General Adult Psychiatry Residency
Research
Research is not a required activity but is highly encouraged. Each resident is expected to present a scholarly Grand Rounds prior to graduation. Faculty members are available to provide research mentorship and the Director of Research meets regularly with residents throughout all 4 years of the curriculum. The Department supports residents in their efforts to submit presentations to academic meetings and peer-reviewed journals. Travel funds are available for residents who present at local, regional, and national conferences. All residents are expected to present at Journal Club. The Graduate Medical Education Office hosts an annual research day where faculty, residents and medical students can present the results of their research efforts.
Medical Student Teaching
While residents are still learners themselves, we expect them to serve as teachers and mentors to medical students. We believe that teaching assists in solidification of one’s own knowledge base and resident teaching helps attract medical students to the field of psychiatry. All residents receive training in teaching medical students.
PGY-1 and PGY-2 residents have opportunities to teach third- and fourth-year medical students at the bedside and on rounds. PGY-3 and PGY-4 residents teach in the first and second years of the medical school curriculum and serve as small group co-leaders with faculty members. Additionally, they are joined by 3rd year medical students in our Outpatient Clinic and they take responsibility for much of the teaching efforts in that clinic.