Minnesota Direct Care and Treatment

Minnesota Direct Care and Treatment, Anoka, MN

Last updated: 10/22/2025

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Maximum Number of Positions

• PGY1: 0
• PGY2 Psychiatry: 1
• PGY2 Neurology: 0

Program Details

• Institution type: Other
• Primary Practice Site: State facility
• ASHP Accreditation Status: accredited (code: 63041)
• NMS Participant: Yes (code: 783066)
• Program Inception: 2019
• PGY2 Required Practice Settings: 85% Inpatient / 15% Outpatient
• Preceptors: 9 BCPPs; 3 Other pharmacists

Application Details

• Application Deadline: January 5th
• Starting Date: July 15th
• Estimated Stipend: $69,000
• Fringe Benefits: Attendance at at least one national meeting Health insurance Sick leave and vacation/PTO accrual 11 paid holidays per year Mileage coverage
• Financial Support for AAPP Annual Meeting: Yes, full support
• Interviews Required: Yes
• Offers pre-commitment: No

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

PGY1 Rotations Offered

• Not applicable

PGY2 Rotations Offered

• Adult inpatient psychiatry
• Adult outpatient psychiatry
• Child and adolescent psychiatry
• Chronic/intermediate/extended inpatient psychiatry
• Developmental disabilities
• Forensic psychiatry
• Geriatric psychiatry
• Other

PGY2 Features

• Staffing Component: Yes, required
• Teaching Component: Yes, required
• Teaching Certificate Program: Yes, optional
• PGY2 Other Features: This residency is within the Minnesota state hospital system. Core block rotations occur mostly at two main sites in Anoka, MN, and St. Peter, MN, with longitudinal and other experiences occurring at other sites around the state. Our residency provides experiences in a wide variety of patient care phases, from acute inpatient to long-term inpatient to outpatient. Required block experiences include: -Orientation -Acute adult inpatient psychiatry -Forensic Services -Adult Psychiatry -Ambulatory Services Require longitudinal experiences include: -Drug information/formulary management -Teaching (practice, academia, and didactic opportunities available) -Leadership & Staffing (staffing is 8 hours every 2 weeks in first half of the year; every 6th weekend [total 4 weekends] in 2nd half of the year) -Research Project Elective experiences include: -Geriatrics -Pediatric/Adolescent psychiatry -Mental Health Inpatient Consultant Our new outpatient clinic experience includes serving patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Our affiliation with the University of Minnesota gives our resident an Academic learning experience opportunity as faculty for an interprofessional mental health program. Through this affiliation there are also opportunities for further professional development (such as an optional teaching certificate among other opportunities). Our affiliation with Abbott Northwestern allows an opportunity for an elective inpatient pediatric/adolescent experience.
• Residents achieving BCPP within 3 years: 100%

PGY1 Special Features

N/A

Site Special Features

More than 90% of our preceptors currently Board-Certified (9 BCPP, 1 BCPS)! Located close to the vibrant and diverse Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro area. Demonstrated interest in the practice area is also required for application.