Curriculum
First Year
16 weeks Inpatient Psychiatry
8 weeks Inpatient/Outpatient Neurology
12 weeks Emergency Psychiatry
4 weeks Emergency Medicine
8 weeks Inpatient/Outpatient Family Medicine
4 weeks Inpatient Internal Medicine
Second Year
16 weeks Inpatient Psychiatry
8 weeks Inpatient Pediatric Psychiatry
4 weeks Geriatric Psychiatry
4 weeks Research / QI Project
4 weeks Community Psychiatry
8 weeks Substance Abuse
8 weeks Psychiatric consult
Third Year
Outpatient Psychiatry at MercyOne Psychiatry Resident Clinic
Fourth Year
8 weeks Supervisory Psychiatry Consult
8 weeks Inpatient Psychiatry Supervisor
*Remainder of PGY 4 are electives. Opportunities include, but are not limited to: Emergency Psychiatry, Substance Abuse, Interential Psychiatry, Research, Neuropsychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry, etc.
Didactic Schedule
In-Training Review - Required of all residents. Held once a month, reviewing board topics and education on the maintenance of certification.
Journal Club - Required of all residents. Held once a month, with a resident presenting a current journal article for review and discussion. Faculty members will serve as facilitators where methods and designs for study, as well as results are discussed.
Psychopharmacology - Required of all residents. Held one a month, focus is on Psychotropic medications with faculty members and pharmacologists with emphasis on providing up-to-date information on Psychotropic medications and their use. Subject areas will include: Neurochemistry, efficacy, side-effects, contraindications drug interactions, and long-term effects.
Grand Rounds - Required of all residents. Held once a month, rotates among faculty members and guest lecturers via telecast.
M&M Case Conferences - Required of all residents. Held quarterly, resident driving case conference that focuses on areas of promoting professionalism and quality improvement.
Junior Resident (PGY 1 & 2) Lecture Topic Examples:
Essentials of Psychiatry: Discussion of Emergency psychiatry, mood disorders, substance use disorders, psychotic disorders, and anxiety disorders.
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry: Evaluation and treatment of psychiatric conditions related to medical illness and working as a multidisciplinary team with various specialties.
Substance use Disorders: Understanding of addictive disorders, epidemiology, neurobiology, advances in pharmacology of addition as well as teaching of inpatient and ambulatory detoxification CBT approaches, motivation enhancement therapy etc.
Personality Disorders in Inpatient Psychiatry: Covers the phenomenology and practical management of key personality disorders encountered.
Quality Improvement: Principles of quality improvement in healthcare settings. Projects will be looked at for possible implementation.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Review of fundamentals of development of the child and adolescent patient. The course reviews development of psychopathology and addresses the major domains of child and adolescent psychiatry.
Geriatric Psychiatry: Discussion neuropsychiatry, including approach to the geriatric psychiatry patient, psychosocial issues in again, dementia, late-life depression, geriatric psychopharmacology and psychosis in elderly.
Senior Resident (PGY 3 & 4) Lecture Topic Examples:
Legal Aspects of Psychiatry: Covers the essential aspects of forensic psychiatry including: civil commitment, competency, and expert testimony, malpractice, criminal responsibility, and informed consent, refusal of treatment, ethics, and mental health legislation.
Essentials of Trauma/PTSD: Covers the foundation and biologic aspect of trauma including treatment with psychopharmacology, cognitive processing therapy, and prolonged exposure therapy.
Essentials of Psychotherapy: Residents obtain a core knowledge and fundamentals in CBT, interpersonal psychotherapy, brief, couples, and family therapy.
Business of medicine: Residents will learn ways of protecting themselves legally, personal finance, how to negotiate a contract, and considerations when interviewing for a job, etc.
Outpatient Case Conference: Addresses issues of treatment selection, treatment planning, and continuity of care, administration, cultural issues, forensic issues, and multidisciplinary issues typical of outpatient treatment.