Program Design

Our comprehensive clinical rotations and didactic curriculum serve to develop well-rounded psychiatrists who are capable of providing highly competent and culturally sensitive care to a diverse patient population. As a new program, we are not dependent on residents to provide patient care but rather residents supplement and enrich our care, allowing residents the time to learn and develop their clinical skills. Residents have the opportunity to experience several unique community-based services as part of their required or elective rotations, such as the recovery oriented PROS program, the Crisis Prevention and Response Team, Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), and the short-term Intensive Crisis Residence. We use a block schedule for our rotations, which are listed below. Blocks are 4 weeks in duration. Didactics occur one half day per week throughout training and are protected time. Courses supplement learning that occurs on the rotations, provide preparation for PRITE and Board exams, as well as provide experiential learning in quality improvement and wellness. Faculty mentor residents as they participate in scholarly activity and research.

Clinical Rotations

PGY-1: 

Medicine: 4 blocks
Neurology: 2 blocks
Emergency Department: 1 blocks
Evaluation Center: 1 blocks
Inpatient: 5 blocks

PGY-2:

Inpatient: 5 blocks
Addiction Psychiatry: 2 blocks
Geriatric Psychiatry/ECT: 1 blocks
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry: 2 blocks
Partial Hospital: 1 blocks
Selectives (or Consult if fast-track): 2 blocks

 PGY-3:

Outpatient Psychiatry: 13 blocks

 

PGY-4:

Community Psychiatry (ACT, PROS, Crisis Team): 4 blocks
Consultation/Liaison: 2 blocks (completed in PGY-2 if fast-track)

Electives:

Chief Resident
Administrative Psychiatry
Inpatient Psychiatry
Intensive Crisis Residence
Emergency Psychiatry
Outpatient Psychiatry
Child/Adolescent Psychiatry
Geriatric Psychiatry
ECT
Consultation/Liaison
Addiction Psychiatry
Research

 

Didactics

Didactics are be protected time. One half day each week is devoted to Didactics. The full time faculty and guest lecturers are the course instructors.

PGY-1 - PG-4 Courses:

 

PGY-1 - PG-4 Courses:

Grand Rounds
Psychiatry Residency-in-Training Examination (PRITE) Review
Journal Club
Case Conferences
Wellness Workshops
Cultural Diversity Workshops
Program Director Meeting

PGY-1 Courses:

Psychiatric Documentation
Inpatient Treatment Modalities
The Context and Meaning of Illness
Psychopathology, DSM-5
Introduction to Psychopharmacology
Psychiatric Interviewing and Establishing a Therapeutic Alliance
Emergency Psychiatry
Substance Use Disorders
Neurology and Neuroscience
Introduction to Psychotherapy
Trauma
The Context and Meaning of Illness

PGY-1 and PGY-2 Courses:

Psychopathology, DSM-5
Introduction to Psychopharmacology
Psychiatric Interviewing and Establishing a Therapeutic Alliance
Emergency Psychiatry
Substance Use Disorders
Neurology and Neuroscience
Introduction to Psychotherapy
Trauma

PGY-2 Courses

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Addiction Psychiatry
Geriatric Psychiatry
Forensic Psychiatry
Interventional Psychiatry
Psychopharmacology
Quality Improvement
Risk Assessment, Safety Planning and Treatment Planning
Assessment Tools
Quality Assurance/Improvement

PGY-3 Courses

Psychotherapy Theory and Practice
Trauma
Advanced Psychopharmacology
Advanced Psychopathology
Research

PGY-4 Courses

Consultation Psychiatry
Ethics
Telemental Health
Community Crisis Intervention
Board Preparation
Community Psychiatry
Business in Psychiatry
Transition to Practice
Administrative Psychiatry

NYMC at Saint Joseph's Psychiatry Residency Program