Advanced Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
PS 501M.23
Subject & Catalog Number
Course Information
Description
Prior approval required, please email Dr. Nathan Praschan; NPRASCHAN@PARTNERS.ORG, forward approval to registrar@hms.harvard.edu. Waitlist is not reviewed unless email request is received.
Students may add themselves to the waiting list for this course during add/drop periods but not during lottery periods.
This is a one-month-long course offered to fourth-year medical students who have completed the core clerkship in psychiatry. Under close supervision, students in this elective course will participate as integral members of the working clinical team in the Division of Medical Psychiatry in evaluation and treatment of patients with psychiatric, substance abuse, and behavioral problems on the wards of a general hospital. The team includes attending staff members, psychosomatic medicine fellows, and a chief resident and third-year psychiatric residents from the BWH/HMS Psychiatry Residency Training Program.
The students take part in daily teaching rounds, weekly teaching case conferences, and formal didactics with emphasis on understanding the nature of psychological reactions associated with illness and hospitalization. Students receive individual supervision both at the bedside and in formal sessions. The students are expected to follow three or more patients at any given time and actively participate in daily patient care. There are no call requirements in this course. We will also be piloting a scholarly activity (eg a presentation at service rounds) for the elective in the coming year.
Class Notes
(Clinical Capstone)
Not Available for Cross Registration
Open to Domestic Visiting Students
Open to International Visiting Students
