Year 3 Psychiatry Clerkship
General Features
6 weeks
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General Objectives
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To develop rapport with patients,
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To conduct patient interviews and develop history-taking skills
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To explain the rationale used in making a psychiatric diagnosis and
developing a comprehensive treatment plan.
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Grading Components/Weights
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Clinical Evaluation 35%
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NBME Shelf Exam 35%
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Team Based Learning 15%
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Logbook 10%
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Write-up 5%
Year 3 Psychiatry Clerkship
Distinguishing Features
Feature
Galveston Area
St.
Joe’s
# of students
Mix of
rotations
Rotation size/
composition
9-10
Adult,
Inpnt
UTMB
3
C & L,
Outpt,
Adult
and
Child
Mainland
2
Jester IV
Webster/
UTMB
Outpatient
2-4
2-3
Geriatric
Inpatient Forensic
and C & L Inpatient
Child,
Adult,
Forensics
2 rotations of
3 weeks each. All students will go to St. Joe’s.
Houston students spend 3 weeks at St. Joe’s and 3
weeks at Jester IV
Year 3 Psychiatry Clerkship
Distinguishing Features
Austin
Brackenridge
Features
# of students
Primary Focus
Rotation
Composition
Shoal Creek
(SSC)
4-6
4-6
C&L (Consult Liaison)
Adult & Child
Inpatient
5 wk C&L, 1wk Inpt @
SSC, 3-5 days @ Dell
Children’s (C&L)
4 wk Inpt(Adult/Child),
2 wk C&L (Brack or
SMCA)
Year 3 Psychiatry Clerkship Distinguishing Features
Feature
Galveston
Austin
Brack
Typical work
hours
Number of
patients seen
Special
populations
M-F 7-5
Variable by rotation
Variable with
rotation
Psychiatric
emergencies,
substance abuse,
severe mental illness,
trauma related
illness, mood
disorders, personality
disorders, med/psych
Shoal Creek
7:30-5:00 M,W, &F
8:00-5:00 T, Th
Child Lectures Wed
Day Calls at Dell
M-F 8-5
(all sites)
50-70 consults/month
Medical students see
all consults during the
week
Avg 6-12/day
Students are active
members of the
team
Suicide attempts;
substance abuse;
delirium, dementia,
traumatic brain injury,
mood d/o, psychosis,
PTSD, personality d/o,
factitious d/o,
malingering,
psychiatric
emergencies
Mood &
personality d/o,
psychosis, child &
adolescent d/o,
substance abuse
and withdrawal,
suicide attempts &
psychiatric
emergencies
Both Austin Sites
ALL STUDENTS:
•Have TWO call
experiences per
term—one at SSC
and one at their
primary site
•Are encouraged to
visit the ECT suite
•Have weekly
psychiatry lectures
& quizzes
Year 3 Psychiatry Clerkship
Distinguishing Features
Feature
Galveston
TBL 9 sessions
Teaching
sessions
Weekly online quizzes
6 Design-a-Cases
Austin
Brack
Seton Shoal Creek (SSC)
-Attendings give 1
formal lecture daily
-Students present
psychiatry topics to
treatment team at least
once/6weeks.
-Students are taught
psychological testing
-Receive comprehensive
psychiatry syllabus
-Students work directly
with Child Fellows &
Attendings when taking
day call at Dell
Children’s (avg 3-4
days/term)
-On line requirements
same as Galveston
-Students work directly with resident
and attending physicians who give
immediate feedback & teach in
“real-time”
-Students average 2 weeks of child
psychiatry per term
-Students can do C&L either at
Brack or SMCA for 2 weeks
-Students interested in psychiatry are
encouraged to seek out additional
learning opportunities during any
“down time” such as attending
outpatient clinic, groups, resident
lectures, etc.
-Students eat for free
-On line requirements same as
Galveston
St. Joseph Medical Center
∙ St. Joseph Medical Center in Houston requires each
medical student complete a rotation application.
∙ All Galveston and Houston-based 3rd year medical
students will complete a 3 week Psychiatry rotation
at St. Joseph Medical Center.
∙ Frances Dawe, UTMB Coordinator for Houston
Programs, will email you the St. Joseph application,
their parking application, orientation packet and
the list of documents required by St. Joseph
which must be submitted with your application.
There will be a deadline to return the application
and required documents.
List of Required Documents for
St. Joseph’s Medical Center Application
∙ Applicant’s current Curriculum Vitae
∙ Photocopy of driver’s license
∙ Proof of current health insurance coverage
∙ Immunization Records
∙ Completed Confidentiality and Computer Agreement
∙ Acknowledgement form from their Orientation Packet