The goal of the Pharmacy Student Hub is to provide information and tools that prepare pharmacy students to evaluate and prepare for a career in psychiatric and neurologic pharmacy.
Careers In Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacy
Student programming at CPNP's Annual Meeting provides students the opportunity learn about career opportunities in neuropsychiatric pharmacy. Active CPNP members and practitioners overview their practice settings, what they do on a daily basis, and how they recommend preparing for a position within a specialty area. Learn more about the exciting opportunities in the field of psychiatric and neurologic pharmacy.
Academic Detailing, Sarah Popish, PharmD, BCPP
Pharmaceutical Industry, Dean Najarian, PharmD, BCPP
Primary Care, Glen Stimmel, PharmD, BCPP
Substance Abuse Treatment, Christopher Stock, PharmD, BCPP
CPNP Student Chapters
Interested in forming a CPNP student chapter at your school? Link to tools and resources for all CPNP student chapters - whether you are considering starting a chapter at your pharmacy school or are looking for information for established chapters.
CPNP Student Membership
Membership in the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) is one of the best ways you can learn more about the exciting, growing field of psychiatric and neurologic pharmacy. Joining is easy and a 6-month complimentary trial membership is available for you to experience all of the benefits CPNP has to offer including:
Networking through the CPNP membership directory, protected to CPNP members
Participation in the very active CPNP email list (exclusive to members) where you post questions to experts in the field, learn about cases and gain clinical pearls not commonly encountered in the literature
Publishing in the CPNP Perspective with a movie review written by PharmD candidates and their pharmacist mentors.
Access to members-only resources, including medication education pamphlets for patients, pocket reference cards, lists of films and books focused on mental health and readings on topics such as psychotropic drug interactions and electroconvulsive therapy.
Dean Najarian started filling presciptions at the age of 13 and always knew he wanted to work in pharmacy. Today, he is a medical science liaison with Jannsen Pharmaceuticals. Listen here as he shares an overview of working in the pharmaceutical industry. Additional audio clips about careers in psychiatric and neurologic pharmacy are available at https://cpnp.org/member/students.Posted on 07/16/18
Listen here as Dean Najarian shares an overview of working in the pharmaceutical industry.
Student programming at CPNP's Annual Meeting provides students the opportunity learn about career opportunities in neuropsychiatric pharmacy. Listen to Glen Stimmel, a long-time CPNP member, discuss his career in primary care. Additional audio clips about careers in psychiatric and neurologic pharmacy are available at https://cpnp.org/member/students.Posted on 07/01/18
Listen to Glen Stimmel, a long-time CPNP member, discuss his career in primary care.
The “What I Wish I Knew” series of articles is a service of CPNP’s Resident and New Practitioner Committee. Articles are intended to provide advice from experts for students, residents, and new practitioners. Articles are not intended to provide in-depth disease state or pharmacotherapy information nor replace any peer-reviewed educational materials. We hope you benefit from this “field guide” discussing approaches to unique problems and situations.Posted on 06/28/18
What are provider concerns and assumptions about patient’s using psychotropics during pregnancy?
A common assumption by providers is that the treatment of psychiatric conditions is more important than plans or desires for pregnancy on the part of the patient, or that the benefits of medication treatment clearly outweigh the risks in the setting of a current pregnancy. Providers’ own beliefs about the benefits of medication treatment may be ‘imposed’ on patients without an adequate two-way conversation. While providers may be well intentioned, this approach does not foster trust and openness in expressing concerns, validating them, or developing ‘buy-in’ on the part of patients.
Healthcare Homes (HCHs) are an integrated treatment approach allowing for psychiatric and medical conditions to be addressed collaboratively, but pharmacists are not routine members of this new approach to care. Read CPNP Member Kelly Gable's paper called "Integration of a clinical pharmacist into the healthcare home (HCH)" to learn more about the role of psychiatric pharmacists in the healthcare team.Posted on 06/15/18
Healthcare Homes (HCHs) are an integrated treatment approach allowing for psychiatric and medical conditions to be addressed collaboratively, but pharmacists are not routine members of this new approach to care.
There is a shortage of psychiatric pharmacy providers, and patients have unmet needs that can be filled by these individuals. CPNP's position paper describes the expertise and skills of psychiatric pharmacists and the associated positive outcomes for patients with these disorders. This paper also outlines barriers to the provision of services by psychiatric pharmacists and presents action items aimed at effecting change. Read this position paper to learn more about the value of psychiatric pharmacists as part of the health care team. We hope you will consider exploring psychiatric pharmacy for your career.Posted on 06/02/18
CPNP's position paper describes the expertise and skills of psychiatric pharmacists and the associated positive outcomes for patients with mental disorders. This paper also outlines barriers to the provision of services by psychiatric pharmacists and presents action items aimed at effecting change.
