Advanced Clerkship in Diagnosis & Treatment of Major Psychoses
PS 501M.10B
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Description
Advanced elective students spend one month on an inpatient component of the Schizophrenia & Bipolar Disorder Program. Our unit takes care of adults aged 18 to 65 suffering from acute episodes of psychotic illnesses needing a high level of support and care. Our patients come in most often fearful, confused, and scared, and require a great deal of compassionate and thoughtful care and help, often leaving dramatically better and with significant changes seen during a hospital stay. We take care of a number of first episode patients often coming from local universities who are facing their first time hospitalized leading to different diagnoses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression with psychotic features, substance induced psychosis, and many more. You will join an interdisciplinary team of social worker, nurse, and psychiatrist for our daily rounding style which is modeled after the Finnish model of Open Dialogue in which you will learn how to talk about a person's illness in front of them therapeutically. As an Advanced student, you will function like a resident on the team, not only reporting and interpreting findings on your patients, but leading management decisions and educating the team on your patients alongside your attending and with support. You will lead daily interviews, write progress notes and discharge summaries, form alliances, make therapeutic reflections, direct patient workups and treatment planning, and co-lead family meetings. You will attend all the resident experiences alongside them including their morning didactics, weekly case conferences, and attending rounds.
Not Available for Cross Registration
Open to Domestic Visiting Students
Open to International Visiting Students
