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Welcome to the Third Year Psychiatric
Clerkship at New York Medical College. The Third
Year Clerkship is an important part of your medical
education, which will give you clinical experience
that you will be able to use throughout your entire
medical career. At the conclusion of the clerkship,
students should be able to do the following:
- conduct a clinical interview
demonstrating an empathic doctor/patient relationship
- conduct a clinical interview
eliciting pertinent medical and psychiatric
information essential for formulating a diagnosis
based on DSM IV five-axes categories of Mental
Disorders
- conduct a mental status examination
- learn to facilitate a decrease
in the patient’s level of anxiety or discomfort
- demonstrate a knowledge of the
principles and practices of different treatment
modalities used in psychiatric practice, both
inpatient and outpatient
- be able to apply basic science
knowledge of neurobiology and psychosocial experiences
in the pathogenesis and treatment of psychiatric
illnesses
- be able to integrate the information
relating to the specialty of psychiatry to the
comprehensive care of the patient in primary
care practice
- have familiarity with the major
pharmacologic agents used in psychiatric practice
and/or consultation as well as proper indications
of side effects
- do a case presentation which
demonstrates a strong knowledge base of psychiatric
syndromes
- learn to use an evidence based
medicine approach to psychiatric clinical problems
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