General Description
The PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency at U-M Health is a one-year post-graduate training program designed to develop essential knowledge and skills for psychiatric pharmacy practice at a major academic medical center, community-based hospital or other mental health facility. The residency program provides the flexibility to adapt to the resident’s specific learning needs and goals. The training is provided through concentrated inpatient clinical rotations and longitudinal ambulatory experiences.
Program Purpose
The purpose of the PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy residency program at U-M Health is to prepare psychiatry specialists who are qualified to practice in a variety of mental health environments including, but not limited to: inpatient psychiatry (acute, general adult, dual diagnosis, geriatric, child/adolescent), emergency psychiatry, consult liaison psychiatry and outpatient clinics. As part of the extensive training they will receive as residents, they will also be able to identify, prevent, and resolve medication-related problems, participate as active members of a multidisciplinary healthcare team, demonstrate leadership skills, and provide education to various healthcare providers.
Recruitment Plan
The Department of Pharmacy Services at the University of Michigan Health will be recruiting for one Psychiatry PGY2 Resident for the upcoming year. Recruitment will occur through the PPS platform or candidates can reach out to schedule a virtual meeting with the RPD.
If you are unable to attend ASHP Midyear, please feel free to reach out to the Residency Program Coordinator, Megan O’Connell ([email protected]), with questions and interest about the program. All interested candidates are strongly encouraged to meet with a program representative prior to applying.
Program Structure
The resident will complete 12 one-month rotations including orientation, project month (December), 8 required clinical rotations and 2 elective rotations.
Required 1- month Clinical Rotations:
- Adult Inpatient Psychiatry
- Advanced Adult Inpatient Psychiatry
- Consult Liaison Psychiatry
- Psychiatric Emergency Services
- Child Psychiatry Consult Service
- Addictions Consult Team
- Advanced Inpatient Practice (Precepting)
- PGY2 Psychiatry Combined Service Coverage
Elective 1-month Rotations:
- General Inpatient Neurology
- Inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Psychopharmacology Stewardship
- Advanced Consult Liaison Psychiatry
- Academia Psychiatry/Neurology
Required Longitudinal Experiences:
- Ambulatory Psychiatry Clinic (4 hours per week)
- Teaching Assignment
- Residents will receive an appointment as Adjunct Clinical Instructor with the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy. Experience in precepting IPPE and APPE student rotations and co-precepting PGY1 resident rotations is widely available. In addition, the Resident will gain experience in didactic teaching and team-based learning in the Pharm.D. curriculum at the College of Pharmacy.
- Residents will have opportunities to educate medical students, nursing staff, psychiatry residents throughout the year
- Writing/CE Seminar Project
- Research Project
Additional Clinical Teaching Experiences
- 1-3 seminar presentations to PGY4 Psychiatry Residents
- Participation in 6 or more monthly Psychopharm lunch and learn in-services for inpatient psychiatry
- Patient Medication Education Groups (2 to 6 per month)
Staffing Responsibility
Approximately every 3rd weekend for no more than 15 weekends, one minor holiday and one major holiday block.
Research and Publications Opportunity
Through the research and writing requirements of the program, the resident has the potential to produce at least two manuscripts suitable for peer-reviewed publication by the end of the residency.
Residency Director Information
Amy VandenBerg, PharmD, BCPP, FAAPP
PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency Director (Match Code 761266)
Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Psychiatry & Neurology
University of Michigan Health
Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy
University of Michigan College of Pharmacy
1111 E. CATHERINE ST. | VICTOR VAUGHAN BLDG., RM. 345 | ANN ARBOR, MI 48109-2435
[email protected]
(734) 936-1622
Preceptors
Jillian DiClemente, PharmD
Megan O'Connell, PharmD, BCPP
Amy VandenBerg, PharmD, BCPP
Kristen Ward, PharmD, BCPP
Program Assessment Strategy
The program is structured in accordance with the ASHP Accreditation Standards and ASHP Educational Outcomes, Goals, and Objectives for a PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy residency. This program has a four-part assessment strategy of learning experiences: resident evaluation of learning experience, resident evaluation of preceptor, resident self-evaluation, and preceptor evaluation of the resident’s performance during the learning experience.
Please see the F.A.Q. for application information.