Minnesota Direct Care and Treatment , Anoka, MN

Last updated: 09/13/2023

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Andrew L. Zwack
5 years as an RPD
3301 7th Ave N
Anoka, MN 55303
Primary Practice: Anoka Metro Regional Treatment Center
1 positions reported
Phone: 6514315123
Fax: 6514317716
Email: andrew.l.zwack@state.mn.us

Maximum Number of Positions

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

Program Details

  • Primary Practice Site: State [institutional] facility
  • PGY2 Required Practice Settings: 85% Inpatient / 15% Outpatient
  • ASHP Accreditation Status: Yes (code: 63041)
  • NMS Participant: Yes (code: 783066)
  • Program Inception: 2019
  • Application Deadline: January 5th
  • Starting Date: July 10th
  • Estimated Stipend: $58,000
  • Financial Support for CPNP Annual Meeting: Full Support
  • Fringe Benefits: Attendance at at least one national meeting Health insurance Sick leave and vacation/PTO accrual 11 paid holidays per year Mileage coverage
  • 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

PGY2 Rotations offered

  • Adult inpatient psychiatry
  • Adult outpatient psychiatry
  • Child and adolescent psychiatry
  • Chronic, intermediate, or extended inpatient psychiatry
  • Developmental disabilities
  • Forensic psychiatry
  • Geriatric psychiatry
  • Substance abuse
  • Other: staffing: 20 hours/month with rotating weekends

PGY2 Features

  • PGY2 Staffing Component: Yes, Required
  • PGY2 Teaching Component: Yes, Required
  • PGY2 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 outpatient. Experiences include but not limited to: -Acute care psychiatry -Forensic psychiatry -Patient education groups -Geriatrics -Drug information/formulary management -Outpatient clinic -Academia -Leadership & Staffing 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.
  • PGY2 Preceptors: 9 BCPPs, 3 Other Pharmacists, 0 Non-Pharmacists

Site Special 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.
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.