Advanced Adult Psychiatry
PS 503M.1
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Description
Students may add themselves to the waiting list for this course during add/drop periods but not during lottery periods. Please contact Dr. Marta Herschkopf, mherschk@bidmc.harvard.edu, for approval to enroll. This course offers the student an opportunity for extended exposure to clinical psychiatry at BIDMC, either on the inpatient psychiatric unit (Deaconess 4) or on the consultation-liaison service (with potential for a focus on emergency room psychiatry).
Deaconess 4 is a general inpatient psychiatric unit for patients with a variety of diagnoses (mood, psychotic, and trauma-related disorders) referred from local universities, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, and the general community. Care is highly multidisciplinary and includes medication management (and occasionally ECT), psychosocial interventions, family work, and more. The Consultation-Liaison service sees patients in the emergency room and on medical/surgical units with acute psychiatric needs. Common cases include assessment/management of delirium, dementia, primary mood disorders, decisional capacity assessments, management of psychosis, eating disorders, substance abuse, and more.
The student will be initially paired with a PGY1/PGY2 resident, with the expectation that they will take on more responsibility and work more directly with attendings as the elective progresses and they demonstrate competency. Students have the option to participate in Harvard-BIDMC Psychiatry PGY2 residency didactics, as well as other didactic/clinical activities tailored to their interests; Wednesdays are often protected for didactics and scholarly work. The course director will meet with the student prior to the rotation to discuss tailoring the elective to their interests. Clinical instruction will be from attendings, fellows, and residents. There is no call requirement (evening calls in the emergency room are an option for those who are interested).
Not Available for Cross Registration
