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. Senior and mid-level faculty interact with residents at Professor's Rounds, staffings, conferences and courses, as well as on an informal basis. Most senior academic faculty and residents have the opportunity to work together. Residents also have substantial contact with private practice clinical faculty. Residents work with the private faculty in treating selected inpatients.