Through the PGY-1 Year, whether on medicine, neurology or psychiatry services, residents come together for seminars one afternoon a week. Residents' Morning Report, Acute Services Case Conference, Psychotherapy Supervision Group, Departmental Grand Rounds, and Resident-Organized Seminar Series and Multicultural Workshop Series round out the didactics. The PGY-2 year is designed to ensure that residents gain confidence in the care of acute psychiatric patients through exposure to a wide range of psychopathology in settings that teach focused, acute interventions. Didactic experiences are also consolidated into one half-day per week and include Neuroscience in Psychiatry, Advanced Psychopharmacology, Individual, Group, and Family Therapies Seminars. This year of training is focused on ambulatory psychiatric experiences in a variety of general and specialty settings based at Strong Memorial and in the community.
Residents have two psychotherapy supervisors to aid in developing psychotherapy competencies.
This is a year for consolidation, mastery, leadership, and exploration as the resident approaches graduation and prepares for the transition to practice or fellowship training. To facilitate these developmental tasks, much of the PGY-4 year is reserved for electives. Maintaining an office-based practice with ongoing ambulatory patients rounds out the clinical experiences of this year. Residents may focus the remainder of this year on mastering an area of clinical, administrative or research interest. Didactics are limited to Departmental Grand Rounds, the resident luncheon series, and numerous elective seminars and workshops.