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 in a developmental way. 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 2007-2008

ALL RESIDENTS:
Grand Rounds
Topics in Psychiatry
Journal Club
Chief Rounds
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