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Department of Psychiatry

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Curriculum

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  1. Department of Psychiatry
  2. Education
  3. General Psychiatry Residency
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Curriculum

Overview

During the first year of training (PGY-1), emphasizes psychiatric phenomenology, diagnosis, treatment, and disposition of patients. This is primarily an inpatient year and is divided into two six-month blocks. One block consists of primary care and neurology rotations. The other block is composed of...

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PGY-1

Rotation Schedule Intern year is broken into 6-month blocks "on service" (psychiatry) and "off service" (medicine/neurology): Off-service (medicine/neurology): Inpatient medicine -Internal Medicine at UIC or JBVA or Family Medicine at UIC Ambulatory medicine - Urgent care or Pediatric acute care...

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PGY-2

Rotation Schedule: Inpatient Psychiatry:...

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PGY-3

Rotation Schedule Morning rotations: Day Hospital Program (VA) Day Hospital is an intensive outpatient program at the VA; patients are typically enrolled for 4-6 weeks. Residents are assigned as the primary clinician for up to 2 patients at a time. Involvement includes intensive daily psychothera...

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PGY-4

Rotation Schedule 2 month rotations: Inpatient Senior at UIC Collaborative Care with UIC Family Medicine Electroconvulsive Therapy Service Suncloud Health (Eating Disorders and Addictions care including PHP programs) 4 months of elective time:...

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Didactics

While on service there is a half-day per week of protected time dedicated to didactics. PGY-1 residents have didactics on Tuesday afternoon and PGY-2,3, and 4 residents have didactics on Thursday afternoon....

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General Psychiatry Residency

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