Behav/Mental Health Rotation

Catalog description

This 5-week rotation provides the PA student with practical clinical experience in diagnosis, evaluation, and management of psychiatric, behavioral, and mental health conditions and disorders in an outpatient setting. The student will be provided with practical clinical experience in the identification, evaluation, management, and referral of patients presenting with emergent, acute, and chronic psychiatric, behavioral, and mental health conditions. Students will engage with their patients by providing preventative medicine, including health counseling. Students will learn to recognize and treat behavioral and mental health disorders, throughout the lifespan (specifically: adolescent, adult, and elderly) patients.