Residency Showcase Program Listings

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