CPNP is pleased to report continued growth in the profession with only 3 unfilled PGY2 psychiatric pharmacy residency slots unfilled in 2020 and 1239 BCPPs. In the last ten years, the number of PGY2 programs has tripled and the number of BCPPs has almost doubled.
PGY2 Psychiatry Residencies and Profession Growth
| Year | PGY2 Available |
PGY2 Unfilled* |
PGY2 Filled* |
All BCPPs | CPNP Pharmacist Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 31 | 5 | 26 | 647 | 925 |
| 2012 | 31 | 7 | 24 | 713 | 963 |
| 2013 | 50 | 13 | 37 | 762 | 1,021 |
| 2014 | 64 | 14 | 50 | 799 | 1,100 |
| 2015 | 73 | 19 | 53 | 845 | 1,180 |
| 2016 | 80 | 5 | 75 | 878 | 1,259 |
| 2017 | 98 | 20 | 76 | 955 | 1,322 |
| 2018 | 97 | 2 | 95 | 1,069 | 1,404 |
| 2019 | 97 | 6 | 89 | 1,239 | 1,474 |
| 2020 | 98 | 3 | 93 | 1,239** | 1,407 |
Congratulations to New BCPPs
CPNP congratulates the following individuals who were successful in obtaining the BCPP designation in 2019. The majority of these successful candidates purchased CPNP's BCPP Examination Preparatory products: the Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy Review Course and/or the BCPP Prep Series designed as preparatory tools for the BCPP examination. There are now over 1200 individuals who are credentialed as Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacists.
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