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 contemporary health-system pharmacy practice at a major academic medical center, community-based hospital or other mental health facility (e.g. VA, state hospital, community mental health center). The residency program provides the flexibility to adapt to the resident’s specific learning needs and goals. The training is provided through concentrated clinical rotations and longitudinal 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
Required Rotations:
- Orientation
- Adult Inpatient Psychiatry
- Advanced Inpatient Psychiatry (Precepting)
- Addictions Consult Service
- Consult Liaison Service
- Child Psychiatry Consult Service
- Psychiatric Emergency Services
- Ambulatory Psychiatry (longitudinal)
Elective Rotations:
- Adult General Neurology
- Psychopharmacology Stewardship
- Inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Advanced Consult Liaison Psychiatry
- Combination of services
Additional Longitudinal Activities
- Research Project
- Writing/CE Project
- Teaching Requirement
Example Schedule
Staffing Responsibility
Approximately every 3rd weekend for no more than 15 weeks, 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.
Teaching Opportunity
Residents will receive a faculty appointment as Adjunct Clinical Instructor with the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy. Experience in rotation-related precepting and in teaching of Pharm.D. students and PGY1 residents is widely available. In addition, the Resident will gain experience in didactic teaching of second-year Pharm.D. students at the College of Pharmacy. Residents will also have opportunities to educate medical students, nursing staff, psychiatry residents throughout the year
Residency Director Information
Amy M. VandenBerg, PharmD, BCPP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Psychiatry & Neurology
University of Michigan Health Systems
Department of Pharmacy Services
Victor Vaughan House
1111 E. Catherine St
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2054
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.