The resident will work closely with medical housestaff to determine appropriate drug therapy and continued patient monitoring. A residency project is required. This residency program provides comprehensive training and experience in psychiatry with a hands-on, acute care emphasis. The overall goal is to produce a competent practitioner well versed in clinical psychopharmacy and psychiatric medicine. The resident will participate in multidisciplinary team meetings and patient rounds with staff psychiatrists and psychiatric residents from the University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine.
Emphasis is placed on young adult and geropsychiatric inpatient services.
Accreditation as an ASHP-approved psychopharmacy specialty residency is in progress. Sacred Heart Medical Center is home to the only major psychiatric inpatient unit in the eastern half of the state and serves as regional psychiatric training and treatment center. Five psychiatric residents and medical students from the University of Washington rotate through this center.