Instead, we provide opportunity for individual development through a wide range of clinical service, didactic experience, research opportunities, and available fellowship training. We seek to know each resident and tailor his or her experience to individual interests, needs, objectives, and potential. We also work hard to focus training on the current and future directions of the field, to assure that residents are well prepared to shape that future. The residency is rigorous and demanding but also flexible, personal, and supportive. Clinical service responsibilities are designed to provide residents with opportunities to function independently, develop clinical skills and judgment, and grapple with the realities of psychiatric practice.
Faculty serve as role models, as they work alongside residents on the front lines of clinical care.
Residents also work closely with a series of individual mentors and supervisors who are responsible for guiding them through their clinical experiences. These relationships are valued by residents and faculty alike and often form the basis of ongoing collegial interactions long after formal training is complete. An extensive series of lectures and discussions forms the didactic core of the residency. The curriculum begins with fundamentals of neuroscience, psychology, psychodynamics, and psychopharmacology. This is followed by in-depth study of specific disorders and specialized therapies.