Clinical rotations for the second-year resident provide broad-based
experience in inpatient psychiatry, outpatient clinic, long-term
psychotherapy, alcohol & drug treatment, geriatric psychiatry, and
outpatient child/adolescent psychiatry.
Clinical Rotations
Geriatric psychiatry (1 month)
Arkansas State Hospital Acute Inpatient (2 months)
VA Acute Inpatient (1 month)
Alcohol and drug treatment (2 months)
VA Outpatient clinic (3 months)
Child & Adolescent outpatient clinic (2 months)
In addition, residents spend one half day per week throughout the year in
the adult outpatient clinic for long-term psychotherapy training. Each
resident will treat at least three psychotherapy cases throughout the last
three years of the program. These are used as teaching cases in
psychotherapy supervision. Residents begin to follow patients longitudinally
with chronic psychotic disorders during the second year; they continue to
follow these patients during the 3rd and 4th years.
Rotations
| Arkansas State Hospital |
VA Outpatient Clinic |
Geriatric Psychiatry |
| VA Acute Inpatient Unit |
Child/Adolescent Outpatient Clinic |
Alcohol/Drug Treatment |
1 MONTH:
one-half day per week long-term psychotherapy
Didactics
On Thursday afternoons PGY 2 residents attend three lecture/seminar
sessions. The first lecture of the afternoon is the child and adolescent
series. The second session presents general psychiatry topics. The third
session covers psychotherapy theory. During the first two months of the PGY
2 year, residents receive special instruction in conducting psychotherapy
through an innovative seminar series with experienced Psychotherapists.
Call
Residents are
required to cover twenty call shifts (12 hour) for the entire year.
Optional Arkansas State Hospital and Arkansas Children’s Hospital call is
available. Residents are paid for these calls beyond their normal salary.
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