Cleveland Clinic Lutheran Hospital, Cleveland, OH
Last updated: 10/17/2022
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Maximum Number of Positions
- PGY1: 0
- PGY2 Psychiatry: 1
- PGY2 Neurology: 0
Program Details
- Primary Practice Site: Community hospital
- PGY2 Required Practice Settings: 90% Inpatient / 10% Outpatient
- ASHP Accreditation Status: Yes (code: 44081)
- NMS Participant: Yes (code: 729066)
- Program Inception: 2016
- Application Deadline: 01/01/2023
- Starting Date: 07/03/2023
- Estimated Stipend: 51,000
- Financial Support for CPNP Annual Meeting: Full Support
- Fringe Benefits: Health insurance, 14 days paid time off, free parking, fitness facility access, lab coats, laptop, iPhone, office supplies, business cards, reimbursement for required meetings
- 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)
PGY2 Rotations offered
- Adult inpatient psychiatry
- Adult outpatient psychiatry
- Child and adolescent psychiatry
- Consultation liaison psychiatry
- Emergency psychiatry
- Forensic psychiatry
- Geriatric psychiatry
- Substance abuse
PGY2 Features
- PGY2 Staffing Component: Yes, Required
- PGY2 Teaching Component: Yes, Required
- PGY2 Teaching Certificate Program: Yes, Optional
- PGY2 Other Features: Residents have many opportunities for teaching including didactic lectures for medical students and residents, weekly patient education groups, staff in-services, and student and PGY1 resident precepting. Residents will complete a yearlong research project and associated manuscript written for publication. This project will be presented at various state and national professional meetings. Residents participate in a research curriculum to enhance their skills related to research and quality improvement projects. The resident will participate in interdisciplinary committees related to psychiatry operations and formulary. Residents will enhance their operational knowledge during monthly weekend staffing including holiday rotation (1 major, 1 minor). In addition, optional longitudinal teaching certificate and leadership training programs are offered. Residents complete topic discussions throughout the year to prepare them to pursue board certification in psychiatric pharmacy (BCPP).
- PGY2 Preceptors: 4 BCPPs, 4 Other Pharmacists, 1 Non-Pharmacists
Program Philosophy
PGY2 psychiatric residency programs build upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency training to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in the educational competency areas, goals, and objectives for advanced practice areas. Residents who successfully complete PGY2 residency programs are prepared for advanced patient care or other specialized positions, and board certification in the advanced practice area (BCPP)
Site Special Features
Lutheran Hospital is a 203-bed acute-care hospital that specializes in orthopedics and spine, chronic wound care, and behavioral health. Lutheran Hospital encompasses the primary adult inpatient psychiatric units of the Cleveland Clinic Department of Psychiatry which consists of two severe mental illness units, one mood disorder unit, one general adult psychiatry unit, one geriatric psychiatry unit, and one alcohol and drug recovery unit. The hospital supports medical residencies in adult psychiatry and orthopedic surgery. Lutheran Hospital has been recognized among community hospitals by receiving the Vizient Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award and by the Joint Commission as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures. The Department of Pharmacy supports 24-hour pharmaceutical services. Decentralized pharmacists provide services in the emergency department, medical floors, and behavioral health units. An electronic medical record/CPOE supports pharmacy services. The department utilizes decentralized automation cabinets as its main distribution system.
