Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

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The Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison Service at Duke Medical Center offers a clinical clerkship in the evaluation and management of psychiatric disorders in the medical and surgical setting. The student performs psychiatric consultations for medical and surgical services under direct supervision of residents and senior staff. Topics in psychosomatic medicine, psychopharmacology and medico-legal issues are discussed. Unique issues in psychiatric presentations of medical illness and adaptation to illness are reviewed. Students may attend an outpatient psychiatric consultation clinic in addition, upon request and pending availability. Students attend the weekly MedPsych conference and Psychiatry Academic Half-day educational offerings. Hours are generally 8am-6pm M-F. Call the consult pager to arrange meeting place on first day (970-PSYC). Students need to check with Dr. Shirey in advance via email at [email protected], or the secondary contact, Cathy Lefebvre, [email protected], to confirm the availability of this rotation. Prerequisites: instructor approval and satisfactory completion of PSC-205C. Credit: 4. Enrollment: max 1. Kristen Shirey, MD