Behavioral Medicine SCPE

Catalog description

This rotation provides the student with patient care experience in an outpatient and/or inpatient setting under the supervision of a clinical site preceptor. The student will gain experience in behavioral medicine and will apply knowledge and skills gained during the didactic phase to evaluate and manage patients with psychiatric disorders. Students will develop skills to make a mental health assessment and will observe, evaluate, and treat those psychiatric disorders that are most commonly seen in the primary care setting. Students will increase their knowledge of pharmacologic and counseling treatment options for patients with psychiatric disorders. Students will be evaluated and tested for this rotation based on the knowledge and skills related to behavioral medicine. Offered each term during the clinical year. Four semester hours.