Psychiatry Clerkship

Catalog description

Each student will spend four weeks on a psychiatry rotation working directly with a family practice resident and psychiatry attending in one of the community hospitals or preceptor office listed above. In these settings the students will have the opportunity to hone their skills in patient care with patients which psychiatric disorders, medical knowledge, communication, professionalism, health care systems and personal development in the context of adult primary or inpatient care. Special emphasis will be placed on learning psychiatric diagnoses, mental health testing, and communication with individuals with mental illness. In addition, we expect the students to be provided opportunities to participate in the common psychiatric conditions seen in a psychiatry including suicidal ideation and suicidal attempts. The student’s participation/exposure will be tracked by using a checklist of medical conditions and procedure skills that are expected to be seen/done during the rotation.