Outpatient Community Psychiatry (Clinical Elective)

4 units

This elective will provide the student with a significant outpatient experience in Psychiatry. Students will be paired with a Resident physician and have exposure to two adult clinics and one child clinic over the course of the rotation. Students will observe and assist in the diagnosis and treatment of patients in the clinic setting. Students will attend scheduled lectures and conferences over the course of the rotation relevant to outpatient Psychiatry and meet weekly with the outpatient clinic attending for clinical discussion and review. During the elective, the student will learn about the outpatient presentations of psychiatric disorders, a variety of treatment techniques (psychotherapy and psychopharmacology), and general principles of outpatient clinical management.