A Clinical Clerkship in which the student will gain experience with inpatient, outpatient, and emergency consultations. Students will be expected to take part in the night call rotation as well. There is a seminar series.
GRADUATE COURSESDepartment of Psychiatry, College of Graduate Studies & Research
Offered in alternate years and is designed for graduate students and residents in Psychiatry. Comprised of: (1) a series of basic lectures covering many areas of neuroscience such as neurochemistry, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, neuroendocrinology, etc. especially as applied to psychiatry and neurology, (2) a series of lectures on the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of psychiatric and neurological disorders combined with a case presentation, and (3) a series of student presentations in a seminar/ discussion format on the biological theories of the mechanisms underlying selected psychiatric and neurological disorders.
Study in selected areas of neuroscience or neuropsychiatry may be undertaken by advanced students with the permission of the department head. Consists of supervised readings and discussion leading to the preparation of a term paper by the student.
Students are required each year to attend the departmental seminar series and to present one formal seminar on an assigned topic and one informal seminar on their research activities.