Residency Training Program
in Psychiatry

Programs

THE CORE DIDACTIC CURRICULUM: PGY-II-III

Each week an average of 10 hours are set aside for seminars and Grand Rounds designed for in-depth explanation, exploration and discussion of the essential knowledge base of modern psychiatry. During these "protected times" residents are free from all clinical responsibilities.

The PGY-II core curriculum involves seminars on psychiatric interviewing, clinical assessment and psychiatric emergencies, consultation/liaison, psychopharmacology, scientific foundations and schools of thought in psychiatry, including neuroscience and psychology, clinical psychiatry and psychopathology, psychotherapy, child and adolescent psychiatry, hospital and community psychiatry, economics and managed care psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, ethics, and race, culture and ethnicity. In addition, residents are facing a future in which they will be working with groups and in organizations as clinical administrators, group psychotherapists, members or leaders of clinical or research teams and teachers. The Residency Program is convinced of the need to equip residents with the knowledge of group and organizational dynamics and the skills they will need to function as leaders in these settings. This learning begins in the PGY-II year with all PGY-II residents meeting for a retreat to begin and study the process of group formation. For residents interested in further learning in this area, there is an elective seminar which focuses on group and organizational dynamics and leadership.

At the institutional level, residents attend continuous case conferences and seminars addressing unique institutional values and aspects of patient populations. At the unit level, there are case conferences, rounds, supervision of clinical management and seminars directed towards special issues of that particular setting. Individual supervision is provided by both unit faculty and by clinical faculty. Finally, Departmental Grand Rounds, which include clinical case presentations, departmental symposia, and the presentation of new research findings are held each week.

THE CORE DIDACTIC CURRICULUM: PGY-III
The curriculum in PGY-III addresses psychotherapeutic techniques for different treatments and disorders, advanced psychopharmacology and issues in the diagnosis and treatment of substance abusing patients.

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