Core Curriculum

• Addiction Psychiatry

  The continuum of care from acute intoxication and withdrawal to long-term management; exploration of the ethical, social and political issues that may impact care of this population

• American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (ABPN) exam preparation

  Includes participation in weekly question reviews and a senior-level course prior to graduation

• Business and Finance in Psychiatry

  Covers mental health care financing, operations and other business aspects of a psychiatry practice, as well as personal finance and investment

• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

  How to work with children, adolescents and families facing normal and abnormal development issues from diagnosis through treatment; emphasis on family systems and child abuse, interviewing techniques, history-taking and family therapy

• Community Psychiatry

  Explores critical elements of successful mental health care delivery in community settings, such as organization, administration and clinical care services

• Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

  Reviews the skills necessary for successful consultation with an emphasis on communication, patient care, systems-based practices and morbidity reduction

• Cultural Psychiatry

  Reviews the impact of world events, geography, politics, culture, spirituality, race, ethnicity and sexuality on modern psychiatry; includes practical applications to patient care

• Diagnostic Nomenclature: DSM-DSM-5

  The history and importance of mental disorder classifications and diagnostic criteria for each condition

• Emergency Psychiatry

  Assessment and intervention of patients experiencing psychiatric crisis, including declarations of suicide or homicide, catatonia, agitation, psychosis, substance-related emergencies and other emergencies

• Essentials of Clinical Psychiatry

  A comprehensive overview of epidemiology, etiologies, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of psychiatric conditions; a jeopardy-style format of self-assessment facilitates self-directed learning and stimulates discussion

• Ethics

  Develops awareness and understanding of the ethical issues inherent to psychiatry beginning with the American Psychiatric Association’s Code of Ethics; concentration on ethical and legal issues in patient care, such as autonomy, beneficence capacity, confidentiality and consent

• Evidence Based Psychiatry/APA Practice Guidelines

  Strategies for searching relevant psychiatric evidence to answer straightforward and complex clinical questions and improve psychiatric decision-making

• Forensic Psychiatry

  An overview of this subspecialty, including review of landmark cases, civil commitment, competency to stand trial, criminal responsibility, confidentiality and privilege, malingering and forensic reporting

• Geriatric Psychiatry

  Reviews the cultural, social, economic, clinical and pharmacologic distinctions that can impact care in older adults; includes diagnosis, treatment and long-term management of neurocognitive disorders as well as the effects of chronic mental illness

• History of Psychiatry

  Analyzes the historical foundation of psychiatry and its relationship to the evolution of medicine and health care delivery

• Interventional Psychiatry

  Covers interventional psychiatry treatments, including biofeedback, deep brain stimulation, electroconvulsive therapy, ketamine infusions, transcranial magnetic stimulation and other techniques of neuromodulation

• Interviewing: Basics, Clinical Applications & Advanced Concepts

  Teaches better interview skills and how to improve the patient-physician relationship and professionalism; practical techniques for gathering information from patients with varying degrees of cooperation

• Milestones of Psychiatric Professionals

  Regular assessment of each resident’s mastery of core competencies, including communication and interpersonal skills, professionalism, medical knowledge, patient care, practice-based learning and systems-based learning; activities include practice of clinical interview skills, medical knowledge exams, project presentations and attendance at quality improvement and scholarly events

• Neurology Review

  Gives a foundation of clinical neurology and neurobiological science, emphasizing core concepts and skills relevant to practicing psychiatrists

• Neuropsychological Testing

  Learn about the use, indications for and interpretation of various psychological testing instruments commonly applied to patients with behavioral health issues

• Psychiatry Resident-in-Training Examination (PRITE) Seminar

  A review of the most recently administered PRITE, including discussion of critical learning points and individualized feedback

• Psychopharmacology

  Covers introductory, advanced and controversial topics in current literature with an emphasis on critical and evidence-based psychopharmacological decision-making; also explores the socioeconomic implications of treatment