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Adult Inpatient Psychiatry (6 weeks) at LAC+USC Psychiatry at Augustus F. Hawkins/MLK Medical Center
Preceptor: Julie A. Dopheide, PharmD, BCPP, FASHP
The goal of this core experience is to allow the resident to intensively manage more challenging patients while integrating
into the psychiatric treatment team. Dr. Dopheide will be the primary preceptor but the resident will lead medication
education group, and assist in supervising students. He or she will provide evidence based recommendations on
optimizing drug therapy while further developing interview skills, clinical assessment skills and patient and staff education
skills. The resident will co-lead conferences with Dr. Dopheide and document clinical activities in the chart. Adverse
drug reactions, medication errors and all clinical interventions will be recorded in the pharmacy computerized databases
including the patient safety network (PSN) and Quantifi (pharmacy intervention tracking system). The resident will
expand and solidify their knowledge base in psychopharmacology.
LAC+USC Child/Adolescent Psychiatry (Clinic) (6-8 weeks), can be combined with Juvenile justice or other experiences
Preceptor: Chris Snowdy MD and Julie Dopheide, PharmD, BCPP
The resident will work with attending staff and child fellows at the LAC+USC child/adolescent clinic and participate in
patient assessment, family counseling, and behavioral modification. The resident will present didactic lecture(s) on topics
in psychopharmacology with preceptor supervision. The resident will attend didactic instruction on Thursdays with the
child fellows. The resident will participate actively in the Pediatric Psychotropic Guidelines committee meetings at the
Department of Mental Health.
Neurology Clinics
Preceptors: Mark Lew MD, Laura Kalayjian MD, Soma Sahai MD; weekly discussions with Julie Dopheide, PharmD
The resident will see patients with refractory epilepsy, movement disorders and a wide array of other neurological
conditions including migraine, stroke, Huntington’s chorea, and Parkinson’s disease. The resident will learn how to
differentiate drug-induced movement disorders from idiopathic conditions. The resident will gain experience in the dosing
and monitoring of anticonvulsants used for multiple seizure types.
A residency retreat is conducted in June to discuss individualizing the residency according to the resident’s
career goals and the clinical and teaching needs of LAC+USC. This 8 hour planning meeting is typically
off-site to allow for minimal interruptions. Quarterly business meetings are also held in order to provide
the resident with feedback on presentations, teaching and to discuss topics in neuropsychiatric pharmacy.
The CNS module course coordinator attends these meetings to review the resident’s lecture prior to
presentation in the PharmD Curriculum as well. Each resident
Didactic Coursework
The PGY-2 Psychiatric Pharmacy resident will attend didactic lectures/case presentations and seminars with the LAC+USC
psychiatry residents and attendings throughout the year at the LAC+USC practice site. Topics include the clinical
psychiatric interview, mental status examination, diagnostic formulation of all major DSM-5 psychiatric disorders,
pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the psychotropics, cultural issues in psychiatry, psychopharmacology of
pregnancy, medical/legal issues in psychiatry, assessing and preventing suicide, psychological assessment, and substance
use disorders.If the resident has not previously attended the research and teaching skills courses offered by USC, these
courses are required.
Research Project
The resident will collaborate with faculty to develop a clinical research project. The resident will discuss project ideas with
psychiatric pharmacy faculty and preceptors to identify a worthwhile project that has scientific and clinical merit.
Psychiatric Pharmacy faculty and Dr. William Gong work with the resident to develop a project and present it to peers and
faculty for feedback. PGY2 psychiatric pharmacy residents are required to present a poster at the College of Psychiatric
and Neurologic Pharmacists Annual meeting. Presentation at the Western State’s Conference for Pharmacy Residents and
Lecturers is optional. The project must be submitted for publication prior to residency completion.