This provides a rich experience in the psychiatric assessment and follow-up of the medical, surgical and pediatric patients in our large university training hospital. The third year is primarily devoted to outpatient work. During this year, the residents learn brief and long- term individual psychotherapy as well as family, group, pharmacological and behavioral outpatient therapy. The resident develops the diagnostic and therapeutic skills used in outpatient work with a wide spectrum of patients. Child and adolescent training during this year includes assessment and ongoing treatment of both children and adolescents.
Supervision is provided by a variety of clinical supervisors.
Residents are assigned a psychoanalytic supervisor, a psychopharmacology supervisor and a generalist supervisor. There is also regular supervision by cognitive and behavioral, as well as family and group and other specialty supervisors. The outpatient case mix also represents a varied and broad-based array of patients. Elective time in PGY 3 gives residents in their third year opportunities to explore areas of interest as well as exposure to social and community projects. The final year of the program is essentially twelve months of elective time, designed for the residents to pursue special interests.