Psychiatry
Fourth Year Medical Student Electives
Office of Medical Student Education
3811 O'Hara Street, E-529
412 246-5122
Pitt Students: contact Kesha
Fincher 412-246-5122
finchercd@upmc.edu
Visiting Students: contact
Eileen McKenna 412-246-6497
mckennae@upmc.edu
PSYC 5410 O
ACTING INTERNSHIP IN ADULT
PSYCHIATRY
PERIOD OFFERED: 1-12
MAXIMUM STUDENTS: 1 on
each unit
VISITING STUDENTS: Yes
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: Yes
FACULTY: Please contact
Clerkship Director, Jason Rosenstock, M.D., for potential assignments.
LOCATION: Western Psychiatric
Institute and Clinic
DESCRIPTION:
Students may participate in a number of Acting
internships available in Psychiatry for either four or
eight weeks. The student will be assigned to an
inpatient unit at Western Psychiatric Institute and
Clinic. This experience will enhance your skills in
dealing with diagnostic and management of psychiatric
patients. Inpatient units available for acting
internships include: Geriatric-Schizophrenia, Dual
Diagnosis (drug and alcohol), General Adult, and
Eating Disorders.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Conduct comprehensive psychiatric interviews and
mental status examinations.
2. Gather clinical data, generate differential
diagnoses, formulate working diagnosis and manage
treatment.
3. Plan and implement biopsychosocial treatment plan
for patients with psychiatric illnesses.
4. Utilize the resources and skills of related mental
health professionals.
PSYC 5411 O
ACTING INTERNSHIP IN CHILD OR
ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
PERIOD OFFERED: 1-12
MAXIMUM STUDENTS: 2
VISITING STUDENTS: Yes
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: Yes
FACULTY: Gennady Berezkin, M.D.
LOCATION: Western Psychiatric
Institute and Clinic, Child & Adolescent Inpatient Unit
DESCRIPTION:
Students may participate in a four or eight week
elective in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry available
through Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic's
Child and Adolescent Inpatient Service. The student
will be a member of a multidisciplinary team
consisting of attending psychiatrist, social worker,
nurse practitioner, teacher and nursing staff. The
student will manage assigned patients directly under
the guidance of attending physician. Acting Interns
will interact with families and the patient's
outpatient treatment team to gain collateral
information, update case progress, and provide
psychoeducation.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Conduct comprehensive psychiatric interview and
mental status examinations.
2. Gather clinical data relevant to psychiatric
evaluation, arriving at correct diagnosis of
psychiatrically ill patients, and generate
differential diagnoses for patients with psychiatric
illnesses.
3. Plan and implement a biopsychosocial treatment plan
for patients with psychiatric illnesses.
4. Utilize the resources and skills of related mental
health professionals.
PSYC 5420 O
PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY SERVICES
PERIOD OFFERED: 1-12
MAXIMUM STUDENTS: 1
VISITING STUDENTS: Yes
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:
Yes
FACULTY: Steve Zerby, M.D.
LOCATION: Western Psychiatric
Institute and Clinic, Diagnostic Evaluation Center, 1st Floor
DESCRIPTION:
The Psychiatric Emergency Service elective can be
taken as a four, eight or twelve week clerkship. the
Psychiatric Emergency Service (WPIC Diagnostic
Emergency Center - DEC) is a twenty-four (24) hour
psychiatric emergency faculty, which provides the
following clinical functions: emergency psychiatric
assessment and stabilization, diagnostic evaluation,
crisis therapy and referral. The student will join
the DEC team, functioning as Acting Intern and receive
1:1 supervision and case-based learning each shift
from both DEC attendings and psychiatric residents.
The elective will build on the MS-III experience,
by placing the student in an increasingly responsible
role with respect to providing both diagnostic and
therapeutic interviewing, crisis stabilization, and
treatment planning. The student will work toward
functioning as team leader, working alongside core DEC
staff and graduate-level trainees, and seeing patients
on flexibly-scheduled shifts. The course will
emphasize experiential learning over didactic, but
students will be expected to participate in Case
Conferences. There will be opportunities available to
also gather experience in providing phone-based Crisis
Therapy.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Identify and understand major psychiatric
syndromes while developing an expertise in the use of
the DSM IV classifications
2. Learn a variety of basic and advanced
interviewing techniques useful in a variety of related
settings including family practice, internal medicine,
emergency medicine and psychiatry
3. Describe the key biopsychosocial aspects of the
patient's condition and its context
4. Determine the most appropriate treatment
modality and programs which can best provide that
treatment
5. Identify the most appropriate social or
community resources available to meet patients' needs
6. Conduct a psychiatric interview effectively,
thoughtfully, and efficiently under emergency room
conditions
7. Conduct psychiatric interviews with patients
with varied forms and levels of disturbance
8. Conduct a thorough lethality assessment for both
suicidal and homicidal ideation
9. Identify subtle indications of underlying
psychotic process
10. Recognize delirium and dementia and other
syndromes suggesting the need for immediate medical
evaluation
11. Organize the clinical information and emergency
psychiatric treatment under faculty supervision
12. Determine under supervision the most
appropriate clinical disposition for a given patient
PSYC 5425
MANAGEMENT OF PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS IN THE PRIMARY CARE
SETTING
PERIOD OFFERED: 4 12
MAXIMUM STUDENTS: 1 per
period
VISITING STUDENTS: Yes
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: Yes
FACULTY:
Stephanie Richards, M.D., others
LOCATION: WPIC Hill House, McKeesport Hospital,
Neighborhood Living Center, Hazelwood Family Health Center, Children's Hospital,
Shea Clinic, Latterman Family Health Center, Geriatric In-Home Support, The East
End Clinic and Shadyside Family Health Center
DESCRIPTION:
This four-week elective is designed to allow
students to learn psychiatry in various primary care
settings. Learning will also be interdisciplinary and
will involve working with various healthcare
professionals including social workers, nurse
practitioners, primary care physicians and
psychiatrists. Students will divide their time
between the various clinics that are stated above.
There will be some flexibility to allow for individual
student interest and individual projects are
encouraged. The main goal of the elective is to learn
to identify and manage psychiatric illness in the
primary care setting.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Become familiar with the presentation of
psychiatric illness in the primary care setting, with
a focus on depression, anxiety disorders and substance
abuse.
2. Learn appropriate history-taking skills to be able
to identify psychiatric illness in the primary care
setting.
3. Learn appropriate management of psychiatric illness
in the primary care setting and when referral is
indicated.
4. Gain an appreciation of how psychiatric illness may
impact on physical illness.
5. Learn to work effectively as a member of the health
care team.
6. Gain an appreciation for the special needs, both
psychiatric and physical, of three different
underserved populations; African American, Adolescents
and the Homeless
PSYC 5430 D
PEDIATRIC PSYCHIATRY
PERIOD OFFERED: 1-12
MAXIMUM STUDENTS: 1
VISITING STUDENTS: Yes
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: Yes
FACULTY: Viveca Meyer, M.D.
LOCATION: Children's Hospital of
Pittsburgh ,Floor 4B, Room 414
REPORT: Viveca Meyer, MD,
Debbie Lidey, RN
CONTACT: Angela Labuda
412-246-6497 or email labudaac@upmc.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Student will be involved in the psychiatric
assessment of children and families who are referred
for psychiatric consultation in pediatric medical
setting. They will participate in diagnostic
evaluations, treatment planning and consultation to
Children's Hospital medical staff and programs.
Readings and supervision will be provided by child
psychiatry faculty.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Develop psychiatric assessment and interviewing
skills applicable to pediatric medical settings.
2. Verbalize complex relationship between subjective
distress, physical disease, and psychiatric disorders.
3. State modes of adaptation for children and families
confronted with physical illness, including those
struggling with medically unexplained physical
symptoms
4. Management of pediatric psychiatric problems,
including formulating initial treatment plans
5. Verbalize principles of consultation/liaison with
healthcare professionals in pediatric medical setting
PSYCHIATRY
PSYC 5441
OUTPATIENT ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
PERIOD OFFERED: 1-12
MAXIMUM STUDENTS: 1
VISITING STUDENTS: Yes
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: Yes
FACULTY: Rameshwari
Tumuluru, MD
LOCATION: Child and Adolescent
Partial, South Side, Pittsburgh
CONTACT: Angela Labuda
412-246-6497 or email labudaac@upmc.edu
DESCRIPTION:
This is a four-week elective in which the student
will manage adolescent patients in Day Treatment
Program. It is designed to deliver intensive
psychiatric treatment to teens. Students will work
one-on-one with attending psychiatrists to diagnosis,
assess, and manage patients along with attending
weekly treatment teams and group sessions. Elective
field trips can be made to Shuman Juvenile Detention
Center, general outpatient clinics and adolescent day
partial.
OBJECTIVES:
Demonstrate acceptable interviewing skills with
adolescent patients.
Demonstrate professional skills while working with
mental health and other health care specialists.
Manage complicated adolescent patients treated in
an outpatient setting.
State the signs and symptoms of common adolescent
psychopathology, ADHD, MDD, ODD, CD, Drug and Alcohol
Abuse.
Prescribe appropriate pharmacotherapy interventions
to common adolescent disorders; ADHD, MDD, and
Dysthymia.
REQUIREMENTS: Please schedule at least one
(1) month in advance.
PSYCHIATRY
PSYC 5450 O
GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY
PERIOD OFFERED: 1 - 12
MAXIMUM STUDENTS: 2
VISITING STUDENTS: Yes
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: Yes
FACULTY: Robert Marin,
M.D.
LOCATION: Western Psychiatric
Institute and Clinic, Benedum Outpatient Geriatric Clinic,
Alzheimer's Disease Research
Center and various nursing home sites.
REPORT: 12 Floor Inpatient
Unit, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Benedum Outpatient Geriatric Module
as per assignment.
CONTACT: Angela Labuda
412-246-6497 or email labudaac@upmc.edu
DESCRIPTION:
Geriatric Psychiatry is a four or eight-week
elective that can be tailored to the interest of the
student. Arrangements can be made to spend time on
the Geriatric Inpatient Units, The Benedum Geriatric
Outpatient Clinic, The Alzheimer's Disease Research
center, Nursing Homes and In-Home Geriatric
assignments. Supervision will be built in on all
components and learning objectives will focus on
assessment, utilization of multiple services for the
elderly and psychotropic drug management in the
elderly.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Multidisciplinary assessment of the elderly
patient, including medical, social and family history
2. Assessment of cognitive function using the
Mini-Mental Status Examination
3. Evaluation and management of older patients with
Alzheimer's disease and other causes of Dementia,
affective disorders and late life psychoses
4. Evaluation of the elderly patient's family and the
determination of their roles in the treatment of the
older patient
5. Use of psychotropic drugs in the elderly.
PSYCHIATRY
PSYC 5460 S
CONSULTATION AND LIAISON
PSYCHIATRY
PERIOD OFFERED: 1 -12
MAXIMUM STUDENTS: 1
VISITING STUDENTS: Yes
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: Yes
FACULTY: Lalith Kumar
Solai,
M.D
LOCATION: Western Psychiatric
Institute and Clinic, UPMC Oakland Hospitals
REPORT: Kaufmann Building,
Suite 1216
CONTACT:
Angela Labuda 412-246-6497 or email labudaac@upmc.edu
DESCRIPTION:
This four or eight-week elective focuses on
psychiatric problems in medical and surgical patients.
Under the supervision of faculty, the student responds
to requests from physicians for psychiatric evaluation
of patients on inpatient units throughout the medical
center. The student conducts the clinical evaluation,
investigates any ward management difficulties,
assesses the role of the patient's family in the
clinical problem, makes treatment recommendations and
provides appropriate follow-up during the patient's
hospital stay. The multidisciplinary team on the
service attempts to integrate the biological with the
psychosocial perspective to achieve a comprehensive
view of patient care. Learning opportunities include:
supervised clinical assessments; hospital rounds; case
conferences; and seminars.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Diagnose and treat psychiatric disorders in
patients with diverse types of physical illness.
2. Verbalize the complex interplay between the
physical and psychosocial aspects of health and
illness in patients being followed.
3. State the impact of hospital, family and social
systems on patients being followed.
4. Presentation of a common psychiatric condition in
hospitalized medical patients to the Consult/Liaison
team.
PSYCHIATRY
PSYC 5471
MAYVIEW STATE HOSPITAL
PERIOD OFFERED: 1 - 12
MAXIMUM STUDENTS: 2
VISITING STUDENTS: Yes
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: No
FACULTY: Dale K. Adair, M.D.
LOCATION: Mayview State
Hospital
CONTACT: Dale K. Adair, M.D.
412-257-6388
DESCRIPTION:
This is a four or eight-week elective at Mayview
State Hospital. The student will become aware of the
biopsychosocial issues of the chronic mentally ill and
participate in many aspects of inpatient care,
including evaluation of patients, prescribing
medications, treatment team functions, and supervised
group therapy.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Learn what treatments are available for
non-responding schizophrenic patients
2. Learn to prescribe psychotropic medications
3. Improve techniques for interviewing psychiatric
inpatients
4. Recognition of the social issues of the chronic
mentally ill which occur in the community
PSYCHIATRY
PSYCH 5485
COMPREHENSIVE CARE SERVICES
ADULT-INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT PROGRAM
PERIOD OFFERED: 1 - 12
MAXIMUM STUDENTS: 1
VISITING STUDENTS: Yes
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: Yes
FACULTY: Jason Rosenstock, M.D.
LOCATION: 3501 Forbes Avenue,
Oxford Building, Suite 650
REPORT: Jason Rosenstock,
MD
CONTACT: Jason Rosenstock,
MD 412-246-6495 or email
rosenstockjb@msx.upmc.edu
DESCRIPTION:
The Intensive Outpatient Program of Comprehensive
Care Services helps acutely ill psychiatric patients
stabilize in the community. A two to twelve week
program, the IOP serves as a step-down for hospitalized
patients or a way to divert deteriorating patients from
inpatient units. CCS IOP patients have a mix of mood
and psychotic disorders, frequently with significant
comorbidities. Most of the treatment occurs in group
settings, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily, with additional
individual and family sessions through the week, all
provided by the multidisciplinary treatment team. The
medical student on service in IOP would participate in a
variety of clinical experiences: 1) running group
psychotherapy sessions; 2) carrying a small caseload of
individual patients for both individual psychotherapy
and pharmacotherapy; 3) conducting family sessions as
indicated; 4) performing assessments and intakes on new
patients referred for treatment; and 5) participating in
treatment meetings. Supervision will be provided by the
IOP Medical Director.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Improve psychiatric assessment and interviewing
skills.
2. Hone abilities in differential diagnosis and
treatment formulation.
3. Learn and conduct skill-based supportive and
behavioral therapies for acutely ill psychiatric
patients.
4. Observe and conduct group psychotherapy.
5. Understand how a continuum of care functions to help
patients avoid inpatient hospitalization.
6. Develop skills to improve collaboration with other
disciplines and treatment settings.
PSYCHIATRY
PSYC 5500 O
NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS AND
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
IN CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, AND
ADULTS
PERIOD OFFERED: 1 - 12
MAXIMUM STUDENTS: 2
VISITING STUDENTS: Yes
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: Yes
FACULTY: Russ Farr, M.D,
Charles Perrotta, MD, Kristina Johnson, PhD,
LOCATION: Western Psychiatric
Institute and Clinic, 6th Floor Inpatient Unit
CONTACT: Angela Labuda
412-246-6497 or email labudaac@upmc.edu
DESCRIPTION:
The John Merck Program specializes in the
assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and
adults who have a developmental disability and
behavioral/mental health disorder, with a special
focus in autism spectrum disorders. Outpatient and
inpatient assessment and treatment services are
available in specialized programs for children,
adolescents and adults. The reason for admission is
acute psychiatric/behavioral symptomatology (i.e.
aggression, depression, impulsivity, hyperactivity,
self-injurious behaviors, etc). The treatment team
consists of a psychiatrist, behavioral psychologist,
psychiatric social worker, special education teacher
and psychiatric nurse.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Learn about etiologies and presentations of
mental retardation and autism
2. Learn differential diagnosis of neuropsychiatric
disorders in the developmentally disabled population
using DSM-IV
3. Work on a treatment team and learn inpatient case
formulation and therapeutic management skills
4. Learn about working with children, adolescents and
adults with developmental disabilities and
psychiatric/behavioral disorders in different
treatment settings (i.e., inpatient, outpatient, day
treatment and community)
5. Learn behavioral, psychosocial, and pharmacological
treatments
PSYCHIATRY
PSYC 5531
WOMEN'S ISSUES IN PSYCHIATRY
PERIOD OFFERED: 1 - 12
MAXIMUM STUDENTS: 1
VISITING STUDENTS: Yes
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: Yes
FACULTY:
LOCATION: Women’s Intensive Outpatient Program,
WPIC; Magee-Women's Hospital; Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
CONTACT: Angela Labuda 412-246-6497 or email labudaac@upmc.edu
DESCRIPTION: Women's Issues in Psychiatry is a four week elective which
provides students with the opportunity to assess and treat psychiatric disorders
in women in both inpatient and outpatient settings. The Consultation & Liaison
Service at Magee Hospital will provide the student access to acute psychiatric
care. Students will participate in activities at the Women’s Intensive
Outpatient Program at WPIC to develop skills in a multitude of clinical areas
related to women’s mental health. If available, students may also attend
sessions at the Pittsburgh Cancer Institute involving issues related to women’s
mental health.
OBJECTIVES:
- Students will develop a basic understanding of gender
specific treatment
- Students will learn about the diagnosis and treatment of
premenstrual dysphoric disorder and distinguish it from premenstrual syndrome
- Students will learn the differences between postpartum
blues, postpartum depressions and psychosis
- Students will develop an understanding of the
appropriate use of psychiatric medications in pregnant and breast feeding
patients
- Students will develop an understanding of the interface
between medicine and psychiatry.
PSYCHIATRY
PSYC 589O
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION
RESEARCH
PERIOD OFFERED: 1 – 12
MAXIMUM STUDENTS: 1
VISITING STUDENTS: Yes
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: Yes
FACULTY: Boris Birmaher, M.D.
and Davis Axelson, M.D.
LOCATION: Bellefield Towers,
100 North Bellefield Avenue, Room 612
CONTACT:
Angela Labuda 412-246-6497 or email labudaac@upmc.edu
DESCRIPTION:
The Child and Adolescent Affective Disorders
Service offers a four week elective to senior medical
students. The elective provides outpatient experience
with problems related to depression anxiety, obsessive
compulsive disorder and bipolar disorder in children
and adolescents. The goals of this elective are: 1) to
understand the manifestations of affective disorder in
childhood and adolescence; 2) to learn structured
assessment techniques for childhood Axis I psychiatric
disorders; and 3) to become familiar with several
different research methodologies used in this
population including neuroendocrine and
pharmacological treatment studies.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Learn epidemiology and nosology (classification)
of affective disorders during childhood and
adolescence.
2. Differential diagnosis of Axis I disorders in
subjects from age six to adulthood.
3. Indication for psychopharmacological treatment of
childhood depression and bipolar and anxiety
disorders, also safety and side effect considerations
particular to children.
4. Conduct a structured interview of both parent and
child with use of techniques appropriate to the age
and development of the child.
5. Formulate a specific treatment plan.
6. Critically review neuroendocrine and
pharmacological treatment studies.
REQUIREMENTS: Please schedule at least two (2)
months in advance.
PSYCHIATRY
PSYC 5892 O
PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
PERIOD OFFERED: 1 12
MAXIMUM STUDENTS: 2
VISITING STUDENTS: Yes
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: Yes
FACULTY: J. Richard Jennings, Ph.D.
LOCATION: Western Psychiatric
Institute and Clinic
REPORT: Room E1329
CONTACT: Angela Labuda 412-246-6497 or email labudaac@upmc.edu
DESCRIPTION:
This eight-week elective provides an introduction
to the techniques used to study the autonomic nervous
system responsivity to psychological events in humans.
Autonomic control of somatic function provides a
mechanism for psychological influence on physiology
and pathophysiology. Basic non-invasive
electrophysiological techniques will be taught as well
as basic research. Readings in a specific area of
psychophysiological research on a clinical issue (also
termed Behavior Medicine) will supplement laboratory
work.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Basic electrophysiological techniques
2. Major forms of psychophysiological responses
3. Possible psychophysiological influences on one
disease
4. Successfully collect at least one type of
electrophysiological data
5. Effectively critique a published article in
psychophysiology
6. Design a feasible psychophysiological experiment
REQUIREMENTS: Please schedule at least one (1)
month in advance. Must take a two (2) month rotation.
PSYCHIATRY
PSYC 5893 O
NEUROPHARMACOLOGY
PERIOD OFFERED: 1 - 12
MAXIMUM STUDENTS: 3
VISITING STUDENTS: Yes
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: Yes
FACULTY: James M. Perel, Ph.D.
LOCATION: Western Psychiatric
Institute and Clinic, Room 1533 412-246-6600
CONTACT:
Angela Labuda 412-246-6497 or email labudaac@upmc.edu
DESCRIPTION:
In this four-week (4) period, several central
neurotransmitter systems will be described, and their
possible roles will be examined in relation to effects
caused by selective pharmacological agents.
Catecholamines, serotonin, and their transporters,
acetylcholine, GABA, cholecystokinin, opiates,
neuropeptide Y, and NMDA, will be selected in relation
to experimental evidence regarding their functions,
relevant signal transduction systems, and presumed
roles in various psychopathologies.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Independently conduct a thorough library search.
2. Effectively critique and evaluate published
research papers.
3. Write a comprehensive document based on a critical
literature review.
4. Learn basic aspects of neurotransmitter,
neurochemical pharmacology and pharmacokinetic dynamic
mechanisms.
5. Become familiar with considerations which should be
taken when information obtained under experimental
conditions are used for clinical applications.
PSYCHIATRY
PSYC 5895 O
INDEPENDENT RESEARCH
PERIOD OFFERED: 1 - 12
MAXIMUM STUDENTS: Unlimited
VISITING STUDENTS: Yes
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: Yes
FACULTY: Please contact Dr.
Jason Rosenstock for potential faculty.
LOCATION: Western Psychiatric
Institute and Clinic
CONTACT: Angela Labuda
412-246-6497 or email labudaac@upmc.edu
DESCRIPTION:
This course provides students an opportunity to
pursue independent research in a chosen area of
interest within the field of psychiatry. Students are
encouraged to design their independent study electives
around their individual interests. Examples of
research areas include but are not limited to:
Epidemiology of major psychiatric disorders,
Outpatient management of cognitive disorders,
Outpatient behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders,
Behavioral techniques in the management of general
medical disease, and Outpatient substance abuse
disorders and their management. Dr. Rosenstock is
available to assist you in designing your elective.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Participate in the design of potentially
publishable research project.
2. Carry out procedures for data collection.
3. Interpretation of data.
4. Write-up of research and presentation of faculty.
PSYCHIATRY
PSYC 5897
BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE
PERIOD OFFERED: 1 12
MAXIMUM STUDENTS: 1
VISITING STUDENTS: Yes
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: Yes
FACULTY: Marsha Marcus, Ph.D. , Lin Ewing, R.N., Ph.D.
LOCATION: Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
CONTACT: Angela Labuda 412-246-6497
or email labudaac@upmc.edu
DESCRIPTION:
A four or eight week rotation aimed at
familiarizing the student with theory and practical
applications of Clinical Behavioral Medicine across
the life span.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Understand theoretical foundations of Behavioral
Medicine approaches
2. Learn basic components of behavioral assessment and
intervention
3. Identify clinical indications for Behavioral
Medicine assessment and intervention
4. Observe and/or participate in several Behavioral
Medicine assessments and interventions
5. Critically evaluate the Behavioral Medicine
literature in a specific area of interest (with
faculty support)
REQUIREMENTS: Must have prior permission of
contact person.
PSYCHIATRY
PSYC 5899 O
INDEPENDENT STUDY
PERIOD OFFERED: 1 - 12
MAXIMUM STUDENTS: Unlimited
VISITING STUDENTS: Yes
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: Yes
FACULTY: Jason Rosenstock, M.D.
LOCATION: Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
REPORT: As per assignment CONTACT:
Angela Labuda 412-246-6497 or email labudaac@upmc.edu
DESCRIPTION: Following is a list of possible studies available to students.
This list does not encompass all of the independent study possibilities and
students are welcomed to see Dr. Kithas about other studies in addition to the
following:
1.
Epidemiology of major psychiatric disorders
2.
Outpatient management of cognitive disorders
3.
Outpatient behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders
4.
Behavioral techniques in the management of general medical disease
5.
Outpatient substance abuse disorders and their management
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