Psyc 300A. Psychiatry Core Clerkship is designed to solidify the knowledge students have acquired in Psyc 201 and Psyc 204 courses, while helping students gain practical skills in the application of this knowledge to clinical situations. The core clerkship experience will focus on interviewing skills, psychiatric evaluation, on refining diagnostic skills, and give an overview of psychosocial and psychopharmacological treatment modalities for the major psychiatric disorders. The clerkship consists of work on inpatient units or in outpatient clinics under the supervision of academic and clinical faculty, a weekly lecture series by academic faculty, interviewing seminars taught by voluntary clinical faculty, and attendance at Grand Rounds. Although students will be given the opportunity to express their preferences regarding assignment, the final rotation assignment will be determined by the department based on availability of sites. Students will be advised of the specific clerkship requirements at the orientation offered at the start of each clerkship period.
Emphasis is placed on teaching students to recognize and manage basic clinical problems.
Students function as active members of the surgical team, and are encouraged to follow patients throughout their in-patient course. Didactic lectures are given by faculty during the clerkship, which cover pathophysiology of various diseases and principles of surgical management. Basic surgical skills are taught in the operating room and in the emergency department setting. The clerkship offers an opportunity for students to integrate their knowledge of anatomy, physiology and physical diagnosis into a treatment plan for patients with surgical diseases. Rotation assignments are made on the first day of the clerkship.