- Yale New Haven Hospital - Saint Raphael Campus
The PGY2 pharmacy residency in psychiatry is designed to equip residents with the skills necessary to participate as integral members of inpatient and outpatient interdisciplinary teams caring for individuals with psychiatric and neuropsychiatric disorders as well as assuming responsibility for patient-centered medication therapy.
The PGY2 psychiatric pharmacy residency consists of a series of learning experiences that span a 52 week period. Specific learning experiences and goals will be accomplished in discrete blocks of time, while others will occur longitudinally throughout the duration of the residency. Residency time will be generally structured as follows:
Residency Duration | 52 weeks |
Orientation/Training | 2-4 weeks |
Conference(s) * | 1-2 annually (total 1 week) |
Interviews/Holidays/Time off |
14 days plus 3 interview days)⬦ |
Project Days |
5 days⬦ |
Staffing Days | 20 days⬦ (in addition to scheduled weekend shifts) |
Residency Learning Experiences | 46 weeks |
*American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists (AAPP) Annual Meeting required (additional conference with approval of pharmacy leadership) ⬦Not continuous blocks |
1. General Adult Inpatient |
6 weeks |
2. Mood Disorders Inpatient |
6 weeks |
3. Geriatric Inpatient |
4 weeks |
4. Young Adult Inpatient |
4 weeks |
5. Adolescent Inpatient | 4 weeks |
6. Adult Intensive Outpatient Program | 4 weeks |
7. Psychiatry Emergency Department |
4 weeks |
8. Neurology Inpatient |
4 weeks |
9. Consultation Liaison Service |
4 weeks |
*Any staffing shift including night shift may be filled at discretion of pharmacy leadership.
The learning experiences will include a series of learning activities designed to expose the resident to many facets of pharmacy practice with guidance from the preceptor. An individual resident plan and calendar will be developed for each resident.
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