Course Information
Description
The Core Clerkship in Psychiatry will expose students to a wide range of psychiatric presentations in order to facilitate recognition and management of psychiatric disorders encountered in the practice of medicine. Students will be integrated into clinical psychiatry teams in a range of inpatient and outpatient settings. Diagnostic evaluation and therapeutic considerations will be emphasized. Students will work with clinical psychiatry faculty, residents, and/or fellows who will oversee their clinical work and provide assessment and feedback on their performance. Additional teaching will be done through case discussion and structured teaching sessions.
Students complete the NBME Clinical Psychiatry Subject Exam as part of their final assessment. The Psychiatry core clerkship learning objectives and student assessments are the same across sites.
Class Notes
The Core Clerkship in Psychiatry will expose students to a wide range of psychiatric presentations in order to facilitate recognition and management of psychiatric disorders encountered in the practice of medicine. Students will be integrated into clinical psychiatry teams in a range of inpatient and outpatient settings. Diagnostic evaluation and therapeutic considerations will be emphasized. Students will work with clinical psychiatry faculty, residents, and/or fellows who will oversee their clinical work and provide assessment and feedback on their performance. Additional teaching will be done through case discussion and structured teaching sessions. Students complete the NBME Clinical Psychiatry Subject Exam as part of their final assessment. The Psychiatry core clerkship learning objectives and student assessments are the same across sites. MGH: Students care for patients admitted for major psychiatric issues, often with comorbid medical problems, to a 24-bed inpatient unit in the general hospital as part of an attending-resident multi-disciplinary team. The students round each morning, interview and closely follow patients on their team. Student also spend three evenings (4-9 pm) in a busy psychiatric emergency department and link to a consultation-psychiatry resident to see some of their cases and their role on the wards. Experienced clinicians teach a range of seminars throughout the month covering major topics. Interviewing and clinical reasoning skills are emphasized.
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