In addition to doing forensic evaluations, residents have an opportunity to work with the Department of Corrections in an ongoing format. The addiction psychiatry residency is a 12-month PGY V clinically oriented experience. Residents spend the majority of their time between Denver Health Medical Center and the Denver Veterans Administration Medical Center. They also spend a portion of their time seeing child and adolescent addiction problems through the Colorado Psychiatric Hospital child program. Nearly all graduates take their board certification exam within two years of graduation.
Graduates continue to do very well and experience a high pass rate.