UF Department of Psychiatry
| From the Residency Training Director Residency Training Program Faculty |
 Overview |
| General Overview The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Florida College of Medicine is committed to achieving excellence in its target missions of patient care, education and research. It is the goal of the department to provide a training model that spans laboratory bench to the clinical bedside, integrating new findings in basic and clinical neuroscience into the highest quality of care of individuals with psychiatry illness or other illness affected by psychosocial factors. This includes the development of professional competence and inculcation of the professional attitudes to be a successful physician. The training includes education in the basic sciences, the cognitive and technical skills necessary to practice general psychiatry, and the development of clinical knowledge and maturity so that clinical judgment can be appropriately applied in the care of patients. The overall objective of our training program is to develop highly skilled psychiatrists to fill leadership roles in the various areas of psychiatry. A partial list of such arenas includes academic psychiatry, community and public psychiatry, clinical practice, consultation services, forensic psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, substance abuse/addiction medicine, and child psychiatry. Each resident is expected to become proficient in the diagnostic and therapeutic techniques required of competent clinicians, to be skilled in working with, and coordinating the activities of other mental health professionals, and to develop the necessary skills to critically evaluate relevant research findings in the clinical literature. Every attempt is made to provide a core educational experience as well as tailoring specific training to the s special needs and interests of the resident. |