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    Psychiatry Residency Program

    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 third year Dartmouth medical students (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 complementary care medicine.

    SEMINARS – Academic Year 2011-2012

    All Residents:

    Grand Rounds
    Topics in Psychiatry
    Journal Club
    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

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