The overall goal of the Washington University Medical School Psychiatry Residency Training Program is to help each resident develop the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes to enjoy a productive career as a psychiatrist in either a clinical or a research setting. In order to attain this goal, a resident is active in a progressive series of clinical, education, and research experiences designed to continuously enhance the resident's abilities. Competence in clinical psychiatry is required, and we expect residents to be clinically excellent by the end of training. Each resident participates in a variety of clinical and educational activities, including supervised patient management, clinical conferences, departmental conferences, journal clubs, reading courses, and resident-specific didactic courses. Residents also learn from actively teaching Washington University medical students.
Residents progressively assume more clinical and educational responsibilities.
In addition, each rotation has several teaching conferences specifically geared toward residents at a particular level of training. These include staffings, Professor's Rounds, and Geropsychiatry Rounds. Residents meet with supervisors two hours per week on all clinical rotations in their PGY-II, III, and IV years. Residents meet frequently with junior and senior staff members of the department. Full-time attending faculty supervise inpatient psychiatry and are available 24 hours a day.