Sub-Internship in Psychiatry

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This course is an intensive clinical experience in the diagnosis and treatment of severe and incapacitating psychiatric disorders. The student is given more clinical responsibility than the comparable second year inpatient rotation. Patient care responsibilities include management of ward milieu. Treatment approaches emphasizing psychotropic medication, individual, and family psychotherapy are part of the clinical experience. Participation at patient care conferences and didactic lectures is expected. Call is taken on the weekend. For more information, please contact Dr. Julie Penzner via email at [email protected]. Pre-requisites: instructor approval and satisfactory completion of PSC-205C (or equivalent for visiting students). Secondary contact: Cathy Lefebvre, email at [email protected] or phone at 684-2274. Credit: 5. Enrollment: max 2. Julie Penzner, MD