The Psychiatric Residency Training Program is fully accredited for four years.
Clinical rotations reflect the emphasis and goals of each year of training.
Didactic material presented in courses and seminars is carefully coordinated with these rotations. Most instruction occurs in small group settings, with faculty representing varied disciplines that include psychiatry, psychology, and social work. Research opportunities are available in a number of areas. The department enjoys national prominence for its research of the psychiatric aspects of epilepsy, under the direction of Dr. Dietrich Blumer. One of the leading Sleep Disorders Centers in the United States is affiliated with the department and outstanding investigators in the field of neurochemistry and psychopharmacology are faculty members and researchers at the University of Tennessee.