Psychiatry Advanced Clinical Rotation (ACR)

4 units

This is an advanced rotation that provides the students with an opportunity to expand their knowledge of inpatient clinical psychiatry by functioning as interns. While rotating through the inpatient psychiatry units on the main campus, students will encounter patients with a variety of severe psychiatric illnesses that are oftentimes complicated by various medical comorbidities requiring consultation services. Students will work on patient care teams with a PGY-1, and an attending psychiatrist. Students attend all staffing and teaching conferences given to first-year psychiatry residents and are responsible for the assessment and management of acute psychiatric patients. This includes writing notes, entering orders, and updating the handoff list. The students will also complete one week of night-float with a PGY-1, and shadow a PGY-2 in the Emergency Department's behavioral health unit. Immediate supervision is provided by the inpatient attending, senior resident, and intern on the service. Teaching emphasis is directed toward psychiatric diagnosis, appropriate use of psychopharmacologic agents, psychotherapeutic intervention, the use of community resources and pursuit of the psychiatric scientific literature.