Psychiatry Residency Program
Rotations and Call
Resident Year I:
Medicine or Pediatrics: 3 months + 1 month elective (usually Family Practice, Ambulatory Medicine or Pediatrics). Medicine and Pediatric rotations are all California Pacific residency teaching services that are committed to resident education.
Neurology: 2 months; 1 month at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) and 1 month at CPMC. One month (Highland) is a combination of consult and outpatient work with a broad spectrum of pathology. The month at CPMC is on the Inpatient stroke service.
Call:
Medicine: every fifth night for one month
Pediatrics: depends on number of months on service
Neurology: No call.
General Adult Inpatient Psychiatry: 3 months (5 nights/month)
Geriatric Inpatient Psychiatry: 3 months (CPMC Davies Campus, 5 nights/month)
Resident Year II
Adult Inpatient Psychiatry: 6 months
Consultation Psychiatry: 3 months
Sub-Specialty Psychiatry: 3 months
-Addictions - San Francisco VA Hospital
-Child - California Pacific Child Development Center, Westside Mental Health Center
-ER/Crisis - California Pacific (Pacific Campus)
Outpatient Psychiatry: year long (5-10% time)
Call: 3-4 nights/month
Resident Year III
Adult Outpatient Psychiatry: California Pacific (12 months)
Includes in-depth training in evaluation, differential treatment formulation, psychopharmacology (including faculty lead medication clinic), psychotherapy (dynamic, CBT, individual, brief couples/family, group) and Child/Adolescent psychiatry (psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy).
Call: Maximum 2-3 times/month with no weekends
Resident Year IV
Chief Resident: 6 months (2 residents/year)
Outpatient Psychiatry: All residents, 25% time
“Multiple elective opportunities throughout the year: Community Psychiatry (both adult and child) Addictions, Geriatric psychiatry, Forensics, Women’s Health, Liaison (Oncology, OB/GYN, and Cardiology)
Research: Individually arranged - depends on specific interests and level of commitment
Ambulatory Medicine/Family Practice: Institute for Health and Healing
Other special focus areas are also available in the Bay Area.
Call: No direct calls, weekday backup (supervising) calls
