We are currently recruiting 2 positions for this residency program.  The residency program is designed to provide a training opportunity for individuals desiring to develop clinical competency in the specialized area of psychiatric pharmacy.  The program incorporates both inpatient and outpatient rotations devoted to the development of skills essential for the delivery of pharmaceutical care to patients with mental illness.

The resident spends 9 months in core learning experiences to include acute, ambulatory, and long term care.  The psychiatric pharmacy resident is responsible for participating in the design and implementation of appropriate therapeutic regimens, monitoring the outcome of therapy, assisting in the application of pharmacokinetic principles to individualize therapy as needed and in the provision of patient, disease and drug specific information to other members of the health care teams.  Elective opportunities are numerous in both ambulatory and acute settings.

The resident will responsible to participate in journal club and case discussion sessions, didactic presentations, topics discussions, pharmacotherapy grand rounds, pharmacology grand rounds, pharmacotherapy seminars, and other presentations as deemed appropriate. Completion of a residency project is required, as well as a poster presentation at the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists annual meeting and at The University of Texas Celebrating Research.

https://www.southtexas.va.gov/Pharmacy_Residency_Information.asp