Resident and New Practitioner Committee

The Resident and New Practitioner Committee is responsible for representing and providing service to residents, fellows, new practitioners and residency directors. Some of the primary goals of this committee are to increase the visibility of the profession, recruit students into residencies in cooperation with the student committee, increase the number of residencies and provide membership value to residents, fellows, residency directors and new practitioners.

You can review information on the current Committee Members and their Charges by downloading the PDF version.

Charges to the Resident and New Practitioner Committee

  1. By September 1 of each year, solicit updates of Psychiatric Pharmacy residency information for the CPNP residency directory.
    Metric: 75% of current programs complete updates by September 30, 2010.
  2. By September 1 of each year, survey Psychiatric Pharmacy residency directors to include the following: number of applicants, number of filled positions, accreditation status, funding source, number of graduated residents from previous year, career placement of graduates, PGY1 / PGY2 status.
    Metric: 75% survey completion rate and reporting of results to CPNP membership (in January e-news) and ASHP as appropriate. .
  3. By July 30, 2010, identify residency program directors who are not CPNP members and encourage them to join CPNP and sponsor their residents’ CPNP membership.
    Metric: Achievement of 50% join rate among non-member, contacted program directors.
  4. Market psychiatric pharmacy residency training to students through experiential learning directors by March 1 of each year and to PGY1 residents through program directors by August 1 of each year.
    Metric: Minimum of 2 contacts with ELDs and Program Directors either by mail and/or email.
  5. By December 31 of 2010, develop recommendations to enhance CPNP website to engage and serve new practitioners.
    Metric: Development of written report of recommendations for consideration of the CPNP Board of Directors.
  6. By March 15, 2010, review white paper on psychiatric pharmacy residency training for presentation to CPNP Board of Directors.
    Metric: Presentation of final paper for Board consideration and determination of how discussion will occur with CPNP membership.
  7. Initiate dialogue with health care systems (e.g., Kaiser-Permanente, Genoa Health Care, Blue Cross/Blue Shield) to encourage development and funding of new psychiatric pharmacy residencies and/or possible partnerships with existing programs to increase numbers of residency positions.
    Metric: Identification of a mailing/distribution list and development of an electronically distributed information piece to provide pertinent information.
  8. Examine the implications to CPNP members and the BCPP certification process of ACCP's recommendation that all pharmacists must obtain BCPS prior to specialty certification. Make recommendations to the board for establishing a position on this issue by November 2010. Issues investigated should include the impact on non-accredited residencies, non-PGY2 residencies, cost implications, effect on BCPP numbers, and grandfathering for existing BCPPs.

Charges to All Committees

  1. By May 15, 2010, submit committee recommendations regarding programming, workshops and roundtables to Program Committee. Note that all suggestions will be considered but not all can be accepted.
  2. Submit committee recommendations regarding possible member and non-member products and services to the Publications and Online Services Committee. Note that all suggestions will be considered but not all can be completed.
  3. Where possible and as requested by Communications Committee, develop written information of value to the membership (including updates/results of important committee activities) even to the extent of contributing regular articles/news pieces as scheduled/requested by Communications Committee.
  4. As appropriate to committee efforts and planned scope of work, develop survey questions to include in the CPNP fall member needs assessment.
  5. As a committee and as individual members, support CPNP by:
    • Nominating individuals for leadership positions
    • Nominating individuals for awards
    • Contributing to and expanding the Shared Resources section of the website.
    • Participating in membership activities such as membership polls, the CPNP list, surveys, poster session, poster awards, etc.

Committee Reports