Residency Training Program in Psychiatry

Residency Training Program
in Psychiatry

Yale Residency Program Overview

The strength of the Yale Residency Program lies in it's diverse and talented faculty and in the richness of it's component and affiliated training facilities. The department is committed to excellence of service to patients and their families; to the development and practical application of new treatment modes; and to the constant assessment of the contribution that psychiatry, both as a science of behavior and as a clinical specialty, may make to the solution of urgent human problems.

Steve Bunney, Chairman

The residency program rests upon the scientific disciplines basic to clinical psychiatry, i.e., the biological, social, and psychological sciences (including psychoanalysis). The research orientation of the faculty and staff, most of whom are investigators as well as teachers, provides an atmosphere of scholarly endeavor and curiosity. As a department, we are dedicated to training skilled, responsible clinicians who are intellectually equipped to become leaders in our profession.

We recognize that psychiatry has become too complex and trainees' backgrounds and aspirations too varied to be encompassed within the bounds of a traditional "lock-step" training program. Therefore, we strive to present a program of systematic and rigorous content, so that core skills and knowledge are gained, while maintaining enough flexibility to allow residents to reach their personal goals.

In recent years psychiatry has been changing at a rapid rate as result of new scientific achievements in the biological and social sciences clinical practice. We believe there is every likelihood that pace change will continue to accelerate. major goal Yale program is, therefore, offer psychiatrists-in-training those experiences equip them confront help shape uncertainties future.

In order to achieve this aim, the four-year residency program has been subdivided into three functional units: 1) an 8-month (PG-I) Internship in Medicine and Neurology, 2) a 28-month Core Psychiatry Program (4 months of PG-I, 12 months each of PG-II and PG-III) followed by 3) a 12-month (PG-IV) Concentration Program.

The Internship is designed to provide a comprehensive experience as a primary care physician in a general hospital. The two internship programs, both located in New Haven, are at Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Hospital of St. Raphael. Both are major teaching hospitals affiliated with the Yale University School of Medicine. The internships consist of 6 months of medicine and 2 months of neurology. Each internship is associated with a separate Match number. Both Match numbers are for PG-I entry into the same Adult Psychiatry Program; the only difference is the site of the medical internship, either St. Raphael's Hospital or Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Last modified: November 27, 2006