Lexington Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Lexington, KY
Last updated: 10/11/2022
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2 PGY2 Psychiatry position
Phone: (859) 233-4511 x 3172
Email: courtney.eatmon@va.gov
Maximum Number of Positions
- PGY1: 0
- PGY2 Psychiatry: 2
- PGY2 Neurology: 0
Program Details
- Primary Practice Site: VAMC
- PGY2 Required Practice Settings: 20% Inpatient / 80% Outpatient
- ASHP Accreditation Status: Yes (code: 52301)
- NMS Participant: Yes (code: 533066)
- Program Inception: 2005
- Application Deadline: 01/05
- Starting Date: 06/16
- Estimated Stipend: $45,221
- Financial Support for AAPP Annual Meeting: Partial Support
- Fringe Benefits: unknown
- Interviews Required: Yes
- Offers pre-commitment: Yes, PGY 1 able to early commit to program
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
- Administration
- Adult inpatient psychiatry
- Adult outpatient psychiatry
- Chronic, intermediate, or extended inpatient psychiatry
- Geriatric psychiatry
- Pain management
- Specialty clinic
- Substance abuse
PGY2 Features
- PGY2 Staffing Component: Yes, Required
- PGY2 Teaching Component: Yes, Required
- PGY2 Teaching Certificate Program: Yes, Optional
- PGY2 Other Features: Teaching certificate offered through University of Kentucky. Extensive precepting of PharmD students and PGY1 residents.
- PGY2 Preceptors: 5 BCPPs, 0 Other Pharmacists, 0 Non-Pharmacists
Program Philosophy
The LVAHCS develops trainees into competent, independent practitioners. Through precepting and learning experiences, the resident will practice with a high level of independence while still being engaged in a supportive environment.
Site Special Features
Residents will have the opportunity for off-site rotations in order to have a more complete experience (ex. chronic psychiatry at Eastern State Hospital). Residents will have the opportunity to engage in didactic education at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy.
