Psychiatry Residency

Training excellent psychiatrists, passionate advocates and future leaders

WellSpan Health’s four-year psychiatry residency training program offers you broad clinical experience in behavioral health services, which we provide across an extensive continuum of care throughout the region.

WellSpan Health is the regional leader in caring for individuals, families and communities in southcentral Pennsylvania.

Accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the program is primarily located at WellSpan York Hospital — the health system’s flagship hospital — and surrounding ambulatory locations. Some core rotations will take place at unique behavioral health settings in beautiful Lebanon and Lancaster Counties.

You’ll experience enriched training by providing care to a diverse community across multiple locations, settings and models of care.

Our vision

We strive to be a leading community and academic program that supports and prepares residents to be lifelong learners who:

provide excellent patient-centered care
understand the various systems and clinical care models in which they work
advocate for their patients, communities and themselves
become future leaders in the evolving landscape of psychiatry
find and pursue their passions in ways that integrate work and life into a long and fulfilling career

Our mission

Our psychiatry residency program will provide supportive and comprehensive training that prepares residents to be excellent psychiatrists, passionate advocates and future leaders in psychiatry and healthcare.

Graduating residents will:

possess the skills and knowledge to comprehensively evaluate, understand, support and treat the breadth of psychiatric disorders utilizing inclusive, patient-centered approaches to care including, but not limited to, biopsychosocial, cultural, spiritual and developmental models
embrace lifelong learning through direct experience, collaboration with others, and ongoing inquiry and scholarship
effectively advocate, lead and collaborate with others to embrace and support a multidisciplinary approach to healthcare
communicate clearly to educate and inform patients, families, stakeholders, colleagues and other healthcare professionals
strive toward personal growth and the pursuit of meaning, purpose and joy, to maintain their well-being and enjoy a fulfilling and sustainable career

Application information

We’ll only accept applications via the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) portal; we won’t accept any documents outside ERAS.

Virtual interview season: November 2024 to February 2025

Match Day: March 21, 2025

Report to WellSpan Health for resident orientation: June 2025

First day on-service at WellSpan Health: July 1, 2025

Residency Information

Curriculum

Gain increasing knowledge, experience and autonomy in this dynamic four-year program.

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Leadership and Faculty

Our educators are exceptional psychiatrists, dedicated to training and mentoring our residents.

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