Clinical features of common psychiatric disorders and methods of psychiatric examination are taught in small group interviews with patients. Principles of reasoning about psychological and behavioral phenomena and their relationship to the basic sciences, particularly behavioral science, are taught in lecture and small group tutorials. Second, Third, or Fourth Year Psychiatry Clerkship . The clerkship consists of a four-week inpatient experience and a series of lectures and seminars. Students serve as clerks in the Meyer Building, on General Hospital Psychiatry, or at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
Students also evaluate patients in specialty outpatient settings.
They attend departmental rounds, a series of weekly lectures and case conferences, and see acute mental illness while working in the Emergency Room. These can be done within the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, under the supervision of Hopkin's faculty affiliated institutions in the Baltimore area, or under the sponsorship of the department at other medical schools in the United States or abroad. In addition to training programs in research and clinical psychiatry, the Department offers elective seminars and independent study projects. We try to maintain flexibility in our elective programs, and to attempt, as much as possible, to design programs that meet the needs of the individual student. The coordinator of electives, Dr. Koenig, is available to discuss specific interests or goals.