Psychiatry Core Clerkship

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VISITING: Closed to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Required. DESCRIPTION: The clerkship is designed to solidify the knowledge of psychiatry students have acquired in the Practice of Medicine courses, as students gain practical skills in the application of this knowledge to clinical situations. The focus is on interviewing skills, psychiatric evaluations, on refining diagnostic skills, and offers an overview of psychosocial and biological treatment modalities for the major psychiatric disorders. The clerkship consists of clinical work on inpatient units under the supervision of academic and clinical faculty, a weekly lecture series by academic faculty and attendance at Grand Rounds (no Grand Rounds during the summer months). Students are assigned to patient care settings in one or two of the following sites: At Stanford: a comprehensive medical psychiatric unit (G2), an acute care psychiatric unit (H2), a geriatric psychiatric unit (GPU), the consultation-liaison (C/L), at PAVA: inpatient psychiatric ward and consultation-liaison (C/L); and inpatient unit: Scrivner Center at El Camino Health in Mountain View. In addition, students participate in the specialty outpatient clinics at Stanford including OCD, child, bipolar, geriatric and general psychopharmacology clinics. Students are given the opportunity to express their preferences regarding assignment. The final rotation assignment is determined by the department based on availability of sites. Students are informed about the specific clerkship requirements at the orientation offered at the start of each clerkship period. Students will be provided with a course syllabus and Clinical Psychiatry book. Requirements include mandatory attendance at seminars, weekly inpatient case history presentations and Emergency room experiences with residents/attending psychiatrists. The NBME Subject Exam in Psychiatry is a required…