The purpose of these national listings are to assist senior medical students in finding and learning more about elective rotations offered at sites other than their parent institution.   If you would like to submit information for this catalogue, please see the link submit information at the bottom of this page.

INDEX (alphabetical):

LISTINGS:

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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Please Navigate to this link:  http://www.uams.edu/psych/education/student_programs/

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Name of Institution:  University of California, Davis

Location: Sacramento, CA

Name of elective/Course number: PSY 413 Outpatient Psychiatry

Brief description: Interested students will gain experience in the clinical management and treatment of adult outpatients with psychiatric and substance abuse disorders including crisis assessment and intervention, comprehensive outpatient evaluation and development of a differential diagnosis and treatment plan. The latter includes an emphasis on the principles of outpatient psychopharmacology and brief psychotherapy, observation of group psychotherapy, individual supervision by experienced clinicians and participation in clinic conferences. All experiences are within the Department of Psychiatry in Sacramento. This is a valuable elective for students who anticipate careers in primary care specialties, where the management of psychiatric disorders presents a daily challenge to the non-psychiatric physician. Students pursuing careers in psychiatry have an opportunity to learn about outpatient psychiatric practice.   Please go to our website for further details: http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/psychiatry/education/student/advclerkships.html

Contact Person:  Hendry Ton, MD (hton@ucdavis.edu) or Brandi Steichen (brandi.steichen@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu) 

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Name of Institution:  University of California, Davis

Location: Sacramento, CA

Name of elective/Course number: PSY 414 Psychosomatic Medicine

Brief description: A large university hospital service in which the student functions as a member of the team in evaluation, management and psychiatric liaison with other medical specialties. Students will have comprehensive supervision from senior staff and psychiatric residents. Please go to our website for further details: http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/psychiatry/education/student/advclerkships.html

 Contact Person:  Hendry Ton, MD (hton@ucdavis.edu) or Brandi Steichen (brandi.steichen@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu) 

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Name of Institution:  University of California, Davis

Location: Sacramento, CA

Name of elective/Course number: PSY 417 Forensic Psychiatry

Brief description: Under supervision, student assesses acute and chronic mentally ill inmates in both inpatient and clinic settings. Students will develop their ability to evaluate and treat mentally ill patients in a correctional setting and improve their understanding of the clinical, legal, and ethical issues at the interface between psychiatry and the criminal justice system.  Please go to our website for further details: http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/psychiatry/education/student/advclerkships.html

 Contact Person:  Hendry Ton, MD (hton@ucdavis.edu) or Brandi Steichen (brandi.steichen@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu)

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Name of Institution:  University of California, Davis

Location: Sacramento, CA

Name of elective/Course number: PSY 416 Child Psychiatry

Description: Offers didactic and clinical inpatient, outpatient and consultation-liaison experiences with children, adolescents and families. Students may elect to pursue a combination of C-L/outpatient or full C-L experience. Under supervision, student does clinical observation, diagnostic assessment and treatment. Student will also attend regularly scheduled didactics and case conferences with child psychiatry fellows.  Please go to our website for further details: http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/psychiatry/education/student/advclerkships.html

 Contact Person:  Hendry Ton, MD (hton@ucdavis.edu) or Brandi Steichen (brandi.steichen@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu)

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Name of Institution:  University of California, Davis

Location: Sacramento, CA

Name of elective/Course number: PSY 419 Group Psychotherapy

Description: Group psychotherapy has become a well accepted modality for providing care to psychiatric patients. For many patients, this context has significant advantages over individual therapy. Senior medical students will rotate through a community mental health clinic with an extensive group psychotherapy program. Students will have opportunity to see patients individually, but the main emphasis will be to participate in cutting-edge group therapies in the following contexts: 1. Medication Support 2. Culture-specific groups for Hmong and Spanish-speaking communities 3. Dialectical Behavior Therapy 4. Cognitive Behavior Therapy targeting Panic Disorder 5. Psychoeducational groups for depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, and bipolar spectrum disorders.  Please go to our website for further details: http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/psychiatry/education/student/advclerkships.html

 Contact Person:  Hendry Ton, MD (hton@ucdavis.edu) or Brandi Steichen (brandi.steichen@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu)

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Name of Institution:  University of California, Davis

Location: Sacramento, CA

Name of elective/Course number: PSY 420 Inpatient Psychiatry

Description: Acting intern position on a progressive and dynamic inpatient unit. Emphasis on biological psychiatry, psychopharmacology and psychodynamic aspects appropriate to diagnosis and management of patients with recurrent depression, bipolar disorder, substance disorders, and schizophrenia chronically mentally ill patients. Please go to our website for further details: http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/psychiatry/education/student/advclerkships.html

 Contact Person:  Hendry Ton, MD (hton@ucdavis.edu) or Brandi Steichen (brandi.steichen@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu)

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Name of Institution:  University of California, Davis

Location: Sacramento, CA

Name of elective/Course number: PSY 421 Combined Medicine-Psychiatry

 Description: Students will rotate through the county Primary Care Clinic under the supervision of dual-boarded psychiatry and internal medicine-family practice faculty to provide medical care of indigent and uninsured patients as well as primary care for psychiatry patients.  Please go to our website for further details: http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/psychiatry/education/student/advclerkships.html

 Contact Person:  Hendry Ton, MD (hton@ucdavis.edu) or Brandi Steichen (brandi.steichen@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu)

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Name of Institution:  Eastern Virginia Medical School (9 listings)

Location: Norfolk, VA

Name of elective/Course number:  PSY404: Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry (four week elective)

Brief description:   The student will be exposed to the branch of Psychiatry specializing in the care of the medically ill patient with psychiatric symptoms. The student will participate as an integral member of the consultation team. The rotation takes place a Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. The students will be expected to evaluate, present and write up psychiatric consults. The students will work closely with the residents and attendings, will attend treatment team rounds, follow-up on assigned cases, and attend conferences and grand rounds. Students may also be exposed to subspecialty areas within consultation psychiatry including Geriatric Psychiatry and Sleep Disorders.

Contact Person:  David Spiegel, MD, 757-446-5888.

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Name of Institution:  Eastern Virginia Medical School 

Location: Norfolk, VA

Name of elective/Course number:  PSY406: Behavioral Medicine

Brief description:   Students will assist in the assessment and treatment of patients with chronic headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, etc. at the Behavioral Medicine Institute in Newport News. Specific goals include exposure to a systematic clinical procedure for the identification of patients for whom stress is an etiological factor for their presenting symptoms. Students will learn how to administer a psychophysiologic stress profile and evaluate patients for hypnotic susceptibility. Students will also observe Individual Psychotherapy, Progressive Muscle Relaxation, Hypnosis, Biofeedback, and Systematic Desensitization.

Contact Person:  Lisa Fore-Arcand, Ed.D., 757-446-5888.

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Name of Institution:  Eastern Virginia Medical School 

Location: Norfolk, VA

Name of elective/Course number:  PSY407: Acting Internship in Psychiatry (4, 6, or 8 week elective)

Brief description:   The purpose of the course is to provide increasing amounts of responsibility for treating psychiatric inpatients. The student will act as an
intern with primary responsibility for patient care including evaluation and treatment. 

Contact Person:   Alaa-Eldin M. Mahmoud, MD, Veterans Administration Hospital (757-722-9961, x2002) or  Christine Steinhagen, MD, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital  , 757-446-5888.

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Name of Institution:  Eastern Virginia Medical School 

Location: Norfolk, VA

Name of elective/Course number:  PSY408: Addiction Psychiatry (4 week elective)

Brief description:  The students will be exposed to the branch of Psychiatry specializing in the evaluation and treatment of Alcoholism and other Substance Abuse and Dependence. The students will participate as a member of a multidisciplinary team. The rotation takes place at the Hampton VA Medical Center in an intensive outpatient care setting. The students will be expected to actively participate in providing treatment in program activities including: Assessment, Individual and Group Psychotherapy, Community Meetings, Family Counselling, etc.

Contact Person:   Baljit S. Gill, MD,  757-722-9961, x2016.

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Name of Institution:  Eastern Virginia Medical School 

Location: Norfolk, VA

Name of elective/Course number:  PSY409: Child Psychiatry (4 week elective)

Brief description:  This course is designed to teach students aspects of child development and child psychiatric illness pertinent to the practice of Child Psychiatry, Family Practice, Pediatrics, Child Neurology, etc. Clinical learning will occur at two sites: on a short-term, family-focused inpatient unit at Norfolk Psychiatric Center, and in the Chesapeake Public Schools. Students will become proficient in child psychiatric assessment and have a beginning knowledge of differential diagnosis, treatment formulation, and appropriate medication choice.  

Contact Person:   Frank H. Kirchner, MD, 757-446-5888.

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Name of Institution:  Eastern Virginia Medical School 

Location: Norfolk, VA

Name of elective/Course number:  Neuropsychiatry (4 week elective)

Brief description:   The student will gain exposure to neuropsychological assessment, treatment planning and rehabilitation for patients of all ages. They will work work in both inpatient and outpatient settings along side of clinical psychologist faculty in interviewing and providing test interpretations to patients and their families. They will also observe neuropsychological testing techniques and learn about using such assessment in understanding and treating a variety of brain related medical and psychological disorders. 

Contact Person:     J.D. Ball, PhD. and Michael L. Stutts, Ph.D, 757-446-5888.

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Name of Institution:  Eastern Virginia Medical School 

Location: Norfolk, VA

Name of elective/Course number:  Sleep Disorders (4 week elective)

Brief description:   The course will expose students to evaluation and treatment of patients of all ages presenting with sleep disorders at the Sleep Disorder
Center at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. The course will require interaction with the disciplines of Maxillofacial Surgery, Medicine, Neurology, Otolaryngology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Psychology.

Contact Person:     Dr. Catsby Ware, 757-446-5888.

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Name of Institution:  Eastern Virginia Medical School 

Location: Norfolk, VA

Name of elective/Course number:  PSY412 Psychiatry (4 week elective)

Brief description:   The course is designed for students wishing a sub-internship experience in Psychiatry to further develop their skills in assessing and treating mental illness in adults. The course is offered at the Hampton VA Medical Center. Cases may be selected to accommodate specific interests such as alcohol/drug withdrawal, psychosis, dementia, etc. The students will be responsible for assessing patients and implimenting their own treatment plan under the supervision of an attending. 

Contact Person:    :  Alaa-Eldin Mahmoud, MD, 757-722-9961, x 1130.

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Name of Institution:  Eastern Virginia Medical School 

Location: Norfolk, VA

Name of elective/Course number:  PSY413 Emergency Psychiatry (4 week elective)

Brief description:  The student will be assigned primarily to the Emergency Room at the Hampton VA Medical Center and be responsible for seeing patients who present with urgent psychiatric problems. Under the supervision of an attending psychiatrist, the student will work directly with Emergency Room staff in assessing, managing, formulating diagnoses.

Contact Person:    Martha S. Guyon, MD  757-722-9961,

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Name of Institution:  Georgetown University

Location:  Georgetown University Hospital

Name of elective/Course number:  4295-508 Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (4 week elective)/Instructor:  Daniel Hicks, MD

Brief description:   Georgetown University Hospital offers a Consultation/Liaison Elective for 4^th year medical students for 4 weeks.  The student will be a member of the consult team, evaluating medical-surgical patients for problems with depression, delirium, somatization, substance abuse, psychosis, etc.  The student will perform their own consults which will be staffed daily with the attending, and will actively follow and treat the patient as needed. Hours are from 8 AM to 5PM Monday through Friday.  The student will also participate in the Medical Illness Clinic weekly, seeing outpatients with medical problems referred for psychiatric evaluation and treatment, and following patients discharged from the hospital consult service.  In addition, the student may participate in other specialty outpatient clinics, such as Eating Disorder, Women’s Mental Health, Transplant Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry, Psychoncology, etc. if time allows. The student will also do a presentation on some aspect of psychiatry in the medically ill to the team. 

Contact Person:   Office of the Registrar
202-687-1004
Or visit our website:
http://data.georgetown.edu/som/curriculum/electives.html

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Harvard Medical School

Department:     Department of Psychiatry

Name of Institution:     McLean Hospital, Administration Building, Room 218

Location:     Belmont, MA

Name of elective/Course number:     Advanced Clinical Psychiatry / PS501M.10a

Brief Description:       The McLean Hospital advanced clerkship provides an opportunity for intense clinical experience and in-depth exploration of particular areas of interest, including biomedical aspects of psychotic disorders. Any of the McLean services may be elected, including: inpatient services, substance abuse, internal medicine, neurology service, partial hospitalization program, geriatric, and the Mailman Research Center. Individual supervision and advanced seminars on psychopathology, psychotherapy and psychopharmacology will be offered. Interviewing techniques are emphasized if requested. Full- or part-time research programs may be arranged. Students will be assigned to a preceptor who will help design the elective according to their needs, interests and goals.

Contact Person:     C. N. Kettyle, M.D.; (617) 855-2723 

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Department:     Department of Psychiatry

Name of Institution:     McLean Hospital, Administration Building, Room 218

Location:     Belmont, MA

Name of elective/Course number:     Advanced Clerkship in Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Psychoses / PS501M.10b

Brief Description:     Advanced Psychiatry Clerks spend one month on an inpatient unit of the Bipolar and Psychotic Disorders Program working closely with multidisciplinary colleagues to learn approaches to the assessment and treatment of severely mentally ill patients. The experience focuses on signs and symptoms, differential diagnosis, multidimensional assessment of patients with psychotic mood disorders or schizophrenia, and aspects of pharmacological and psychosocial treatment. Students are exposed to the nationally acclaimed Mailman Research Center and other McLean research facilities, and are introduced to pertinent research literature. Clerkship includes a weekly research seminar, psychopharmacology grand rounds, and outpatient psychopharmacology case conferences. Students will evaluate patients under supervision, and present at least one oral and written case study at a staff conference.

Contact Person:     C.N. Kettyle, M.D. (617) 855-2723 

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Department:     Department of Psychiatry

Name of Institution:     Brigham and Women's Hospital

Location:     Boston, MA

Name of elective/Course number:     Psychiatry in Medicine and Surgery / PS501M.23

Brief Description:     The course will provide supervised experience with psychiatric problems encountered in medicine, surgery and obstetrics. Under supervision, students will participate as members of the working clinical team in the evaluation and treatment of psychiatrically disturbed patients on the wards of a general hospital. Students will also attend case presentations and psychiatric seminars. Emphasis will be on understanding the nature of psychological reactions associated with illness and hospitalization. The course ordinarily will be given in a one-month block but research proposals for a longer period are available.

Contact Person:     A. Fife, M.D. (617) 732-6750 

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Department:     Department of Psychiatry

Name of Institution:     Massachusetts General Hospital

Location:     Boston, MA; Warren 605

Name of elective/Course number:     Emergency Psychiatry / PS502M.3

Brief Description:     This course uses the Acute Psychiatric Service at the Massachusetts General Hospital, one of the largest and most active walk-in psychiatric services in New England, as a milieu for the study of a broad spectrum of psychiatric patients. Under close supervision of senior staff and residents, students learn techniques of crisis intervention, how to make a rapid assessment of the major psychiatric disorders, as well as the major therapeutic approaches used in an acute ambulatory setting. An intensive seminar on interviewing techniques is conducted by an experienced clinician. Students also participate in regular teaching conferences, daily rounds, and grand rounds.

Contact Person:     D.B. Greenberg, M.D. (617) 726-2984; K.M. Sanders, M.D. 

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Department:     Department of Psychiatry

Name of Institution:     Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Beth Israel    Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's        Hospital

Location:     Boston, MA; MMHC Chapel

Name of elective/Course number:     Advanced Adult Psychiatry / PS503M.1

Brief Description:     The course offers an opportunity to supplement the Core Clerkship in Psychiatry. The student should contact the course director beforehand to arrange a program. Students may choose to work clinically in an area of interest in adult psychiatry (such as day hospital, inpatient, or consultative work) to which they were not exposed in their core clerkship. Students will also be welcome to participate in the full range of didactic seminars that are on-going for the core clerkship, including seminars on psychopathology, psychopharmacology, psychodynamic concepts, interviewing and treatment modalities. An outpatient component to this rotation may be possible.

Contact Person:     R.M. Goisman, M.D. (617) 626-9549, robert_goisman@hms.harvard.edu ; W.E. Greenberg, M.D. (617) 667-2740

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Department:     Department of Psychiatry

Name of Institution:     Children's Hospital

Location:     Boston, MA; Fegan 8

Name of elective/Course number:     Pediatric Psychiatry / PS505M.7a

Brief Description:     This course consists of experiential, didactic, and preceptorship components. Students will be assigned to a psychiatric unit and an outpatient team. The student's level of participation will be determined by his/her prior experience and knowledge. Students will work with a child psychiatry fellow and multidisciplinary teams in each setting, and will receive individualized supervision from staff psychiatrists as well as sit in on appropriate child fellowship didactic seminars. Students will present cases to their preceptors who will discuss case material, relevant literature and related clinical material. Students will have exposure to preschoolers, school-age children, and adolescents with a variety of psychiatric, psychosomatic, and reactive disorders. Seminars will be offered on topics such as psychosexual development, childhood and adolescent psychiatric disorders, and treatment modalities.

Contact Person:     S.J. Goldman, M.D. (617) 355-6745

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Department:     Department of Psychiatry

Name of Institution:     Massachusetts General Hospital

Location:     Boston, MA; Warren 605

Name of elective/Course number:     Consultation Psychiatry / PS509M.3

Brief Description:     This advanced course will acquaint students with the impact of medical illnesses and injuries on the central nervous system, the psychological response of normal persons to these illnesses, and the array of psychiatric consultation problems: chronic pain, depression, disruptive behavior, delirium, dementia, conversion, anxiety, panic, self-destructive behavior, and the determination of functional contributors to symptoms and syndromes. Students will join psychiatric residents, psychosomatic fellows and staff on medical and surgical services and share responsibility for consultation activities. Senior staff psychiatrists provide supervision. Students see patients on all clinical services and participate in consult rounds, walk rounds, grand rounds, and psychosomatic conferences.

Contact Person:     D.B. Greenberg, M.D. (617) 726-2984

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Department:     Department of Psychiatry

Name of Institution:     Cambridge Hospital

Location:     Macht Building, Rm 238

Name of elective/Course number:     Advanced Psychiatry Clerkship in a Community Hospital / PS509M.6

Brief Description:     This course is for students desiring to focus on one or more psychiatric programs at the Cambridge Hospital. Possibilities include the inpatient ward, outpatient clinic, consultation to medical/surgical wards, alcohol program, drug abuse program, forensic psychiatry, emergency ward, family therapy, child psychiatry, victims of violence unit, and cross cultural program (including Haitian, Latino, Asian, and Portuguese clinics). With the course director, each student will design a program of personal interest. Students may also combine reading tutorials and individual preceptorships. Blocks of more than one month are encouraged. Students must contact the course director several months prior to the start of the rotation to confirm availability.

Contact Person:     A.S. Margulies, M.D. (617) 498-1846 

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Department:     Department of Psychiatry

Name of Institution:     Massachusetts General Hospital

Location:     Boston, MA; Warren 605

Name of elective/Course number:     Advanced Clerkship in Inpatient Psychiatry /PS512M.3

Brief Description:     This course provides the student with additional clinical experience in the psychiatric setting. It follows the broad outline of the clerkship course (500M.3) but on a more advanced level, emphasizing clinical responsibility for patients. (It is only available when not filled by core Harvard students.)

Contact Person:     D.B. Greenberg, M.D. (617) 726-2984, J.E. Matthews, M.D.

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Department:     Department of Psychiatry

Name of Institution:     Massachusetts Mental Health Center

Location:     Boston, MA

Name of elective/Course number:     Community Psychiatry / PS525M.9

Brief Description:     This elective is for students who have had a core psychiatry clerkship with a significant interest in community psychiatry, primary care or public health. Students will have experiences at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center (MMHC) and affiliated sites, including psychosocial rehabilitation and residential programs; outpatient team meetings; supervised patient evaluations in the MMHC Triage Service; the Commonwealth Research and Evaluation Unit with patients on experimental anti- psychotic medications; Boston's Health Care for the Homeless Program; and medication management clinics. Individual supervision will be supplemented by conferences and directed reading. Students will write a 10-20 page paper relating this experience to the psychiatry literature.

Contact Person:     R.M. Goisman, M.D. (617) 626-9549,  robert_goisman@hms.harvard.edu

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Name of Institution:   New York University School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry
550 First AvenueNew York, NY 10016

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University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 
For all 18 electives listed: 
University of Pittsburgh
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (Pittsburgh, PA)
For more specific information refer to www.wpic.pitt.edu/PsychMedStudent/Fourth_Year_Electives
Or contact Jason Rosenstock (246-6495) or Angela Labuda at (412) 246-6497 or labudaac@upmc.edu 

Students may participate in a number of acting internships available in Psychiatry for either four or eight weeks. The student will be assigned to an inpatient unit at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. This experience will enhance your skills in dealing with assessment and management of psychiatric patients. Inpatient units available for acting internships include: Geriatrics, Schizophrenia, Dual Diagnosis (drug and alcohol), General Adult, and Eating Disorders.

Students may participate in a four or eight week elective in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry available through Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic's Child and Adolescent Inpatient Service.  The student will be a member of a multidisciplinary team consisting of attending psychiatrist, social worker, nurse practitioner, teacher and nursing staff.  The student will manage assigned patients directly under the guidance of attending physician.  Acting interns will interact with families and the patient's outpatient treatment team to gain collateral information, update case progress, and provide psychoeducation.

The Psychiatric Emergency Service elective can be taken as a four, eight or twelve week clerkship.  the Psychiatric Emergency Service (WPIC Diagnostic Emergency Center - DEC) is a twenty-four (24) hour psychiatric emergency faculty, which provides the following clinical functions: emergency psychiatric assessment and stabilization, diagnostic evaluation, crisis therapy and referral.  The student will join the DEC team, functioning as Acting Intern and receive 1:1 supervision and case-based learning each shift from both DEC attendings and residents. 

This four-week elective is designed to allow students to learn psychiatry in various primary care settings.  Learning will also be interdisciplinary and will involve working with various healthcare professionals including social workers, nurse practitioners, primary care physicians and psychiatrists.  Students will divide their time between the various clinics that are stated above.  There will be some flexibility to allow for individual student interest and individual projects are encouraged.  The main goal of the elective is to learn to identify and manage psychiatric illness in the primary care setting.

The Triple Board (TB) Acting Internship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has been designed to provide the interested medical student with an exposure to the interface of pediatrics and child psychiatry.  This four week internship will focus primarily on the psychiatric consultation-liaison service at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.  This service provides inpatient and outpatient consultation to a wide variety of general and specialty pediatric services within this large pediatric hospital. Medical students will see patients and present them to one of a team of child psychiatrists and psychologists who work in this setting.  In addition to this primary focus, medical students will also participate in clinical activities specific to either pediatric medicine or psychiatry.  He/she will be able to attend the Tuesday pediatric outpatient continuity clinic for the Triple Board residents and the child psychiatry outpatient continuity clinic.  Opportunities may also be available for medical students who may have a particular area of interest such as early development or developmental disabilities, child advocacy, adolescent medicine, children with unipolar or bipolar disorders. Particular areas of interest should be conveyed to the medical Student Coordinator and every effort will be made to accommodate that request. 

This is a four-week elective in which the student will manage adolescent patients in Day Treatment Program.  It is designed to deliver intensive psychiatric treatment to teens.  Students will work one-on-one with attending psychiatrists to diagnosis, assess, and manage patients along with attending weekly treatment teams and group sessions.  Elective field trips can be made to Shuman Juvenile Detention Center, general outpatient clinics and adolescent day partial.

Geriatric Psychiatry is a four or eight-week elective that can be tailored to the interest of the student.  Arrangements can be made to spend time on the Geriatric Inpatient Units, The Benedum Geriatric Outpatient Clinic, The Alzheimer's Disease Research center, Nursing Homes and In-Home Geriatric assignments.  Supervision will be built in on all components and learning objectives will focus on assessment, utilization of multiple services for the elderly and psychotropic drug management in the elderly.

This four or eight-week elective focuses on psychiatric problems in medical and surgical patients. Under the supervision of faculty, the student responds to requests from physicians for psychiatric evaluation of patients on inpatient units throughout the medical center. The student conducts the clinical evaluation, investigates any ward management difficulties, assesses the role of the patient's family in the clinical problem, makes treatment recommendations and provides appropriate follow-up during the patient's hospital stay. The multidisciplinary team on the service attempts to integrate the biological with the psychosocial perspective to achieve a comprehensive view of patient care. Learning opportunities include: supervised clinical assessments; hospital rounds; case conferences; and seminars.

This elective will help students learn how to care for seriously and persistently mentally ill adults and adolescents who are in community-based psychiatric treatment programs. The flagship experience will be with the Community Treatment Team (CTT), an assertive community treatment approach to caring for very ill patients with different diagnoses. Students will precept with team psychiatrists, get exposure to group and individual therapy, and follow one or two patients for continuing care over the month. Home visits and other community outreach will be an integral part, along with collaboration with a variety of team members and other providers. Students will also be involved in case management, treatment teams, and systems liaisoning (e.g., helping patients leave state hospitals and return to the community).

This is a four or eight-week elective at Mayview State Hospital. The student will become aware of the biopsychosocial issues of the chronic mentally ill and participate in many aspects of inpatient care, including evaluation of patients, prescribing medications, treatment team functions, and supervised group therapy. 

 The Intensive Outpatient Program of SRRSMI helps acutely ill psychiatric patients stabilize in the community.  A two to twelve week program, the IOP serves as a step-down for hospitalized patients or a way to divert deteriorating patients from inpatient units.  SRRSMI IOP patients have a mix of mood and psychotic disorders, frequently with significant comorbidities.  Most of the treatment occurs in group settings, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily, with additional individual and family sessions through the week, all provided by the multidisciplinary treatment team.  The medical student on service in IOP would participate in a variety of clinical experiences: 1) running group psychotherapy sessions; 2) carrying a small caseload of individual patients for both individual psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy; 3) conducting family sessions as indicated; 4) performing assessments and intakes on new patients referred for treatment; and 5) participating in treatment meetings.  Supervision will be provided by the IOP psychiatrists.

The John Merck Program specializes in the assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and adults who have a developmental disability and behavioral/mental health disorder, with a special focus in autism spectrum disorders.  Outpatient and inpatient assessment and treatment services are available in specialized programs for children, adolescents and adults.  The reason for admission is acute psychiatric/behavioral symptomatology (i.e. aggression, depression, impulsivity, hyperactivity, self-injurious behaviors, etc).   The treatment team consists of a psychiatrist, behavioral psychologist, psychiatric social worker, special education teacher and psychiatric nurse.

This course combines the expertise of psychiatry and pulmonary medicine to give students a unique educational experience in assessing and managing patients with sleep disorders.  For their four week experience, students will be expected to learn how to evaluate patients for sleep problems by taking a sleep history and fitting complaints into a general medical and psychiatric context, ultimately making recommendations on  work-up (e.g., polysomnography) and treatments (e.g., behavioral therapy for insomnia).  The goals of this elective are: 1) to provide a basic knowledge of sleep, including aspects of neurophysiology, sleep regulation and the relationship of sleep stages to other physiological processes; and 2) to allow the student to develop basic skills in the application of this knowledge to the comprehensive assessment of patients with complaints of disturbed sleep. Students will assist in the evaluation of patients with a variety of sleep disorders, including insomnias, hypersomnias, parasomnias, and breathing-related sleep disorders like obstructive sleep apnea.  Students will participate in history taking and in the administration of a semi-structured interview to patients and their bed partners. They will also learn general and specific principles and procedures of polysomnography and will participate in the process of data interpretation and treatment recommendations. Students will also attend clinics and observe sleep studies, in order to learn about specialized techniques for evaluating sleep apnea.  Inpatient consultations will round out the clinical experience for students.  A pediatric sleep experience will be included.  Students will also be able to work on ongoing research projects and participate in formal educational activities such as sleep grand rounds and journal club.

This is a four week elective which provides students with the opportunity to assess and treat psychiatric disorders in women in both the outpatient and research settings as well as part of the Consultation and Liaison Service (inpatients at Magee Women’s Hospital). Students may also attend sessions at the Eating Disorder Partial Program and the Magee Women’s Midlife Clinic.  This rotation requires some evening and Saturday morning commitment.

The Child and Adolescent Affective Disorders Service offers a four week elective to senior medical students. The elective provides outpatient experience with problems related to depression anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder and bipolar disorder in children and adolescents. The goals of this elective are: 1) to understand the manifestations of affective disorder in childhood and adolescence; 2) to learn structured assessment techniques for childhood Axis I psychiatric disorders; and 3) to become familiar with several different research methodologies used in this population including neuroendocrine and pharmacological treatment studies.

This eight-week elective provides an introduction to the techniques used to study the autonomic nervous system responsivity to psychological events in humans. Autonomic control of somatic function provides a mechanism for psychological influence on physiology and pathophysiology. Basic non-invasive electrophysiological techniques will be taught as well as basic research. Readings in a specific area of psychophysiological research on a clinical issue (also termed Behavior Medicine) will supplement laboratory work.

• FACULTY:  Psychiatry staff

This course provides students an opportunity to pursue independent research in a chosen area of interest within the field of psychiatry.  Students are encouraged to design their independent study electives around their individual interests.  Examples of research areas include but are not limited to: Epidemiology of major psychiatric disorders, Outpatient management of cognitive disorders, Outpatient behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders, Behavioral techniques in the management of general medical disease, and Outpatient substance abuse disorders and their management.  Dr. Rosenstock is available to assist you in designing your elective.

• FACULTY: Marsha Marcus, Ph.D., Lin Ewing, R.N., Ph.D.

A four or eight week rotation aimed at familiarizing the student with theory and practical applications of Clinical Behavioral Medicine across the life span.

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The University of Texas Medical Branch @ Galveston, Texas 

Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
CONSULTATION AND LIAISON TEAM, PSYU-4005 
DURATION/WEEKS = 4 

Goals
Diagnosis, treatment and management of patients in the emergency room and on medical, obstetric-gynecological, and surgical wards.

Description of the activities of the course
Participation in daily rounds, interview patients, working s a team with residents and attendings to access and manage patients. The role of the fourth year student differs from that of the third year student in that more activity similar to that of a resident will be expected. Fourth year student will typically evaluate one new consultation per day with directed study to provide more in depth understanding of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment

University Contact
Office of the Registrar
Senior Electives Coordinator
409-772-1215

Additional information available on Website:
http://registrar..utmb.edu/pdf/smselectives.pdf

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Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
The University of Texas Medical Branch @ Galveston, Texas
TECHNIQUES USED IN PSYCHODIAGNOSTICS, PSYU-4007
DURATION/WEEKS = 4 or 8 

Goals
To familiarize students with selected objective behavioral and psychophysiological techniques that are used in the diagnosis of mental illness.

Description of the activities of the course
1. Students will observe and then practice attaching electrodes, setting up 
recording apparatus, and interpreting cortical evoked potentials.
2. Students will observe and practice administering neuropsychological tests.
3. Students will do background reading related to above techniques.

University Contact
Office of the Registrar
Senior Electives Coordinator
409-772-1215

Additional information available on Website:
http://registrar..utmb.edu/pdf/smselectives.pdf

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Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
The University of Texas Medical Branch @ Galveston, Texas
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT TEAM, PSYU-4009
DURATION/WEEKS = 4

Goals
Exposure to the diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders in a variety of settings (inpatient, day hospital, UTMB outpatient clinics, MHMR clinics and Juvenile Detention Center).

Description of the activities of the course
1. “Hands-on” participation in diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents 
with acute psychiatric illness, hospitalized in Child/Adolescent Psychiatric 
Inpatient/Day Hospital, under close supervision of psychiatric residents and attending faculty.
2. Participation in educational activities: case conferences, department Grand 
Rounds.
3. Optional participation in clinics (UTMB, MHMR): ADHD, Psychopharmacology; 
psychosocial/behavior treatment, etc, under close supervision of a Child/ 
Adolescent Psychiatry faculty and residents.
4. Optional participation in Juvenile Detention Services, and community psychiatry 
(Galveston school rotation) under supervision of a Child/Adolescent Psychiatry 
faculty and residents.

University Contact

Office of the Registrar
Senior Electives Coordinator
409-772-1215

Additional information available on Website:
http://registrar..utmb.edu/pdf/smselectives.pdf

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Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
The University of Texas Medical Branch @ Galveston, Texas
ACTING INTERNSHIP IN PSYCHIATRY-DIAGNOSTIC
EVALUATION OF ACUTELY PSYCHOTIC PATIENTS, PSYU-4019
DURATION/WEEKS = 4

Goals
1. To develop clinical and assessment skills of actively psychotic and sometimes 
uncooperative patients.
2. To develop an understanding of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of psychosis.
3. To develop an understanding of the appropriate treatment of the acutely psychotic patient.

Description of the activities of the course
Students will receive individualized clinical experience under the supervision of an attending psychiatrist.

Office of the Registrar
Senior Electives Coordinator
409-772-1215

Additional information available on Website:
http://registrar..utmb.edu/pdf/smselectives.pdf

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Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
The University of Texas Medical Branch @ Galveston, Texas 
SENIOR ELECTIVE IN PSYCHIATRY- GERIATRIC TEAM, PSYU-4024
DURATION/WEEKS = 4 

Goals
To enhance the student’s skills in evaluating geriatric patients with psychiatric symptoms. To plan and practice interventions with patients, their families, and ward personnel. Students will have individualized clinical experiences under the supervision of an attending psychiatrist on the Geriatrics team you will have the opportunity to work with older adult patients in inpatient and outpatient settings. Attending: Dr. O’Boyle. 

Objectives
1. To develop rapport with patients, conduct patient interviews, develop history-
taking skills, develop physical examination skills, and confirm findings on 
patient examination. 
2. To explain the rationale used in making a diagnosis and developing a treatment 
plan.
3. To realize the value of accompanying the physician on hospital rounds and to other locations where the physician practices.
4. Coordinate care plans with the Geriatric Medicine Consult Team.

UNIVERSITY CONTACT

Office of the Registrar
Senior Electives Coordinator
409-772-1215

Additional information available on Website:
http://registrar..utmb.edu/pdf/smselectives.pdf

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Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
The University of Texas Medical Branch @ Galveston, Texas 
ACTING INTERNSHIP IN PSYCHIATRY- CHILD AND ADOLESCENT, PSYU-4034
DURATION/WEEKS = 4 

Goals
1. To develop diagnostic skills to assess children and adolescents who require 
psychiatric hospitalization or day hospital care. 
2. To have an in-depth experience in working on an inpatients and day hospital 
setting.
3. To learn about treatments for children and adolescents with psychiatric 
disorders.

Description of the activities of the course
Students will be involved in the admission, assessment, treatment, and discharge of patients on the child and adolescent inpatient and day programs. Students will be on crisis day call with the psychiatry resident.

UNIVERSITY CONTACT

Office of the Registrar
Senior Electives Coordinator
409-772-1215

Additional information available on Website:
http://registrar..utmb.edu/pdf/smselectives.pdf

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Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
The University of Texas Medical Branch @ Galveston, Texas 
CONSULTATION & LIAISON (C&L) HIV PSYCHIATRY, PSYU-4035
DURATION/WEEKS = 4

Goals
1. To gain experience in Adult HIV Psychiatry in medical inpatient and outpatient 
settings. Additional work will be done in the TDC Hospital in Texas City.
2. To appreciate the role of the psychiatrist on a multi-disciplinary team.
3. To appreciate the relationship between psychopathology and the HIV pandemic.

Description of the activities of the course
1. The student will work with the University Hospital Psychiatrist specializing in 
HIV Psychiatry. The student will do independent patient evaluations and make 
oral and written presentations to the HIV Psychiatry Faculty.
2. The student will develop a treatment plan for common psychiatric disorders.
3. The student will be an acting intern on the HIV Psychiatry Service under the supervision by the HIV Psychiatric Faculty.

UNIVERSITY CONTACT

Office of the Registrar
Senior Electives Coordinator
409-772-1215

Additional information available on Website:
http://registrar..utmb.edu/pdf/smselectives.pdf 

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Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
The University of Texas Medical Branch @ Galveston, Texas 
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY SERVICE, PSYU-4036
DURATION/WEEKS = 4

Goals
To enhance the student’s skills in evaluating patients with psychiatric symptoms.

Description of the activities of the course
Students will have to individualize clinical experiences under the supervision of an attending psychiatrist. This elective offers primarily outpatient experiences. On the Psychopharmacology Service students will work with general psychiatric patients primarily with depression and/or psychosis disorders.

UNIVERSITY CONTACT

Office of the Registrar
Senior Electives Coordinator
409-772-1215

Additional information available on Website:
http://registrar..utmb.edu/pdf/smselectives.pdf

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Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
The University of Texas Medical Branch @ Galveston, Texas 
Acting Internship in a Psychiatric Inpatient Service, PSYU-4038
DURATION/WEEKS = 4 

Goals
1. To develop clinical and assessment skills on a variety of psychiatric patients, who are acutely ill and require in-patient treatment.
2. To develop an understanding of the appropriate treatment of all major psychiatric disorders and have an opportunity to follow the course of illness and response to treatment.

Description of the Activities of the Course
Students will receive individualized clinical experience under the supervision of an attending psychiatrist. They will have the responsibility of their patients from assessment through the treatment process. They will work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

UNIVERSITY CONTACT

Office of the Registrar
Senior Electives Coordinator
409-772-1215

Additional information available on Website:
http://registrar..utmb.edu/pdf/smselectives.pdf

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Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
The University of Texas Medical Branch @ Galveston, Texas 
Acting Internship – Adult Outpatient Service, PSYU-4041
DURATION/WEEKS = 4 

Goals
1. To develop clinical and assessment skills of actively psychotic and sometimes uncooperative patients.
2. To develop an understanding of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of psychosis.
3. To develop an understanding of the appropriate treatment of the acutely psychotic patient.

Objectives
1. To develop rapport with patients, conduct patient interviews, develop history taking skills, develop physical examination skills, and confirm findings on patient examination.
2. To explain the rationale used in making a diagnosis and developing a treatment plan.
3. To realize the value of accompanying the physician on hospital rounds, taking call, and visiting other locations where the physician practices.

UNIVERSITY CONTACT

Office of the Registrar
Senior Electives Coordinator
409-772-1215

Additional information available on Website:
http://registrar..utmb.edu/pdf/smselectives.pdf

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Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
The University of Texas Medical Branch @ Galveston, Texas 
RESEARCH IN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY, PSYR-4002
DURATION/WEEKS = 4 OR 8 

Goals
To develop skills in literature review and the design and implementation of research related to child psychiatry.

Description of the activities of the course
Students will select an individual research project under the guidance and direction of Dr. Wagner, Course Director The type of project will vary upon the interest of the student. The aim is for students to produce a publishable paper. Examples of published student research are a survey of malpractice in child and adolescent psychiatry programs, a case report of the mechanism of tricyclic related sudden death in children, and a review of tardive dyskinesia in children and adolescents.

UNIVERSITY CONTACT

Office of the Registrar
Senior Electives Coordinator
409-772-1215

Additional information available on Website:
http://registrar..utmb.edu/pdf/smselectives.pdf

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Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
The University of Texas Medical Branch @ Galveston, Texas 
PSYCHIATRIC ASPECTS OF BRAIN INJURY REHABILITATION, PSYR-4007
DURATION/WEEKS = 4-8 

Goals
To obtain an overview of the possible sequelae of traumatic brain injury, the psychiatric aspects of such injury, and the process of brain injury rehabilitation.

Description of the activities of the course
Students will work at the Transitional Learning Community at Galveston (1528 Postoffice) with the medical director and staff. Supervision will also be provided by a faculty psychiatrist.

UNIVERSITY CONTACT

Office of the Registrar
Senior Electives Coordinator
409-772-1215

Additional information available on Website:
http://registrar..utmb.edu/pdf/smselectives.pdf

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Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
The University of Texas Medical Branch @ Galveston, Texas 
RESEARCH IN The Epidemiology of Psychiatric Disorders and Substance Abuse, PSYR-4009
DURATION/WEEKS = 4 

Goals
To enhance the student’s knowledge of psychiatric disorders and to develop skills in analyzing epidemiologic data.

Description of the activities of the Course
Students will write a short paper identifying the diagnostic and epidemiologic issues related to one or more psychiatric or substance use disorders. After initial library work, the students will present and discuss initial issues related to the disorder(s) and then propose and carry out simple statistical analyses which identify those issues in an existing dataset such as the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study or the A national Co-morbidity study.

UNIVERSITY CONTACT

Office of the Registrar
Senior Electives Coordinator
409-772-1215

Additional information available on Website:
http://registrar..utmb.edu/pdf/smselectives.pdf

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Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
The University of Texas Medical Branch @ Galveston, Texas 
*Off Campus elective at Austin State Hospital

Austin State Hospital Clinical Rotation, PSYU-4057
DURATION/WEEKS = 4

Goals
1. To enhance the students’ knowledge of Psychiatric care in a state 
mental hospital.
2 To develop advanced skills in the diagnosis and treatment of Psychiatric patients.

Description of the activities of the course
Students may be assigned to any of the following rotations unless there is a prearranged variation because of specific needs or preferences:

· Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Service
· Adult Psychiatric Service
· Specialty Care: Geriatrics Service, Trinity Treatment Center (patients with mental retardation and mental illness), Center for the Deaf.

Students will act as members of the treatment team engaging in evaluation and treatment of the patients on each service. Students will also follow residents and observe their didactics.

Housing is available in furnished rooms at Austin State Hospital, with linens provided, on a limited availability basis. Meals and transportation are not provided. Students must discuss availability of housing with Dr. Sutton or her representative at the time they sign up for the elective.

UNIVERSITY CONTACT

Office of the Registrar
Senior Electives Coordinator
409-772-1215

Additional information available on Website:
http://registrar..utmb.edu/pdf/smselectives.pdf 
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Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
The University of Texas Medical Branch @ Galveston, Texas 
Off Campus elective at Brackenridge Hospital in Austin, Texas

Brackenridge Clinical Rotation Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service, PSYU 4058 DURATION/WEEKS = 4

Objectives
1. Students will have the chance to evaluate a wide variety of psychiatric problems including depression, anxiety, suicide, substance abuse, head injury, psychosis, post traumatic stress disorder, personality disorders and victims of violence or trauma.
2. Students will have the opportunity to see patients in a wide variety of settings including a general hospital, an emergency room and the county jail.
3. Students will have the opportunity to observe Electro-convulsive therapy (ECT).
4. Students will be given didactic lectures on psychiatric topics both on a daily basis and on Wednesdays through the residency program.
5. Students will spend at least 2 hours per week learning child and adolescent psychiatry from Dr. Rauch.
6. Students will spend one hour a week learning about psychological testing from the supervising psychologist.
7. Students will get direct supervision on a daily basis from Dr. Flume and Dr. Hauser.
8. Students will gather information relevant to the psychiatric problem being addressed from the following sources: patient, medical records, members of the primary medical team (including nurses, social workers and ancillary staff), key family members.
9. Students will perform a Psychiatric assessment including a mental status examination and when appropriate, a focused neurological examination.
10. Students will master the ability to write a psychiatric consultation and to be able to make a presentation to residents and attendings at morning rounds.

UNIVERSITY CONTACT

Office of the Registrar
Senior Electives Coordinator
409-772-1215

Additional information available on Website:
http://registrar..utmb.edu/pdf/smselectives.pdf

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Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
The University of Texas Medical Branch @ Galveston, Texas 
Rating Scales and Structured Interview Assessments in Psychiatry, PSYU-4059
DURATION/WEEKS = 4

Goals The goal of this elective is to expose students to hands-on experience using standardized symptom rating scales and standardized interviews in the approach to the psychiatric patient. 

Description of the activities of the course. The student is assigned to fellows, research associates and faculty performing standardized rating scales and examinations, initially for observation and then to practice the performance of the scales. Once the student is proficient, the student may perform rating scales and assessments independently. The student is assigned to one faculty member to learn the skills of the brief evaluation used in screening patients for ongoing clinical studies in psychiatry. 

UNIVERSITY CONTACT

Office of the Registrar
Senior Electives Coordinator
409-772-1215

Additional information available on Website:
http://registrar..utmb.edu/pdf/smselectives.pdf

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Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
The University of Texas Medical Branch @ Galveston
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient & Consult, PSYU-4060
DURATION/WEEKS = 4

Goals

1. Learn about the common diagnoses, their evaluation and indicated treatments in child and adolescent psychopathology
2. Understand the role of the child psychiatrist working with other systems (Child Protective Services, Juvenile Justine, Education)

Description of Course

1. The student will select and participate in evaluations conducted in various clinical settings (Outpatient clinics, Foster Care, Juvenile Detention and School).
2. The student will meet with the course supervisor to review cases, evaluation techniques, and assigned readings.

UNIVERSITY CONTACT

Office of the Registrar
Senior Electives Coordinator
409-772-1215

Additional information available on Website:
http://registrar..utmb.edu/pdf/smselectives.pdf

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Thomas Jefferson University-Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (18 listings)

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Thomas Jefferson University - Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PSYHB 405 - Subinternship in Adult Outpatient Psychiatry: Sleep Medicine 
Primary supervision by Dr. Karl Doghramji (6 WEEKS)

Students engage in all facets of clinical work in the Sleep Disorders Center, an outpatient program for the evaluation and management of sleep disorders. The program encompasses an outpatient clinic and a sleep laboratory.

Students are expected to observe the evaluation and management of patients and, after training, to gather an initial database formulate a differential diagnosis, and make recommendations regarding further workup and management. They are directly supervised by attending physicians most of the time, and, to a lesser degree, house staff who are comprised of residents in psychiatry and fellows in pulmonary and critical care medicine. Students are also expected to observe polysomnographic studies and to become familiar with sleep monitoring and scoring techniques. They are involved in performing consultations for inpatients. Reading material is provided as reference. Students are encouraged to complete an academic project by the end of the rotation, which can take many forms, including a report of a case with discussion, discussion of a disorder, literature review, etc.
Contact: Patrick D. Herron, Education Coordinator - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at 215-955-9823 or via email patrick.herron@mail.tju.edu 

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Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Thomas Jefferson University - Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PSYHB 408 - Subinternship in Adult Outpatient Psychiatry: General Psychiatry
Supervision by Dr. Gregg Gorton, Dr. Salman Akhtar and Dr. Kenneth Certa. (6 WEEKS)

This is one of two subinternship outpatient electives that meets the senior student's ambulatory requirement (also see 405). The student is assigned to two sites: the Adult Outpatient Service (AOS), which is the psychiatric residents' training clinic (833 Chestnut East, Suite 210), and the Psychiatry Service in the Medical Emergency Room (10th Street and Sansom Street). The student is actively involved in evaluation and management of new patients at both sites. Patients evaluated at AOS may then be followed, along with the assigned resident, for the duration of the clerkship. For ER patients, the student carries a beeper so as to be available to assist Dr. Certa and the psychiatry resident who is assigned to the Psychiatry Service in the ER. (The relative balance of AOS to ER patients seen can be adjusted according to the needs and wishes of the student, in consultation with Drs. Gorton and Certa.) New patients seen at AOS are presented at the weekly AOS meeting on Wednesday mornings. Regular supervision is provided by Drs. Gorton, Akhtar and the AOS Chief Resident. Reading material is tailored to the student's needs and goals for the rotation. Wednesday didactic seminars for psychiatry residents are open to the student ad libitum, and attendance at Grand Rounds is expected. A final in-depth case report focusing on comprehensive formulation and treatment planning is required.
Contact: Patrick D. Herron, Education Coordinator - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at 215-955-9823 or via email patrick.herron@mail.tju.edu

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Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Thomas Jefferson University - Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PSYHB 401 - Adult Inpatient Psychiatry @ TJUH
Supervised by Drs. Ken Certa and Edward Silberman. 

The student is assigned to an adult inpatient unit to function as a sub-intern in this setting. The assignment is a continuation of the inpatient work of the Phase I clerkship, but at a higher level of responsibility. Broad exposure to serious psychiatric disorders is provided. The inpatient service also has beds dedicated to medical/ surgical patients with prominent psychiatric comorbidities. The sub-intern will be afforded the opportunity to function as a house officer and will have primary responsibility for his or her patients. The unit embraces the entire biopsychosocial model as well as the multidisciplinary treatment team approach. Students will thereby enhance their diagnostic and treatment skills as well as their abilities to assume a leadership role. 
Contact: Patrick D. Herron, Education Coordinator - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at 215-955-9823 or via email patrick.herron@mail.tju.edu

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Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Thomas Jefferson University - Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PSYHB 401 - Adult Inpatient Psychiatry @ AEMC - Einstein Campus
Supervision by Cherian Verghese, M.D., (215) 456-8925
LOCATION: Albert Einstein Medical Center at 5501 Old York Road - Tower 7 Unit
Objectives & Goals: The goal is to learn skills in diagnostic interviewing, diagnostic psychiatry, and to develop a basic knowledge of psychopharmacology, short-term psychotherapy, mental health law, consultation & liaison with other specialties.
Description: The senior student will function at the first year resident level with considerable responsibility for a few patients under his/her direct care. The senior student will be an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team and will participate in team meetings and case conferences. Supervision will be provided by Cherian Verghese, M.D. 
Learning Resources: Daily on-site supervision and comprehensive medical psychiatric library, case conferences and Grand Rounds.
Methods of Evaluating Student: Direct observation of student's performance with patients. Ability of student to utilize basic knowledge in formulating diagnosis and formulating treatment plan.
Contact: Patrick D. Herron, Education Coordinator - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at 215-955-9823 or via email patrick.herron@mail.tju.edu

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Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Thomas Jefferson University - Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PSYHB 401 - Adult Inpatient Psychiatry @ AEMC - Belmont Hospital
Supervision by Richard H. Jaffe, M.D., Phone 215-581-3845
LOCATION: Belmont Center for Comprehensive Treatment at Ford & Monument Roads
Objectives & Goals: The goal is to learn skills in diagnostic interviewing, diagnostic psychiatry, and to develop a basic knowledge of psychopharmacology, short-term psychotherapy.
Description: The senior student will function at the first year resident level with considerable responsibility for a few patients under his/her direct care. The senior student will be an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team and will participate in team meetings and case conferences. Supervision will be provided by Richard Jaffe, M.D. 
Learning Resources: On-site supervision and comprehensive medical psychiatric library case conferences and Grand Rounds.
Methods of Evaluating Student: Direct observation of student's performance with patients. Ability of student to utilize basic knowledge in formulating diagnosis and formulating treatment plan.
Contact: Patrick D. Herron, Education Coordinator - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at 215-955-9823 or via email patrick.herron@mail.tju.edu

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Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Thomas Jefferson University - Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PSYHB 403 - Special Interest Elective
This course number is used to accommodate any special interest or administrative need not covered by other numbers. It may be elected only with the permission of the department chairman or the clerkship's coordinator.
Contact: Patrick D. Herron, Education Coordinator - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at 215-955-9823 or via email patrick.herron@mail.tju.edu

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Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Thomas Jefferson University - Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PSYH 421 - Child & Adolescent Emergency Psychiatry (Rotation is held at the Crisis Response Clinic of Albert Einstein Medical Center)
Location: Einstein's Crisis Response Center (CRC): 5501 Old York Road, Philadelphia, Pa. 19141
Blocks: Blocks 12 through 21 ONLY
Objectives and Goals: Medical students will learn the components of a child and adolescent psychiatry diagnostic evaluation in the crisis setting. Medical students will gain an appreciation of the educational, juvenile justice and social service systems that impact on children and adolescents and how they provide important assessment information and are utilized in treatment planning and disposition. Medical students will gain an exposure to a range of child psychopathology, become acquainted with DSM-IV. Medical students will understand the importance of evaluating the child and home environment for safety. 
Description: Medical students will observe first and then participate in the evaluation of children and adolescents presenting to the CRC. They will be paired with either a Child or Adolescent Psychiatry Resident and/or Dr. Edelsohn or Dr. Rabinovich to see patients. All cases will be supervised by an Attending Psychiatrist. Medical students are expected to write up all cases they are involved in. Students are expected to present cases they have evaluated.
Learning Resources: Students will be given readings on the clinical interview and mental status examination for children and adolescents. They will also be provided with references for child psychiatry, and read appropriate sections of DSM-IV for child and adolescent disorders. 
Methods of Evaluation: Observation, case presentation, and documentation in the medical record. 
Contact: Patrick D. Herron, Education Coordinator - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at 215-955-9823 or via email patrick.herron@mail.tju.edu

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Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Thomas Jefferson University - Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PSYHB 431 - Consultation and Liaison Psychiatry @ TJUH
Supervised by Dr. Elisabeth Kunkel, Director of the C&L service.
The student observes and assists in the treatment of emotional conditions that are secondary to illness. This division provides a principal interface of the department with medical/surgical divisions of the hospital. Common diagnoses encountered include post-surgical delirium, toxic drug reactions, depression associated with myocardial infarction, emotional concomitants of cancer, etc. The student is exposed to the psychological and social factors in health and illness and observes the effect of life stress on the development and course of illness. 
Contact: Patrick D. Herron, Education Coordinator - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at 215-955-9823 or via email patrick.herron@mail.tju.edu

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Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Thomas Jefferson University - Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PSYHB 431 - Consultation &Liaison @ AEMC - Einstein campus
Supervision by Kevin Hails, M.D., 215-456-7256
LOCATION: Albert Einstein Medical Center at 5501 Old York Road, Tower 1 Unit
Objectives & Goals: To develop skills in evaluating and treating general hospital (medical, surgical, obstetrical, etc.) patients who develop psychiatric problems. Also develop supportive skills with patients with chronic illness.
Description: The medical student will become part of the Consultation Service at a sub-intern level. He or she will evaluate patients on whom a consult was requested, and follow these patients as necessary. The student may become involved with dialysis patients or surgical transplant patients as part of the liaison the Psychiatry Department has with these special programs.
Learning Resources: Supervision will be offered by attendings and the resident assigned to the service. Readings will be selected based on the special interests of the student. Grand Rounds are offered weekly. 
Methods of Evaluating Student: The student is evaluated by the residents and attendings based on performance on rounds and supervision. Immediate feedback is given on a daily basis.
Contact: Patrick D. Herron, Education Coordinator - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at 215-955-9823 or via email patrick.herron@mail.tju.edu

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Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Thomas Jefferson University - Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PSYHB 435 - Drug & Alcohol Management
Students will be working out of two locations, with primary placement being at the 21st and Washington Outpatient clinic in South Philadelphia/Center City region. Supervision by several faculty members, with primary supervision by Dr. Ronald Serota.

The activities of the substance abuse division of the department include outpatient counseling of alcohol and drug patients, methadone support, clinical research, and specialized psychopharmacological treatment evaluations. Utilizing these resources, clinical clerks will be given activities adapted to their individual needs and interests. The emphasis of the clerkship is on practical skills of evaluation and management of substance abuse patients. 
Contact: Patrick D. Herron, Education Coordinator - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at 215-955-9823 or via email patrick.herron@mail.tju.edu

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Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Thomas Jefferson University - Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PSYHB 436 - Adolescent Psychiatry @ AEMC - Belmont Hospital
Supervision by Fayez El-Gabalawi, 215-581-9126
LOCATION: Belmont Center for Comprehensive Treatment at Ford & Monument Roads
Blocks AVAILABLE: 10, 11, 12 & 13 ONLY
Objectives & Goals: Medical students will become familiar with the diagnostic and evaluation process of adolescent disorders. Students will learn basic dynamics of family therapy. Students will learn the basic paradigms for normal adolescent development
Description: Medical students will become an integral part of the treatment team approach that is used on the Adolescent Psychiatry Unit. Students will be assigned two patients to follow throughout the rotation and will be familiarized with the family approach to the treatment of adolescent disorders.
Learning Resources: Students will be assigned appropriate reading material to gain an understanding of normal adolescent development. Students will be expected to participate in all case conferences and family therapy conferences. Students will also meet with their individual supervisor once a week to review their cases. 
Methods of Evaluating Student: Observation, by participation in supervision and by documentation in the medical record.
Contact: Patrick D. Herron, Education Coordinator - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at 215-955-9823 or via email patrick.herron@mail.tju.edu

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Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Thomas Jefferson University - Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PSYHB 437 - Co-Occurring Disorders Unit @ AEMC - Belmont Hospital 
Supervision by Karen Tourian, M.D., Phone # (215) 581-9144
LOCATION: Belmont Center for Comprehensive Treatment at Ford & Monument Roads
Objectives & Goals: Students will learn various regimens of detoxification. Students will be familiarized with the 12-step recovery model. Students will be familiarized with the dual diagnosis program. Students will learn about the method and theories of Addiction Psychiatry.
Description: Students will learn the assessment and treatment of patients with co-occurring substance and psychiatric disorders. They will have the opportunity to follow several patients in a "team" model with the attending, nursing staff, counselors and social workers. They will get exposure to detoxification and 12-step recovery models of addiction treatment.
Learning Resources: Appropriate reading will be assigned. Students will participate in treatment team meetings and all case conferences and will be supervised by the attending physician.
Methods of Evaluating Student: Observation, by participation in supervision and by documentation in medical record.
Contact: Patrick D. Herron, Education Coordinator - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at 215-955-9823 or via email patrick.herron@mail.tju.edu

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Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Thomas Jefferson University - Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PSYHB 438 - Emergency Psychiatry @ AEMC - Einstein campus 
Supervision by Carmen Irizarry, M.D., 215-456-7433
LOCATION: Crisis Response Center of AEMC at 5501 Old York Road, , Tower 1 Unit
Objectives & Goals: This four week elective rotation is designed to introduce the student to the basics of emergency psychiatric medicine.
Description: Teaching will emphasize the following clinical areas: Evaluating the individual patient; Management of acute psychosis; The use of psychotropic medication; Crisis intervention and interviewing skills; Medical illness presenting as a psychiatric emergency; Evaluating the dangerous patient; Disposition and follow-up
Learning Resources: Regularly scheduled lectures, supervised clinical management, and exposure to a broad variety of psychopathology. 
Methods of Evaluating Student: Clinical observation and regularly scheduled supervision.
Contact: Patrick D. Herron, Education Coordinator - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at 215-955-9823 or via email patrick.herron@mail.tju.edu

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Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Thomas Jefferson University - Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PSYHB 439 - Geriatric Psychiatry @ AEMC - Einstein Center One
Supervision by Kenneth Rosenstein, M.D., 215-677-9415
LOCATION: Einstein Center One - 9880 Bustleton Avenue, Suite 300
Objectives & Goals: These include the knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary to diagnose and treat the psychiatric difficulties of the geriatric population.
Description: Training takes place in a comprehensive setting which includes a general and a private psychiatric hospital with inpatient, outpatient, day programs, nursing homes, and life care communities. Supervised patient care, inter departmental conferences with medicine and its specialties, neurology, and psychology, and advanced training in neurology are included. The basics of geriatric psychiatry, especially the management of patients with depression and dementia, and a focus on the use of psychiatric medications for the geriatric population is included.
Learning Resources: Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Staff and Residents, who provide intensive clinical supervision, case conferences, a neurology series including a review of MRI, CAT and SPECT data as well as EEG interpretation, and Grand Rounds are included.
Methods of Evaluating Student: Direct observation of student's performance with patients and performance during seminars are utilized.
Contact: Patrick D. Herron, Education Coordinator - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at 215-955-9823 or via email patrick.herron@mail.tju.edu

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Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Thomas Jefferson University - Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PSYHB 440 - Long Term Structured Residence Program @ AEMC - Germantown Campus
Supervision by Carol Glaskin, M.D., (215) 951-8990
LOCATION: LTSR, Germantown Campus - 3 Penn Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19144
Objectives & Goals: 
1. To become familiar with a new and active form of biopsycho-social treatment for those patients who have already exhausted resources elsewhere with the hospital, community mental health center, and various family and community systems.
2. To learn about social/independent living skills via rehabilitation models as developed by Dr. Robert Lieberman.
3. To become familiar with rational, up-to-date chemotherapy for Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder.
Description: This is a new initiative in the non-hospital, non-institutional, humane, and residential treatment of the chronically mentally ill, as a direct response to the closing of Philadelphia State Hospital. Students will participate in the wide variety of treatment programs in this community setting, including team meetings, community meetings, individual, group, and milieu therapies. 
Learning Resources: Students are taught by the Director, Carol L. Glaskin, M.D., Sandy Melnick, M.D., and their staff, which consists of nursing (both R.N.'s and psychiatric nurse assistants), psychiatric social workers, psychiatry residents and geriatric psychiatry fellows, and a wide variety of creative arts and recreational therapists. Supervision is provided for students' individual and group work. Weekly in-services cover a wide range of academic and clinical topics.
Methods of Evaluating Student: Observation during the clinical work, as well as during supervision.
Contact: Patrick D. Herron, Education Coordinator - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at 215-955-9823 or via email patrick.herron@mail.tju.edu

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Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Thomas Jefferson University - Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PSYHB 442 - Alternatives: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Inpatient Unit and Partial Hospital Program @ AEMC - Belmont Hospital
Supervision by Boris Itkov, M.D.
LOCATION: Belmont Center for Comprehensive Treatment at Ford & Monument Roads
Objectives & Goals: 
1. Students will learn more about sexual and gender minorities and their treatment.
2. Students will have exposure to a variety of psychopathology including drug addiction and Axis II disorders.
3. Students will learn skills of basic patient management and charting
Description: The senior student will function at the first year resident level with considerable responsibility for a few patients under his/her direct care. The senior student will be an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team and will participate in team meetings and case conferences. Supervision will be provided by Dr. Morrison, Program Director.
Learning Resources: Daily supervision, referral to informational resources, daily team meetings, and patient treatment groups.
Methods of Evaluating Student: Clinical observation and regularly scheduled supervision
Note: Any student considering this elective must have some basic understanding and tolerance of the patient population. As for all rotations, patients should be treated with respect.
Contact: Patrick D. Herron, Education Coordinator - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at 215-955-9823 or via email patrick.herron@mail.tju.edu

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Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Thomas Jefferson University - Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PSYHB 445 - Eating Disorders Unit @ AEMC - Belmont Hospital 
Supervision by Dr. McCafferty, 215-877-2000
LOCATION: Belmont Center for Comprehensive Treatment at Ford & Monument Roads
Objectives & Goals: 
1. Medical students will learn the differential diagnoses of eating disorders
2. Medical students will become familiarized with various appropriate levels of care and treatment options for patients with eating disorders.
3. Medical students will learn the importance of diagnosing co-morbid psychiatric disorders.
4. Medical students will learn the importance of working as a member of a team in treating severely impaired patients.
Description: Medical students will become familiar with the assessment and treatment of patients with eating disorders, and as time allows, other psychiatric disorders. The student will have the opportunity to follow several patients in a "team": model with the attending physician, psychologist, nursing staff, social workers, individual therapists, and group therapists
Learning Resources: Appropriate reading material will be assigned. Medical students will attend and participate in Morning Rounds, Treatment Teams, Case Conferences, and "Lunch n' Lecture." Students are encouraged to observe family therapy sessions where appropriate. Supervision will be peripatetic.
Methods of Evaluating Student: Direct observation of the medical student's performance with patients and by documentation in the medical record. Ability of student to synthesize basic knowledge in formulating a simple differential diagnosis and treatment plan.
Contact: Patrick D. Herron, Education Coordinator - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at 215-955-9823 or via email patrick.herron@mail.tju.edu
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Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Thomas Jefferson University - Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PSYHB 491 - Clinical Psychiatry Research
This is by arrangement only. Students may request to work on any ongoing or new clinical research project currently being done by an available member of the Department.

Students pursue a short-term independent research project. Emphasis is placed on the development of basic skills in research methodology. Appropriate faculty members provide individual supervision. Research projects are normally clinically oriented; however, collaborative projects with other clinical and/or basic science departments are possible. Students who wish to elect this program must work out arrangements in advance with a sponsoring faculty member and obtain written approval from the sponsor and from the department chairman. If a student knows of a faculty member's research interests (e.g., from the Sophomore Seminar Series), this knowledge provides a good starting point for developing a plan. A student who has no firsthand knowledge of department research should visit Dr. Cohen to obtain information about faculty members and their research projects
Contact: Patrick D. Herron, Education Coordinator - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at 215-955-9823 or via email patrick.herron@mail.tju.edu

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Name of Institution: Yale University (13 listings)- Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC)
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Name of Elective: Psychiatry 203 – Sub-internship in Hospital Psychiatry, Inpatient Division of CMHC
Description: Intensive work with inpatients who suffer from major psychiatric disorders with or without substance abuse. Emphasis is on assessment, acute treatment, and arrangement of continuing care in the community. The subintern functions as an integral member of a multidisciplinary treatment team. Clinical research participation is encouraged. Opportunities available to explore special areas of interest (e.g., forensics, psychopharmacology, administrative) with CMHC faculty. The elective is given on the inpatient service, Connecticut Mental Health Center. Scheduled throughout the year during regular clerkship rotations for a minimum of four weeks Prerequisites: Psychiatry 106. Maximum registration: two students per rotation. 
J. Zell, R. Pearsall, S. Jacobs, H. Zonana and staff. 
Contact: To apply, please contact Linda Limauro @ linda.limauro@yale.edu or (203) 785-5937

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Department: Psychiatry
Name of Institution: Yale University - Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital (YHNPH)
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Name of Elective: Psychiatry 210, Sub-internship in Hospital Psychiatry, Inpatient Division, YNHPH
Description: Intensive work with patients who suffer from major psychiatric disorders, and range in age from college students to middle age. Emphasis is on assessment, acute treatment and arrangement of post-discharge follow-up care in the community. The sub-intern is an advanced clerk functioning as a member of the multidisciplinary treatment team, taking on primary clinician and psychiatric/medical responsibilities for patients under the supervision of senior clinicians. The elective is given on the inpatient service at the Yale Psychiatric Hospital; clinical research and outpatient involvement may be options. This sub-internship is available throughout the year, during regular clerkship rotations for a minimum of four weeks. Prerequisites: Psychiatry 106. Maximum registration: one student per rotation. R. Milstein, M. Bowers, C. Mazure, C. Nelson, Budimirovick, I. Levine, R. Hoffman and staff. 
Contact: To apply, please contact Linda Limauro @ linda.limauro@yale.edu or (203) 785-5937
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Department: Psychiatry
Name of Institution: Yale University – Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH)
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Name of Elective: Psychiatry 205, “Consultation Psychiatry” Sub-internship in Medical Psychiatry, YNHH 
Description: This is an advanced clinical elective for third and fourth year students who have a particular interest in the psychiatric disorders which can occur in medical-surgical patients. The staff has special interests in differential diagnosis of medical vs. psychiatric illness, in psychopharmacology and in computer applications in psychiatry. Each subintern works up patients in parallel with advanced residents in inpatient and emergency department settings. Teaching occurs on daily walk rounds. Scheduled throughout the year during regular clerkship rotations (except July & August) for a minimum of four to six weeks. (NOTE: Fourth-year students will be given preference). Prerequisites: Psychiatry 106. Maximum registration: one student per rotation. S. Powsner, W.H. Sledge, P.Desan, T. Stewart and staff. 
Contact: To apply, please contact Linda Limauro @ linda.limauro@yale.edu or (203) 785-5937


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Department: Psychiatry
Name of Institution: Yale University – Veterans Administration Connecticut Healthcare System (VACHS)
Location: West Haven, Connecticut
Name of Elective: Psychiatry 208, Sub-internship in Consultation Liaison Psychiatry at the VACHS
Description: The Consultation Liaison Service at the VACHS provides consultation to acute medical and surgical units, to specialized rehabilitation units, and outpatient primary care clinics. Subinterns participate in the management of patients with close supervision from attending staff. The goals of the rotation are: (1) to increase skill in conducting a psychiatric interview which maximizes the collection of pertinent clinical data; (2) to use the data collected in formulating and implementing treatment plans emphasizing the interplay of biological and psychological factors in the patient’s presentation; (3) to experience the satisfaction of caring for patients with complex medical and psychiatric illness. Scheduled throughout the year (except July and August) for a minimum of 4 weeks. Open to fourth year medical students. Prerequisites: Psychiatry 106. Maximum registration: one student per rotation. C. Chiles & staff 
Contact: To apply, please contact Linda Limauro @ linda.limauro@yale.edu or (203) 785-5937
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Department: Psychiatry 
Name of Institution: Yale University – Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC)
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Name of Elective: Psychiatry 211, “Clinical Research”, Sub-internship in Clinical Neuroscience, Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit Inpatient Division
Description: This clerkship offers senior medical students the opportunity to work closely with a variety of patients who are hospitalized during their participation and treatment in research protocols. The Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit (CNRU) is a 13 bed inpatient ward with associated outpatient clinics and basic science laboratories on the 3rd floor of CMHC. Supervised implementation of novel psychopharmacology, exposure to multiple aspects of clinical and basic science research, and in-depth experience with individual and group psychotherapies are educational aspects of this elective. Patients’ diagnostic categories include depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, schizophrenia, cocaine abuse and substance abuse and psychiatric genetics. Scheduled throughout the year for a minimum of 4 weeks. Prerequisites: Psychiatry 106. Maximum registration: 2 students per rotation. R. Malison, G. Heninger, Z. Zimolo and staff. 
Contact: To apply, please contact Linda Limauro @ linda.limauro@yale.edu or (203) 785-5937
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Department: Psychiatry
Name of Institution: Yale University – Veterans Administration Connecticut Healthcare System (VACHS)
Location: West Haven, Connecticut
Name of Elective: Psychiatry 212, Sub-internship is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, National Center for PTSD at the VACHS
Description: This elective offers senior medical students the opportunity to participate in the research and clinical activities of the National Center for PTSD. This experience includes exposure to a research program that has taken a national leadership role in identifying the effects of severe psychological trauma on brain structure and function using a variety of neuropharmacological, neurpsychological and brain imaging modalities. The patients under study include men and women who have been exposed to physical and sexual abuse and the trauma associated with combat. Scheduled throughout the year for a minimum of 4 weeks. Prerequisites: Psychiatry 106. Maximum registration: 2 students per rotation. S. Southwick, A. Morgan, M. Goldstein and staff. 
Contact: To apply, please contact Linda Limauro @ linda.limauro@yale.edu or (203) 785-5937
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Department: Psychiatry
Name of Institution: Yale University – Veterans Administration Connecticut Health System (VACHS) & Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC)
Location: New Haven & West Haven, Connecticut
Name of Elective: Psychiatry 213, Sub-internship in Depression and Manic Depressive illness at the VACHS and the Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit at CMHC and Satellite Research Clinics across the State
Description: This elective offers senior medical students the opportunity to work closely with a variety of inpatients and outpatients with affective disorders. The goals of the rotation are: (1) to increase understanding of the diagnosis and treatment of affective disorders; (2) to increase understanding of the neuropsychopharmacology and psychobiology of affective disorders; (3) to increase expertise in the use of novel psychopharmacological approaches, as well as established and experimental electromagnetic therapies such as electroconvulsive therapy, light therapy, and rapid transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of affective disorders. Scheduled throughout the year for a minimum of 4 weeks. Prerequisites: Psychiatry 106. Maximum registration: one student per rotation. D. Oren, H. Blumberg, A. Anand and staff. 
Contact: To apply, please contact Linda Limauro @ linda.limauro@yale.edu or (203) 785-5937
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Department: Psychiatry
Name of Institution: Yale University – Veterans Administration Connecticut Healthcare System (VACHS) & Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC)
Location: West Haven, Connecticut
Name of Elective: Psychiatry 214, Sub-internship in Psychotic Disorders at the Schizophrenia Research Clinic at the VACHS; the Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit & the Psychopharmacology Intervention Program at CMHC; and the Community Care Center in West Haven
Description: This elective is designed to provide an integrative exposure to the interface of psychopharmacology and psychosocial treatments for chronic psychotic disorders. Each individual requesting a sub-internship is asked to outline his/her interests in psychotic disorders. Based on this information, a faculty mentor is assigned and a clinical program prepared that provides greater depth in the relevant areas. An effort is made to provide exposure to both hospital and community based treatments as well as clinical neuroscience advances. Within all treatment settings, sub-interns have closely supervised direct clinical contact with patients. Sub-interns are invited to attend academic conferences within the Department of Psychiatry focused on clinical and neuroscience issues relevant to psychosis. The goals of the rotation are: (1) to expose the sub-intern to established and experimental medication treatments for psychotic disorders, particularly schizophrenia; (2) to expose the sub-intern to rehabilitative approaches to schizophrenia; (3) to expose the sub-intern to community based treatments for chronic mental illness. Scheduled throughout the year for a minimum of 4 weeks. Prerequisites: Psychiatry 106. Maximum registration: 2 students per rotation. M. Sernyak, C. D’Souza, M. Bell, J. Cubells, L. Davidson, L. Harkness, S. Kruger, J. Krystal and staff. 
Contact: To apply, please contact Linda Limauro @ linda.limauro@yale.edu or (203) 785-5937


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Department: Psychiatry
Name of Institution: Yale University
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Name of Elective: Psychiatry 209, Addictions Medicine Elective offered jointly by the Departments of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry 
Description: The Yale University School of Medicine offers an elective clinical training experience in Additions Medicine for interested third and fourth year students. The primary training sites are the inpatient psychiatric service for dual diagnosis patients at the Connecticut Mental Health Center, the outpatient substance abuse treatment services at the Connecticut Mental Health Center, the APT Foundation Central Medical Unit, the Outpatient Services at the Veterans Administative Connecticut Healthcare System (VACHS) in West Haven, and the Primary Care Center at Yale New Haven Hospital.

The Addictions Medicine elective is scheduled for four weeks (slightly longer or shorter training experiences are available by special request, contact Dr. Pearsall for CMHC Site or Dr. Petrakis for VACHS Site). Students participate as medical student clerks on the Dual Diagnosis Unit at CMHC. This experience is an intensive one in which students work closely with addicted patients with chronic mental illness. In addition to the inpatient experience, students may participate in outpatient treatment under the supervision of clinicians at the Substance Abuse Treatment Unit and the Central Medical Unit, or at the Outpatient Services of the VACHS, and in the substance abuse assessment and referral services of the Primary Care Center. Students are also invited to participate in the Substance Abuse Research Seminar as well as other educational activities of the Inpatient Division and the Substance Abuse Treatment Unit. For students desiring an intensive focus in one of the three areas of teaching (inpatient dual diagnosis, outpatient substance abuse treatment, or substance treatment in a primary care setting) a schedule can be tailored to provide more time in the setting of interest. Students interested in learning about medical detoxification from alcohol and/or opiates may participate in an intensive 2 week elective in the Ambulatory Detoxification Clinic at the VACHS. Students will learn about the evaluation and treatment of alcohol withdrawal and detoxification. Patients with benzodiazapene and opiate dependence are also treated in this Clinic. Prerequisites: Psychiatry 106. Maximum registration: two students. CMHC Faculty: H.R. Pearsall, B. Rounsaville, R. Schottenfeld, T. George, Department of Psychiatry; Department of Medicine: P. O’Connor; VACHS Faculty: L. Trevisen and I. Petrakis. Contact Persons (for CMHC): Dr. Pearsall, Psychiatry and Dr. O’Connor, Medicine. Contact Person (for VACHS): Dr Petrakis, Psychiatry. 
Contact: To apply, please contact Linda Limauro @ linda.limauro@yale.edu or (203) 785-5937
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Department: Psychiatry 
Name of Institution: Yale University – Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC)
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Name of Elective: Psychiatry 206, Law and Psychiatry
Description: This elective affords opportunities for third and fourth year students to observe and participate in “competency to stand trial” evaluations with a clinical team who make these assessments at the New Haven Correctional Center. In addition, they may attend Law School classes with students who represent psychiatric patients, observe civil commitment procedures, attend probate court hearings, as well as the criminal proceedings in local New Haven Superior Courts. Students attend work seminars where case evaluations and write-ups are discussed and prepared, and read appropriate legal cases and psychiatric literature. Students may be able to participate in parts of evaluations of insanity defense, custody determination, and other forensic issues. They attend the Law & Psychiatry seminar during their rotation. Scheduled throughout the year (except August) during regular clerkship rotations for a minimum of four weeks. Prerequisites: Psychiatry 106. Maximum registration: two students per rotation. H. Zonana and staff. 
Contact: To apply, please contact Linda Limauro @ linda.limauro@yale.edu or (203) 785-5937
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Department: Psychaitry & Child Psychiatry Departments
Name of Institution: Yale University – Yale New Haven Hospital
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Name of Elective: Psychiatry 235, (Child Study 325) Child Psychiatry Elective, Yale Child Study Center
Description: The aim of this elective is to provide the student with an intensive experience in infant, child and adolescent psychiatry. The curriculum includes assessments of normal development and psychopathology in childhood, treatment methods, and research in major disorders of childhood. The elective takes advantage of the wide range of ongoing seminars, conferences, and clinical services in place at the Child Study Center. Teaching methods include seminars, conferences, field observations, ward rounds, practica selected by the student following consultation with Director of Medical Studies, CSC. Open to fourth year students (not available in July or August). M. Lewis, J. Woolston and staff. 
Contact: To apply, please contact Linda Limauro @ linda.limauro@yale.edu or (203) 785-5937

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Department: Psychiatry, Medicine & Ob/Gyn Departments
Name of Institution: Yale University – Yale New Haven Hospital
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Name of Elective: Psychiatry 297, Women’s Health Elective
Description: This elective, organized jointly through the Departments of Ob-Gyn, Medicine and Psychiatry, provides students with an immersion in issues of concern to women’s health care. The elective is organized on a life-cycle perspective. Didactic and clinical experiences are designed to expose students to the range of issues involved in women’s health care. Psychiatric topics include changes in mood through the female reproductive life-cycle, post-partum psychiatric disorders, psychological effects of trauma, stress and the family, and care of women in nursing homes. Maximum enrollment: 3 students. Offered for a 4 week rotation during selected months. Faculty: Neill Epperson, M.D., Carolyn Mazure, Ph.D., Jeanne Steiner, D.O. 
Contact: To apply, please contact Linda Limauro @ linda.limauro@yale.edu or (203) 785-5937
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Department: Psychiatry, Medicine & Ob/Gyn Departments
Name of Institution: Yale University – Yale New Haven Hospital
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Name of Elective: Psychiatry 297, Women’s Health Elective
Description: This elective, organized jointly through the Departments of Ob-Gyn, Medicine and Psychiatry, provides students with an immersion in issues of concern to women’s health care. The elective is organized on a life-cycle perspective. Didactic and clinical experiences are designed to expose students to the range of issues involved in women’s health care. Psychiatric topics include changes in mood through the female reproductive life-cycle, post-partum psychiatric disorders, psychological effects of trauma, stress and the family, and care of women in nursing homes. Maximum enrollment: 3 students. Offered for a 4 week rotation during selected months (October, November and February only). Faculty: Neill Epperson, M.D., Carolyn Mazure, Ph.D., Jeanne Steiner, D.O. 
Contact: To apply, please contact Linda Limauro @ linda.limauro@yale.edu or (203) 785-5937

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