PSY 30000 - Core Clerkship in Psychiatry (Chattanooga)

Cr Hrs: 6
Session Length: 4 weeks

PD

This is a face to face clinical rotation receiving 6 credit hours. Core Clerkship in Psychiatry is a four week requirement for all medical students. Students are assigned to a general inpatient service. Lectures, reading, case conferences, and mandatory exposure to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The student is expected to gain basic knowledge of psychiatric diagnoses, applied psychopharmacology, and non-pharmacologic treatment options. Emphasis is on information useful to students regardless of their future specialty choice. This clerkship is offered in Chattanooga year-round.

Grade Mode: Standard or Honors/High Pass/Pass/Fail

Instructional Method: Clinical-Required

Location Offered: Chattanooga
Hospital: Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute
Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of 1st two years and Step 1 taken
Term Offered: Fall, Spring

Fall - Instructor of Record: Audrey Hime - audrey.hime@tn.gov

Spring - Instructor of Record: Audrey Hime - audrey.hime@tn.gov

Course Coordinator: Joyce Poke - Joyce.poke@erlanger.org

Website: https://www.uthsc.edu/Medicine/medicaleducation/clerkships/descriptions/psychiatry.php
Prior Authorization: No
Blocks Not Offered: 6
Off-cycle Timing Allowed: No
Deadline for Excused Absence: Thirty days before start of elective/rotation
Deadline for Cancellation: Thirty days before start of elective/rotation
Overnight Call and/or Float: No
Time Off for Interviews: No