Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego has one of the oldest psychiatry services in San Diego County. Our seven attending psychiatrists care for more than 13,000 inpatients annually. We have a critical care psychiatry unit as well as an acute care adult and geropsychiatric inpatient program. The psychiatric liaison team provides psychiatric evaluation and triage services to the Scripps Health system 24/7.
Core rotations (4 weeks, unless specified) Orientation (duration determined by the resident’s previous work experience) General Psychiatry I (6 weeks) General Psychiatry II (6 weeks) Psychiatric Emergency Medicine Substance Use Disorders Psychiatry Consult Service+ VA San Diego Psychiatry Ambulatory Care Clinics* Neurology Clinic Transitions of Care (2 weeks)
Elective rotations (4 weeks, unless specified) Academia* Pain and Palliative Care Internal Medicine Inpatient Neurology+ (2 weeks) UCSD Psychiatry Free Clinic* (52 weeks, a half-day once monthly) Other elective learning experiences may be developed based on resident interest and preceptor availability.
Longitudinal rotations (52 weeks, unless specified) Research Clinical Administration (includes various projects and activities including a medication use evaluation and formulary review) Operations - One weekend (2 shifts) approximately every 3 weeks. Thirteen weekends throughout the year, plus one major holiday set and one minor holiday (total 29 shifts). 2-3 weekends may be exchanged for weekday staffing during the last 6 months of the year UCSD Therapeutics Conference* (10 weeks, a half-day once weekly) San Diego Pharmacy Residency Leadership (SDPRL) Teaching Certificate Program (if not received as PGY1) Naval Medical Center Pain Management Clinic* (one day once monthly)
*Offsite rotations +Completion of R1 competency area needs to be met prior to assignment to the PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Resident’s schedule
Committee participation PGY2 Residency Interview Pharmacy and Therapeutics Psychiatry Supervisory Clinical Pharmacist meeting Behavioral Health Care Line Substance Use Disorders
Academic teaching Noon conference to medical residents Scripps Mercy and UC San Diego PGY2 Psychiatry Pharmacy monthly topic discussion Therapeutics section leader at UC San Diego, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Didactic lecture at UC San Diego, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Primary Preceptor of fourth-year Pharmacy APPE Rotation or PGY1 Resident
Residency travel American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists (AAPP) Financial support provided for required conferences is variable and dependent upon funding. No additional financial support will be provided for off-site rotations (program will not provide mileage reimbursement). Parking at all Scripps facilities is free.
Contact information Viktoriya Titova, PharmD, BCPP, Aph Residency Program Director, Psychiatry titova.viktoriya@scrippshealth.org
PGY2 psychiatric pharmacy residency
Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego has one of the oldest psychiatry services in San Diego County. Our seven attending psychiatrists care for more than 13,000 inpatients annually. We have a critical care psychiatry unit as well as an acute care adult and geropsychiatric inpatient program. The psychiatric liaison team provides psychiatric evaluation and triage services to the Scripps Health system 24/7.
Core rotations (4 weeks, unless specified)
Orientation (duration determined by the resident’s previous work experience)
General Psychiatry I (6 weeks)
General Psychiatry II (6 weeks)
Psychiatric Emergency Medicine
Substance Use Disorders
Psychiatry Consult Service+
VA San Diego Psychiatry Ambulatory Care Clinics*
Neurology Clinic
Transitions of Care (2 weeks)
Elective rotations (4 weeks, unless specified)
Academia*
Pain and Palliative Care
Internal Medicine
Inpatient Neurology+ (2 weeks)
UCSD Psychiatry Free Clinic* (52 weeks, a half-day once monthly)
Other elective learning experiences may be developed based on resident interest and preceptor availability.
Longitudinal rotations (52 weeks, unless spe...cified)
Research
Clinical Administration (includes various projects and activities including a medication use evaluation and formulary review)
Operations - One weekend (2 shifts) approximately every 3 weeks. Thirteen weekends throughout the year, plus one major holiday set and one minor holiday (total 29 shifts).
2-3 weekends may be exchanged for weekday staffing during the last 6 months of the year
UCSD Therapeutics Conference* (10 weeks, a half-day once weekly)
San Diego Pharmacy Residency Leadership (SDPRL) Teaching Certificate Program (if not received as PGY1)
Naval Medical Center Pain Management Clinic* (one day once monthly)
*Offsite rotations
+Completion of R1 competency area needs to be met prior to assignment to the PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Resident’s schedule
Committee participation
PGY2 Residency Interview
Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Psychiatry Supervisory
Clinical Pharmacist meeting
Behavioral Health Care Line
Substance Use Disorders
Academic teaching
Noon conference to medical residents
Scripps Mercy and UC San Diego PGY2 Psychiatry Pharmacy monthly topic discussion
Therapeutics section leader at UC San Diego, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Didactic lecture at UC San Diego, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Primary Preceptor of fourth-year Pharmacy APPE Rotation or PGY1 Resident
Residency travel
American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists (AAPP)
Financial support provided for required conferences is variable and dependent upon funding. No additional financial support will be provided for off-site rotations (program will not provide mileage reimbursement). Parking at all Scripps facilities is free.
Contact information
Viktoriya Titova, PharmD, BCPP, Aph
Residency Program Director, Psychiatry
titova.viktoriya@scrippshealth.org
