Didactic Activities

Each clinical rotation includes seminars, conferences and individual supervision. Through these activities, residents gain a broad perspective on theories and practice. The curriculum is steadily being refined and involves following important new growth in the field.

The California Pacific Medical Center Department of Psychiatry maintains a highly regarded weekly Grand Rounds series. A Journal Club for residents and faculty meets regularly and focuses on research literacy. There is also a weekly lecture/discussion series, organized by the residents, that covers a broad range of psychiatric issues presented by experts in the Bay Area.

Lectures, seminars, case conferences, tutorials, and teaching rounds are a major part of each year's program. These courses, reviewed annually by residents and faculty in the Residence Training Committee, are a highlight of the program. Psychopharmacology is taught at basic, intermediate, and advanced levels. Neuropharmacology, neuroscience, and research are increasingly integrated into the psychopharmacology sequence. Psychotherapy teaching includes integrative approaches, psychodynamic theory and practice, cognitive therapy, behavior therapy, time-limited dynamic psychotherapy, supportive therapy, family therapy, group therapy, and psychoeducational approaches. This is a particular strength of the program.

Important aspects of the curriculum include: basic science, ethics, cultural diversity, practical approaches to managed care, forensic psychiatry, and numerous other topics. The department has also received a national award for its innovative course on psychiatry, religion, and spirituality. The teaching environment of the Department is enriched by the presence of clerkships for medical students taking electives (primarily C/L and inpatient); training programs for psychology interns in adult psychiatry, child and family psychology, neuropsychology, inpatient psychology, and residency training programs in a number of other specialties.

California Pacific Medical Center's Child Development Center provides a unique opportunity for learning. The Institute for Health and Healing™ offers programs linking psychiatry and complementary care medicine.

SEMINARS – Academic Year 2009-2010

ALL RESIDENTS:
Grand Rounds
Topics in Psychiatry
Research Seminar
ER Conference

PGY-1:
Resident’s Group meeting
Intro to Psychiatry
Interviewing
Psychopharmacology
Intro to Psychotherapy

PGY-2:
Cross Cultural Psychiatry
Child Psychiatry
Psychosomatic Medicine
Psychopharmacology
Intro to Psychotherapy

PGY-3:
Group Psychotherapy
CBT
Cross Cultural Psychiatry
Medication Clinic
Brief Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy
Evaluation Conference
Child Psychiatry
Family Therapy
Advanced Psychopharmacology
Forensic Psychiatry

PGY-4:
Psychotherapy of the medically ill
Continuous Case Conference
Administrative Psychiatry
Couples Therapy
Transition to Practice
Psychoanalytic Theory
Forensic Psychiatry