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Postgraduate Year 1

Didactic Sequences include:
  • Psychiatric Orientation program
  • Introductory Didactic Series
  • The Diagnostic Interview
  • Grand Rounds
Attending Rounds daily
Case Conference weekly
Supervision weekly
Journal Club monthly

Clinical Rotations (Not necessarily in this order)

Med
(or
Peds)
Med
(or
Peds)
Neuro
Inpt
VCUHS
Inpt
Psych
VCUHS
Inpt
Psych
Med
(or
Peds)
Neuro
Consults
Emerg
Med
Inpt
Psych
VCUHS
or
VAMC
Sub
Abuse
or
Inpt
Psych
VAMC


(Psychiatry and Substance Abuse Rotations are 1 or 2 months long, others are 1 month long)

VCHS Inpatient Psychiatry Services: Crisis Statbilization/STAT , ECT Service, Geropsychiatry, Medical Psychiatry, Mood Disorders, Schizophrenia



Postgraduate Year 2

Didactic Sequences include:
  • Experiential Group
  • Supportive Psychotherapy
  • Descriptive Psychopathology
  • Psychiatric Disorders Survey
  • Human Development
  • Interview Techniques
  • Cross-Cultural Psychiatry
  • Grand Rounds
Attending Rounds daily
Case Conference weekly
Supervision twice weekly
Journal Club monthly

Clinical Rotations (Not necessarily in this order)

VTCC
Child/
Adol
Psych
VA
Inpt
Psych
VAMC
Inpt
Psych
or Sub
Abuse
VA
C/L
Psych
VCUHS
Psych
ER
Night
Float
VCUHS
Inpt
Psych
VCUHS
Inpt
Psych
VCUHS
Inpt
Psych
VCUHS
Inpt
Psych
CSH
Inpt
Psych


Psychiatry and Substance Abuse Rotations are 1 or 1.5 months long.

Psychotherapy Outpatient Cases ~ 4 hours/week



Postgraduate Year 3

Didactic Sequences include:
  • Introduction to Child Psychiatry
  • Forensic Psychiatry
  • Continuous Case Seminar
  • Psychotherapy Techniques
  • Psychiatric Research Methods
  • Group Psychotherapy
  • Family Psychotherapy
  • Cognitive Therapy
  • Neurosciences Seminar
  • Neuropsychiatry Seminar
  • Psychoanalytic Seminar
  • Behavior Therapy
  • Consultation/Liaison Seminar
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • Grand Rounds
Supervision 3-4 times weekly in psychotherapy treatment modalities

Journal Club monthly

Psychotherapy Training Program ~ 17 hours/week

VCUHS Outpatient Clinics/ER 11 hours/week

VAMC Mental Hygiene Clinic 4 hours/week

Outpatient Child Psychiatry 4 hours/week



Postgraduate Year 4

Didactic Sequences include:
  • Public Psychiatry
  • Advanced Psychotherapy Topics
  • Empirical Basis of Psychotherapy
  • Consultation/Liaison Lit Seminar
  • Psychiatric Practice Seminar
  • Advanced Psychopharacology
  • Behavior Therapies
  • Psychopharm Case Conference
  • Hypnosis
  • Integration of Psychotherapy and Psychopharmacology
  • Human Sexuality
  • Psychiatry Board Preparation
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy
  • Grand Rounds
Supervision in psychotherapy modalities
Psychiatry Research Seminar electives

Clinical Training Sequence

Year-long experience: Psychotherapy Training Program ~17 hours/week

Rotations (not necessarily in this order)

Consultation/Liaison
Psychiatry
(20 hrs/wk for 4 months)
Community Psychiatry
(10 hrs/wk for 4 months)


Electives
(20 hrs/wk for 4 months)
Electives
(10 hrs/wk for 4 months)


PGY-4 electives include a required research or other scholarly project and a supervisory experience







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