Didactic & Rotation Schedule

All classes are scheduled in protected educational time, during which residents have no clinical duties. Almost all classes occur on one day/week. Residents have supervision scheduled in a manner that favors didactic attendance over other clinical responsibilities.

WEEKLY EVENTS FOR ALL RESIDENTS

Journal Club
Departmental Case Conferences
Departmental Continuing Medical Education
Clinical Case Conference
PRITE Preparation

YEAR ONE
Post-Graduate Year 1 (PGY-1) Rotations

Didactic Courses

Introductory Psychiatric Toolbox
History of Psychiatry
Evidence Based Psychiatry and Research Methods
Views of Mind: Cognitive, Behavioral, Psychodynamic Theories
Psychiatric Interviewing
Neurology
Introduction to Neurobiology/ Psychopharmacology
Psychiatric Syndromes and Therapeutics I (Schizophrenia and Mood Disorders)
Personality Disorders
Community Resources
Psychological Testing
Behavioralism

YEAR TWO
Post-Graduate Year 2 (PGY-2) Rotations

Didactic Courses

Psychopharmacology II
Human Development and Interruptions of Normal Development
Psychiatric Syndromes and Therapeutics II
Substance Use Disorders
Introduction to Psychotherapy
Supportive Psychotherapy
Cognitive/-Behavioral Therapy
Legal Issues

YEAR THREE
Post-Graduate Year 3 (PGY-3) Rotations

Didactic Courses

Child/Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychopharmocology
Brief Psychotherapies
Sexual and Marital Therapy
Family Therapy
Group Therapy
Psychodynamic Therapy and Case Conference
Administrative Psychiatry / Careers
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
DBT Consultation Group
Process Group
Outpatient Psychopharmacology
Advanced Biological Psychiatry
Quality Improvement Project

YEAR FOUR
Post-Graduate Year 4 (PGY-4) Rotations

Didactic Courses

Advanced Biological Psychiatry
Career Planning
Administrative Psychiatry
Psychodynamic Therapy and Case Conference
DBT Consultation Group
Culture and Psychiatry
Board Review, Psychiatry
Board Review, Neurology