The Regions Hospital PGY-2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency program aims to train pharmacists to provide pharmaceutical care, participate as a member of the health care team, and provide education of patients, health professionals and themselves. In addition, residents will learn to perform self-monitoring and demonstrate leadership through contributions to performance improvement. Residents will be encouraged to develop an approach to the profession that can lead to life-long learning and career satisfaction. The program will provide the learning environment, instruction, mentoring, and evaluation necessary to prepare pharmacists to work independently in a psychiatric patient care setting and to sit for BCPP certification upon graduation. We are also committed to giving our residents the skills to effectively precept and mentor pharmacy students, residents, and learners from other disciplines.
Program Description
The PGY-2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency Program is a 12-month postgraduate curriculum which offers training in a variety of psychiatric practice settings and follows the ASHP Accreditation Standards for PGY2 Pharmacy Residency Programs and adheres to the required competency areas, goals, and objectives for PGY2 psychiatric pharmacy residencies. Residents are required to fulfill additional program requirements in order to establish comprehensive skills as pharmacy practitioner.
Current resident
Name: Nitin Joshi
Pharmacy school: Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy
PGY1 program: James H. Quillen VA | Mountain City, TN
Clinical interest areas: Mental health
Why I chose Regions: I’m very excited to be completing my PGY2 residency at Regions Hospital. I fell in love with Regions on interview day when I got to meet and interview with the preceptors of the program. I felt the preceptors were both knowledgeable and approachable and made the interview itself seem great. I’m excited to complete my PGY2 residency at a hospital that has so many opportunities to learn and develop & grow as the psychiatry pharmacy department is currently growing. As a resident, seeing the development of new programs within the psychiatry department is very exciting and is one of the reasons why I chose Regions.
