Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency Programs

VA - Salem, VA - Salem VA Health Care System, Salem, VA

Last updated: 09/21/2023

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Maximum Number of Positions

• PGY1: 3
• PGY2 Psychiatry: 2
• PGY2 Neurology: 0

Program Details

• Primary Practice Site: VAMC
• PGY2 Required Practice Settings: 50% Inpatient / 50% Outpatient
• ASHP Accreditation Status: Yes (code: 38018 )
• NMS Participant: Yes (code: 679466 )
• Program Inception: 2012
• Application Deadline: January 15th
• Starting Date: July 2023
• Estimated Stipend: $45,000
• Financial Support for CPNP Annual Meeting: Varies/TBD
• Fringe Benefits: 11 Federal Holidays; 13 days of sick leave and annual leave (accrued); Health insurance available; Free parking; On-site gym.
• Interviews Required: Yes
• Offers pre-commitment: Yes, option to early commit internally or via VA National Early Commitment process

Special Requirements for Application

• PharmD
• Completion of PGY1 Residency OR equivalent experience
• Eligible for state licensure
• College transcripts
• Curriculum vitae
• Letters of recommendation (3)
• US Citizenship

PGY2 Rotations offered

• Adult inpatient psychiatry
• Adult outpatient psychiatry
• Emergency psychiatry
• Geriatric psychiatry
• Pain management
• Specialty clinic
• Substance abuse
• Other: Memory Disorders

PGY2 Features

• PGY2 Staffing Component: Yes, Required
• PGY2 Teaching Component: Yes, Required
• PGY2 Teaching Certificate Program: Yes, Optional
• PGY2 Other Features: Residency involves teaching PharmD students and/or PGY1 residents. Participation in VA teaching certificate program is optional.
• PGY2 Preceptors: 2 BCPPs, 3 Other Pharmacists, 0 Non-Pharmacists

PGY1 Elective Rotations offered

• Psychiatry

Program Philosophy

The Salem VAMC PGY2 program is a PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency funded by Phase II and Phase V of the VA Interprofessional Mental Health Education Expansion Initiative. In Phase II one PGY2 equivalent training position was awarded for participation on the interprofessional Evidence Based Practice (EBP team). In Phase V one PGY2 equivalent training position was awarded for participation in the interprofessional Memory Assessment Clinic (MAC). The focus of this program is to develop a pharmacy practitioner with knowledge, skills, and abilities in psychiatric pharmacy who will be equipped to participate as a clinical pharmacy specialist and be an integral member of an interdisciplinary team caring for individuals with psychiatric and neuropsychiatric disorders.

Site Special Features

Residency is part of a teaching medical center. The PGY2 psychiatric pharmacy resident will be part of an interprofessional team.