Pharmacy residency training is considered the gold standard for pharmacists interested in practicing in direct patient care roles across community and inpatient settings. For those wishing to specialize in psychiatric pharmacy, completing a PGY2 psychiatric pharmacy residency is the most efficient process to train qualified psychiatric pharmacist specialists who are eligible to become board-certified in psychiatric pharmacy (BCPP). As pharmacy residents, they provide benefits to an institution through both administrative and direct-patient care responsibilities. This toolkit provides support for justifying the creation of new PGY2 positions.
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