Psychiatry Residency Program

Clinical Rotations

There is flexibility about the sequence in which the rotations are taken in the 2nd through 4th years. The rotations are adjusted for those doing a child fellowship after the 3rd year. Each block consists of 4 weeks; there are 13 blocks each year.

PGY-1:
Medicine or Medicine/Pediatrics - 4 blocks
Inpatient Psychiatry - 6 blocks
Night Float – 1 block

PGY-2:
Inpatient Psychiatry – 4 blocks
Emergency Psychiatry – 3 blocks
Neurology – 2 blocks
Substance Abuse – 2 blocks
2 outpatient psychotherapy patients may be picked up toward the end of this year.
Geriatric Psychiatry – 1 block
Consultation - Liaison Psychiatry – 2-4 blocks

PGY-3:
Outpatient Department – 13 blocks
4-5 outpatient psychotherapy patients

PGY-4:
Senior electives and scholarly project– 6-8 blocks
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry – 2 blocks
“Junior attending” on inpatient service- 2-3 blocks
5 outpatient Continuous Cases
Requirements not met in previous years