Core Clerkship Psychiatry
PS 500M 1
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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. BIDMC: Students spend the bulk of the rotation at one of three clinical sites where, under the supervision of Harvard faculty, residents, and fellows, they are incorporated into all aspects of patient care and service-specific teaching activities. These sites are the inpatient psychiatry unit at BIDMC, the consultation-liaison psychiatry service at BIDMC, and the Rapid Access to Flexible Treatment (RAFT) outpatient day program at Massachusetts Mental Health Center (MMHC). Students also participate in a weekly program of didactics seminars, shadow on the ECT service, and take evening call in the emergency department to learn about the workup and management of psychiatric emergencies.
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