The department offers a 6-week core clerkship in psychiatry which is intended to teach future physicians the basics of psychiatry as an integral part of medical practice, including instilling in the students the importance of considering biopsychosocial factors in all aspects of medical care. The student may focus on inpatient, outpatient, or consultation-liaison psychiatry. The goal of our residency program in general psychiatry is to educate psychiatrists who will be technically proficient, culturally competent, able to understand and function effectively in our complex healthcare system, and who will serve as leaders in the field. The program accepts 7 incoming residents each year and participates in the National Resident Matching Program. First year rotations include internal medicine, neurology, and adult inpatient psychiatry.
Seminars provide an overview of psychiatric disorders and their treatment.
Seminars during this year include advanced courses in psychopharmacology, psychopathology, geriatric psychiatry, substance abuse, child and adolescent psychiatry, and an introduction to psychotherapy. The third year of training is devoted entirely to adult outpatient psychiatry. In addition, there are seminars on community psychiatry and legal and ethical issues in psychiatric practice. During the fourth year, residents may choose from a variety of electives, in addition to required rotations in consultation-liaison, adult inpatient, and addiction psychiatry. Seminars on neuropsychiatry, mental health policy and economics, and a board review course are provided.