Clinical Psychopharmacology Part 1

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The medical student will learn about a wide range of psychiatric medications using a "medication mascot" visual mnemonic system for drug/trade name pairings and drug/drug interactions, with curriculum designed by Dr. Cafer. In the morning the student will shadow Dr. Cafer and learn about specific medications as they are encountered. The student needs to commit weekday afternoons toward learning the course material. While rounding at Missouri Psychiatric Center, the student will become familiar with a paper dashboard used for a "systematic approach to psychiatric medication management" that will become the focus of a subsequent elective if the student chooses to continue with Clinical Psychopharmacology Part 2, which is a selective. To focus on the learning process, the student will not be entering notes into the medical record. Instead, the student will be processing patient information on a paper dashboard. Credit Hour s : 5