Behavioral Medicine

Catalog description

The Behavioral Medicine (behavioral and mental health care) is specifically designed as a 5-week clinical rotation providing students with exposure to and training with male and female patients in behavioral medicine and mental health care setting; experiences can take place in the inpatient and/or outpatient setting. The clerkship focus is on Academic Year 2025 - 2026 Catalog 2025 - 2026 Page 248 epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, interviewing and physical examination, laboratory, imaging, and procedural evaluation, medical education and counseling, treatment, management, and preventative healthcare specifically related to behavioral health/psychiatric conditions. In this clerkship students have the opportunity to develop skills necessary for appropriate triage, stabilization, evaluation, treatment, and management of patients with behavioral health/psychiatric conditions in a psychiatric practice setting. Where possible, students participate in grand rounds, noon conferences, and other clinically relevant didactic presentations. Each student is assigned a clinical site and preceptor at the inception of the clinical year. Prerequisites: Successful completion of the didactic year of the Physician Assistant Studies curriculum. The pre-requisites of MS 504C, 508B, 511, 512, 513 and 514 are all required.