The Department of 精神病学's commitment to education and training is reflected in the variety of educational programs offered to medical students. 对人类行为的理解, behavioral manifestations of illness and psychopathology is considered to be an essential component in the education of all physicians, regardless of future specialty or practice plans. 相应的, there are academic and clinical offerings available to students at all levels of medical education.

Faculty involvement in medical student teaching is emphasized. Many of the members of the faculty of the Department devote time to teaching and supervising medical students. Faculty involvement includes team or multidisciplinary teaching in a number of undergraduate courses as well as individual supervision and intensive clinical training during clerkships and acting internship electives. Several faculty serve as advisors to medical students or serve on high level curriculum shaping committees on campus as well.

Dr. Walia instructs clerkship students during the morning meeting on the consultation liaison service.

项目产品

The formal offerings of the Department include both required and elective courses and clerkships. 除了, interested students are encouraged to formulate and design elective courses to address their particular interests under faculty supervision.

Required course work includes the second year Behavioral Science course and the five week 书记的职位 in 精神病学.

临床前课程内容

In the MS1 and MS2 years, content is developed in concert with basic science departments.

精神病学临床见习

The five week 精神病学临床见习 introduces students to the practice of psychiatry in a variety of settings. Students are placed in one primary clinical service to provide an integrated clinical experience. Affiliated sites include: 哈钦斯精神病学中心, 大学医院, 退伍军人事务部, 布劳内尔中心, St. 约瑟夫社区总医院. General adult psychiatry is the default content area, but options for work in inpatient psychiatry, 门诊精神病学, 儿童精神病学, 协商精神病学, 成瘾精神病学, 法医精神病学也可以. 在临床现场, students work closely with residents and attendings in the evaluation and treatment of patients. 晚上和周末随叫随到, students have the opportunity to work in emergency psychiatry, 学习的分类, and participate in emergency evaluations. The clinical experiences are complemented by a rich didactic program including daily lectures that are generally case-based learning and spiral based upon more traditional PowerPoint teaching from the 行为科学课程 in the second year. Performance in the 书记的职位 is assessed through evaluations by the students' supervisors at their clinical sites, as well as a written and a practical examination.

代理实习

After completion of the Clinical 书记的职位, students may elect an 代理实习 at any of our sites and in any content area of psychiatry. 在这个高级旋转中, students are given more independent responsibility for patient care under direct faculty supervision, and specific areas of interest can be explored in greater depth. Those students considering a career in 精神病学 are encouraged to elect an 代理实习. 代理实习 are also valuable for those students planning on other specialties who want additional experience in diagnosing and treating psychiatric disorders.

Students are welcome to design their own 精神病学 elective in consultation with a member of the faculty and the 精神病学 Director of Undergraduate 教育. Students interested in research are encouraged to arrange an elective in this area and to pursue their interests and are likely to find faculty support and guidance.

医学博士/博士课程

医学生也可以申请 MD /博士课程 to earn a PhD in the Neuroscience Program in which members of the 精神病学研究部 mentor students interested in their areas of research.