Call is an average of every sixth night. Residents who begin the program in Year Two will have their curriculum adjusted to meet requirements for Board eligibility. Didactics include psychopathology, basic psychodynamics, substance abuse, child development, mental retardation, culture and psychiatry, emergency psychiatry, psychopharmacology and group therapy. A dynamic continuous case conference is also available. There are clinical conferences on each service.
Call consists primarily of second call by beeper approximately once per month during the year.
Didactics include dynamic psychotherapy, neurology, child psychiatry, pharmacotherapy, family therapy, substance abuse, forensic psychiatry, brief psychotherapy, the severely mentally ill, ethics, and a psychodynamic case conference. Residents may choose long term therapy supervisors from an extensive list of full time and volunteer faculty, who have a wide range of backgrounds and interests. Year Four Twelve months of elective, with a broad range of choices including the various services of Sheppard Pratt, the four Chief Resident positions, the faculty private practice, the Assertive Community Treatment Team for the homeless mentally ill, eating disorders and infant psychiatry. Elective choices in research include neuroscience, schizophrenia, pharmacology and services. Longitudinal experiences in long term psychotherapy, substance abuse, and forensic psychiatry.