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UF Department of Psychiatry

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		CLINICAL ROTATIONS
Residency Training Program From the Residency Training Director Program Faculty Purpose, Philosophy & Goals		Training of the psychiatric resident takes place in three major settings: the clinical setting, teaching in the classroom, and supervision in a one-to-one format. The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Florida offers a fully accredited four-year training program. Depending on prior postgraduate training, a resident may begin in the first or second postgraduate year. PGY-1 (Categorical First Year of Psychiatry). Emphasis is placed on the development of medical expertise relevant to the future psychiatrist. During this year, residents consolidate their identity as physicians, while simultaneously beginning careers as psychiatrists. Those who have had no prior postgraduate training in family medicine, internal medicine, or pediatrics will begin their training at this level. In this vein, clinical assignments include four months in Medicine, Pediatrics or Family Medicine and two months on the neurology service at the Shands Hospital or VA Hospital. Close contact with the Department of Psychiatry faculty is maintained while the resident is assigned to non-psychiatric services.
Training Facilities & Services Clinical Rotations Curriculum Resident Life		The psychiatric experience begins during the PGY-1 year. Residents spend six months divided among three inpatient sites - the Veterans Administration Medical Center, the Med-Psychiatry unit at Shands Teaching Hospital, and Shands at Vista. PGY-2. The main task of the PGY-2 year is to become proficient in diagnostic assessment, dynamic understanding, and clinical management, particularly in crisis intervention, psychopharmacology, and supportive therapy of outpatients. A thorough introduction to the principles of insight-oriented, exploratory therapy is provided. Supervised clinical experience with this modality begins. The resident is presented with a multidimensional view of the individual through application of biopsychosocial principles to patients throughout the life cycle.
Post Graduate Fellowships Application Process		The clinical assignment is centered in the Department's Adult Outpatient Clinic and Child and Adolescent Outpatient Clinic, both located in the University of Florida Shands Clinic. As required by the ACGME, the PGY-2 year is a 12-month continuous rotation. PGY-3. During the third year, diverse clinical assignments are undertaken by the resident. These assignments enhance both the breadth and depth of the resident's diagnostic, therapeutic, and administrative knowledge.
About Gainesville, Florida		Time is equally divided between inpatient services and our active consultation- liaison program. There is a general adult inpatient experience at Shands at Vista. A broad range of psychiatric diagnoses are experienced throughout the inpatient setting including schizophrenia, mood disorders, and substance induced disorders. The residents are challenged to integrate all of their prior knowledge to care for this highly complex patient population. Third year residents also play an important role on the inpatient services at the Veterans Administration Hospital. The remaining months are spent on the Psychiatric Consultation and Liaison Service for both Shands and the Veterans Hospitals. PGY-4. During the fourth year, the resident consolidates basic knowledge, refines fundamental psychiatric skills, and has a chance to pursue areas of special interest. This year includes a core assignment in which the resident functions as the Clinical Chief Resident for the VA inpatient service. Two months are spent as a supervising resident at Shands at Vista. Two months are spent in community psychiatry. Time is spent working in the substance abuse treatment program, where residents learn contemporary principles of addiction medicine including specialized approaches that are used in a dedicated treatment unit. During this year, the resident is encouraged to function as teacher, administrator and clinician, giving residents the full range of experiences encountered after graduation. Each resident has 6 months elective time in the PGY-4 year. These elective experiences may include child and adolescent psychiatry, student mental health, advanced inpatient psychiatry, substance abuse, community psychiatry, research (clinical or laboratory-based), experience and advanced psychotherapy. Senior Electives. Residents complete six months of electives, usually completed in the PGY-4 year. Common electives include clinical or laboratory research; neuroimaging; addiction psychiatry; cognitive behavioral therapy; neuropsychiatry; eating disorders; community psychiatry; student mental health; pre-, during and post laparoscopy or bariatric surgery; pain and invasive anesthesia pain, electroconvulsive therapy, and consult- liaison.