Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency Programs

VA-Temple,TX, Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System, Temple, TX

Last updated: 10/18/2024

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Maximum Number of Positions

• PGY1: 4
• PGY2 Psychiatry: 2
• PGY2 Neurology: 0

Program Details

• Primary Practice Site: VAMC
• PGY2 Required Practice Settings: 30% Inpatient / 50% Outpatient
• ASHP Accreditation Status: Yes (code: 74024)
• NMS Participant: Yes (code: 638066)
• Program Inception: 2010
• Application Deadline: 01/08/2025
• Starting Date: 07/01/2025
• Estimated Stipend: HR to provide
• Financial Support for AAPP Annual Meeting: Full Support
• Fringe Benefits: Paid vacation and sick leave (13 days each), paid federal holidays, health insurance, and professional meeting support.
• Interviews Required: Yes
• Offers pre-commitment: Yes, Local CTX PGY1s and VA National Early Commitment

Special Requirements for Application

• PharmD
• Completion of PGY1 Residency OR equivalent experience
• Curriculum vitae
• Letters of recommendation (3)
• US Citizenship

PGY2 Rotations offered

• Adult inpatient psychiatry
• Adult outpatient psychiatry
• Chronic, intermediate, or extended inpatient psychiatry
• Geriatric psychiatry
• Neurology
• Pain management
• Substance abuse
• Other: Advanced Teaching with psychiatric faculty at the University of Texas College of Pharmacy

PGY2 Features

• PGY2 Staffing Component: No (or N/A)
• PGY2 Teaching Component: Yes, Optional
• PGY2 Teaching Certificate Program: Yes, Optional
• PGY2 Other Features: Residency involves teaching PharmD students, PGY1 residents, psychiatry residents, and psychology interns, scope of practice to prescribe psychiatric medications, certificate and practice in Battlefield Acupuncture for chronic pain, teaching certificate is offered, participation in state-wide didactics program, guest lecturer opportunities with University of Texas College of Pharmacy (UTCOP), and formal academic rotation with clinical associate professor at UTCOP.
• PGY2 Preceptors: 8 BCPPs, 5 Other Pharmacists, 0 Non-Pharmacists

PGY1 Elective Rotations offered

• Psychiatry

PGY1 Special Features

Residency involves teaching PharmD and MD students and residents, teaching certificate is offered, participation in UTCOP Pharmacotherapy Rounds presentation, guest lecturer opportunities with UTCOP, pharmacotherapy lab facilitator for the UTCOP

Program Philosophy

To expand upon the knowledge gained in PGY1 year and to apply that specifically to becoming a high functioning mental health provider. Our program is designed to challenge residents while providing support, with the ultimate goal to make them an indispensable part of the healthcare team. Our residents are scoped to prescribe for a longitudinal resident clinic throughout their residency year, which is rare to programs and provides the experience of being a provider. Our program additionally focuses on a holistic approach to the management of psychiatric conditions beyond typical medication management by utilizing Cranial Electrical Stimulation (CES) and auricular acupuncture (of which the resident will be trained in use).

Site Special Features

Residency is part of an academic teaching medication center, residency involves practice at the Veteran's administration, close proximity to the largest operating United States military base in the world (Fort Cavazos)