P-Elective Clerkship in Primary Care Psychiatry - Boise, VAMC

8/12 credits

Assessment and treatment of patients with acute psychiatric problems in a primary care/rural setting. Consultation work on general medicine and surgery; assessment and dealing with outpatient psychiatric problems as they initially present. Evaluations, crisis intervention strategies, and brief therapies stressed. Prerequisite: satisfactory completion of required psychiatry clerkship (Four weeks; visiting students interested in the Boise Psych Residency Track allowed.)