a.
Required PGY-1 course; newly starting PGY-4 child
residents attend selected portions.
b. M. Travis, MD, E. Malley, MD, A Douaihy, MD,
Chief Residents, and invited speakers.
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. A didactic and experiential course designed to
rapidly orient new trainees to both WPIC and their
role as psychiatrists/team leaders within a
multidisciplinary setting. The major areas covered
are “organizational survival skills”, with emphasis
on problem-solving techniques, communication, time
management, and feedback systems; “clinical survival
skills” introduce management of medical and
psychiatric emergencies, legal and ethical issues,
and meeting NAME family members. Additionally, new
residents are provided a manual that has
comprehensive information on all aspects of their
training.
f. 4 full days (approximately 32 hours)
1.02.
Introduction to Clinical Psychiatry
a.
Required PGY-1 course
b. K. Prasad, MD (Course Director)
c. Psychiatric
d. Full time
e. This is a survey course that introduces general
principles of doctor-patient relations, assessment,
differential diagnosis, and treatment of major
psychiatric categories (mood, anxiety, personality
disorders, psychosis, acquired brain injury,
geriatrics, and somatoform disorders, child
development, substance-related disorders).
f. Weekly, for 8, 1.5 hour sessions plus one three
hour session (15 hours)
1.03.
Introduction to Psychopharmacology
a. Required PGY-1 course
b. A Fagiolini, MD (Course Director)
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. This is a survey course designed to give the
residents an overview of the basic pharmacotherapy
used to treat psychiatric illnesses. The course
cover basic pharmacodynamics, pharmacodynamics and
drug interactions in addition to an illness focused
discussion of specific medications
f. Weekly, for 8, 1.5 hour sessions, (12 hours)
1.04.
Introduction to Clinical Neuroscience
a. Required PGY-1 course
b. Dr. David Lewis, MD (Course Directors)
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. This course is designed to give starting
residents a basic grounding in the important
techniques and methods used in clinical neuroscience
and the importance of these to everyday clinical
practice. This is illustrated by use of major
finding from clinical neuroscience and the impact
these have had on psychiatric understanding and
practice
f. 4, 1 hour sessions (4 hours)
1.05.
Introduction to Evidence based Psychiatry
a. Required PGY-1 course
b. R. Ganguli, MD (Course Director) and library
staff
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. This course is intended to introduce the
residents to the common concepts of evidence based
medicine and is combined with library training in
the use of online databases and online and offline
resources. A paper is discussed each week and each
resident is expected to comment on a specific aspect
of the paper in a rotating fashion. The residents
will gain a basic understanding of critically
appraising the literature.
f. Weekly, 10, 1 hour sessions (10 hours)
1.06.
Introduction to Biostatistics
a.
Required PGY-1 course
b. J. Brar, MD (Course Director)
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. This course provides orientation to emergency
psychiatry and introduces principles of emergency
psychiatric interview; assessment and management of
suicidality and violence; toxicology of substances
of abuse; differential diagnosis of psychoses,
anxiety and mood disorders in emergency settings;
physical, sexual, and child abuse; psychiatric
manifestations of neurological/medical conditions;
involuntary treatment; interaction with managed care
entities and community resources. The teaching
format includes morning reports, case presentations,
lectures, and discussions
f. Weekly, 4, 1 hour sessions, (4 hours)
1.07.
Neuropsychiatry
a.
Required PGY-1 course
b. R. Marin, MD (Course Director)
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. Introduces residents to concepts of
brain-behavior relationship; review of neuroanatomy;
bedside neuropsychiatry assessment; neuropsychiatric
laboratory methodologies (psychological testing,
EEG, structural and functional imaging); and
developing neuropsychiatric formulations.
f. Weekly, 6, 1 hour sessions (6 hours)
1.08.
Introduction to Psychotherapy
a.
Required PGY-1 course
b. J. Karp, MD, (Course Director), and A. Kauffman,
PhD
c. Psychiatry/Psychology
d. Full time
e. Introduction to psychodynamic psychotherapy
includes a survey of historical developments,
conceptual frameworks and clinical applications of
psychotherapy. The format includes lectures,
videotape case presentations, and discussions.
f. Weekly, 8, 1.5 hour sessions (12 hours)
1.09.
Epidemiology
a.
Required PGY-1 course
b. M. Ganguli, MD, (Course Director),
c. Psychiatry/Psychology
d. Full time
e. A basic introduction to epidemiological methods
and major studies. Designed to give the PGY1
residents a core understading of epidemiological
terms and principles.
f. Weekly, 4, 1 hour sessions (4 hours)
1.10. Inpatient Case Conference
a.
Required for PGY-1 and PGY-2, optional for PGY-3 and
PGY-4
b. G. Veeragandham (Case Conference Cooridnator) and
various psychiatric faculty
c. Psychiatry/Psychology
d. Full time
e. Residents have fortnightly case conferences in
which they cover a variety of topics including
interviewing, psychiatric education, emergency
psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, forensic psychiatry.
Residents are responsible for providing appropriate
patients/cases from the inpatient units to
participate in the case conferences. Attending
physicians either model interviewing of the
patients, or observe resident interviews, followed
by discussion of the cases.
f. Every two weeks for 15 weeks, 2 hours sessions,
(30 hours)
1.11.
Case Discussions
a.
Required PGY-1, elective for all other years (PGY-1
through PGY-4)
b. R. Shugarman, MD (PGY2 - Case Discussion
Coordinator)
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. Clinical case presentations by PGY-1 followed by
discussion and review of typical issues faced with
difficult patients. Always facilitated by a Senior
Resident or Faculty member.
f. Every two weeks, 15, 2 hour sessions (30 hours)
1.12.
Departmental (Clinical) Grand Rounds Required for
all residents
a.
Required for all residents (PGY-1 through PGY-4),
attending by all staff and faculty
b. Invited speakers coordinated by the Chairman’s
Office
c. Various disciplines, but primarily psychiatry
d. N/A
e. Nationally-and internationally- recognized
experts present a variety of clinically relevant
topics, junior faculty from WPIC present their
ongoing research, and principal investigators are
invited to provide an overview of their research
projects. The series is intended to present
state-of-the-art information.
f. Bimonthly on average, Friday’s 11-12:30
1.13.
Resident Grand Rounds
a.
Required for all residents (PGY-1 through PGY-4),
attending by staff and faculty
b. Chief Residents
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. Clinical case presentations by PGY-4 Adult and
PGY-5 Child residents, followed by discussion and
review of contemporary state of knowledge. Format
includes resident case presentations, interview by
moderator of panel, and discussions with
multidisciplinary faculty panel and the audience.
f. Approximately bimonthly, 14 sessions (21 hours)
1.14.
Quarterly Workshop
a.
Required for all residents (PGY-1 through PGY-4)
b. Invited speakers coordinated by the Office of
Residency Training
c. Various disciplines, but primarily psychiatry
d. N/A
e. These workshops are developed yearly based on
overall needs of the program as assessed by the
residents, faculty, and areas of relative weakness
(as in this year, outcome data on PRITE and board
scores). The four workshops this year address
preparation for the oral boards, outpatient
detoxification, normal childhood development,
professional development and health services
research.
f. Quarterly (16 hours)
1.15. Psychological Theories and development
a.
Required PGY-1 course
b. K. Blair, PhD, (Course Director)
c. Psychiatry/Psychology
d. Full time
e. An overview of the development of psychological
theories as they relate to the explanation of
psychological processes and the theories
underpinning various psychotherapeutic techniques.
This course also looks at the development of these
processes over the lifespan and equips the residents
with the basic terminology.
f. Weekly, 8, 1.5 hour sessions, (12 hours)
1.15.
Intro to interviewing, assessment and diagnosis
a.
Mandatory for all residents
b. E. Malley, MD (Course Director), A Chung MD
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. This course provides a framework for learning
basic interviewing skills, developing a DSM-IV
differential diagnosis, and case presentation. The
course incorporates live interviews, case
presentations, and discussion. All major DSM-IV
diagnostic groups are reviewed. Direct verbal and
written feedback given. Residents are observed
through a two-way mirror conducting psychiatric
interviews. Their peers and the supervisor then
provide feedback regarding the interview style,
information gathered, case formulation to strengthen
interviewing technique.
f. Weekly, for 10, 1 hour sessions (20 hours)
1.16.
WPIC Wide Journal Club
a. Mandatory for all residents (PGY-1 through PGY-4)
b. M. Travis, MD (Coordinator)
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. A journal club to which all WPIC staff are
invited. PGY2 Resident or psychology intern presents
a high impact data driven paper chosen by the
Journal Club Committee. The presenter work closely
with a Junior Faculty member who will act as the
Chair of the Journal Club. Experts are invited from
senior or visiting faculty. Discussion of the paper
is between the audience expert and presenter.
f. Once a week, in 3 ten week blocks (30 hours)
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2.01.
Mood Disorders
a. Required for PGY-2
b. M. Thase, MD (Course Director) and invited
speakers
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. This course provides an overview of assessment,
differential diagnosis, and treatment of major
depression, mania, and personality disorders. The
approach is biopsychosocial, and incorporates gender
and cultural perspectives.
f. Weekly, for 10, 2 hour sessions (20 hours)
2.02.
Schizophrenia & other Psychotic Disorders
a.
Required for PGY-2
b. R. Reddy, MD (Course Director) and invited
speakers
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. This course provides an overview of assessment,
differential diagnosis, and treatment of
schizophrenia and related chronic psychoses. There
is also review of epidemiology, genetics,
pathophysiology, and course of illness and outcome.
The approach is biopsychosocial, and incorporates
gender, racial, and cultural perspectives.
f. Weekly, for 8, 2 hour sessions (16 hours)
2.03.
Addiction Medicine
a.
Required PGY-2 course
b. I. Salloum, MD (Course Director) and invited
speakers
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. This course addresses the assessment, diagnosis
and treatment of substance addiction and abuse. The
course also focuses on the assessment, differential
diagnosis of “dual-diagnosis” patients and their
management. There is also review of epidemiology,
genetics, pathophysiology, and course of addiction
and outcome. The approach is biopsychosocial, and
incorporates gender, racial, and cultural
perspectives.
f. Weekly, for 8, 2 hour sessions (16 hours)
2.04.
Anxiety Disorders
a.
Required PGY-2 course
b. M. Travis, MD (Course Director) and invited
speakers
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. This course addresses the phenomenology of
anxiety disorders, differential diagnosis,
pharmacological treatment, cognitive behavioral
treatment, combined treatment strategies, and
introduction to neurobiological substrates of
anxiety disorders.
f. Weekly, 6, 2 hour sessions (12 hours)
2.05.
Cognitive/Degenerative Diseases
a.
Required PGY-2 course
b. M. Miller, MD (Course Director) and invited
speakers
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. This course progresses from basic to advanced
principles of diagnosis and treatment of major
psychiatric disorders in the elderly. Topics covered
include the biology and psychology of aging,
epidemiology of late-life mental disorders,
geriatric medicine and psychopharmacology,
functional and diagnostic assessment, major
psychiatric disorders of late-life, intimacy and
sexuality, bereavement, and practical management
issues in nursing homes.
f. Weekly, 6, 2 hour sessions (12 hours)
2.06.
Neuropsychiatry- II
a.
Required PGY-2 course
b. R. Marin, MD (Course Director)
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. Introduces residents to neuropsychiatric
syndromes commonly encountered in psychiatric
settings, with an initial review of functional
neuroanatomy. This course reviews disorders of
memory, deliriums, seizure disorders, head injury,
and degenerative movement disorders.
f. Weekly, 9, 1 hour sessions (9 hours)
2.07. Law
& Psychiatry
a.
Required PGY-2 course
b. R. Wettstein, MD (Course Director) and invited
speakers
c. Psychiatry\
d. Full time/volunteer faculty
e. This seminar provides didactics and practical
training in the interface between psychiatry and
legal systems. Didactics address topics such as
ethics in psychiatry, psychiatric malpractice,
confidentiality and privilege, dangerousness, family
mental health law, informed consent and competency,
criminal forensic psychiatry, as well more
contemporary issues of assisted suicide/right to die
and the impact of managed care. Teaching format
includes lectures, guided readings, and case
consultations. Residents take a comprehensive
open-book exam at the end of course. The course
serves as the foundation for more advanced
discussion of these issues as well as the
experiential portion of forensic psychiatry.
f. Weekly, 10 sessions (10 hours)
2.08.
Autism/Developmental Disorders/MR
a.
Required PGY-2 course
b. Martin Lubetsky, MD (Course Director) and invited
speakers
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. This is a comprehensive course that provides
theoretical and practical information on topics
relevant to the assessment and treatment of with
pervasive developmental disorders, autism and mental
retardation. The teaching format includes lectures
and case presentations with live interview. After a
comprehensive overview of child development, major
diagnostic groups are addressed with regard to
epidemiology, genetics, diagnosis, treatment, and
pathophysiology. Systems of care and child abuse
issues are also addressed in this course.
f. Weekly, 8, 2 hour sessions (17 hours)
2.09.
Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
a.
Required PGY-2 course
b. M Miller MD and H Schwartz, MD (course directors)
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. This course follows the Introduction to
Psychotherapy course where the resident has been
exposed to the basic tents of psychodynamic
psychotherapy, The purpose of this course is to
teach the resident how to assess patients For
suitability for short-term therapy, lasting from 3-6
months. Learning to focus on a small number of
problem areas, sustaining that focus, utilizing the
contractual time pressure of the short term
agreement and learning to terminate are all concepts
that are stressed in this course. The model therapy
for this course is the Interpersonal Psychotherapy
and residents are taught to conceptualize and follow
the manualized tenets of IPT, however, comparisons
are drawn with other short-term approaches such as
those of Sifenos, Davanloo, Mann, Malan, Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy
where appropriate.
f. Weekly, 24, 1 Hour sessions, (24 hours)
2.10.
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
a.
Required PGY-2 course
b. P. Scott, MD (Course Director)
c. Psychiatry
d. Volunteer
e. This course is designed to initiate the residents
into their first experiences in individual
psychotherapy and provide a conceptual and practical
framework for the clinical work. The course is
modeled after the Balint method of teaching the
psychological aspects of medical practice and the
doctor-patient relationship. Case – centered group
discussions are utilized.
f. Weekly, 19, 1 hour sessions (19 hours)
2.11.
Inpatient Case Conference
a.
Required for PGY-1 and PGY-2, optional for PGY-3 and
PGY-4
b. G. Veeragandham (Case Conference Cooridnator) and
various psychiatric faculty
c. Psychiatry/Psychology
d. Full time
e. Residents have fortnightly case conferences in
which they cover a variety of topics including
interviewing, psychiatric education, emergency
psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, forensic psychiatry.
Residents are responsible for providing appropriate
patients/cases from the inpatient units to
participate in the case conferences. Attending
physicians either model interviewing of the
patients, or observe resident interviews, followed
by discussion of the cases.
f. Every two weeks for 15 weeks, 2 hours sessions,
(30 hours)
2.12.
Case Discussions
a.
Required PGY-1, elective for all other years (PGY-1
through PGY-4)
b. R. Shugarman, MD (PGY2 - Case Discussion
Coordinator)
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. Clinical case presentations by PGY-1 followed by
discussion and review of typical issues faced with
difficult patients. Always facilitated by a Senior
Resident or Faculty member.
f. Every two weeks, 15, 2 hour sessions (30 hours)
2.13.
Departmental (Clinical) Grand Rounds Required for
all residents
a.
Required for all residents (PGY-1 through PGY-4),
attending by all staff and faculty
b. Invited speakers coordinated by the Chairman’s
Office
c. Various disciplines, but primarily psychiatry
d. N/A
e. Nationally-and internationally- recognized
experts present a variety of clinically relevant
topics, junior faculty from WPIC present their
ongoing research, and principal investigators are
invited to provide an overview of their research
projects. The series is intended to present
state-of-the-art information.
f. Bimonthly on average, Friday’s 11-12:30
2.14.
Resident Grand Rounds
a.
Required for all residents (PGY-1 through PGY-4),
attending by staff and faculty
b. Chief Residents
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. Clinical case presentations by PGY-4 Adult and
PGY-5 Child residents, followed by discussion and
review of contemporary state of knowledge. Format
includes resident case presentations, interview by
moderator of panel, and discussions with
multidisciplinary faculty panel and the audience.
f. Approximately bimonthly, 14 sessions (21 hours)
2.15. Quarterly Workshop
a.
Required for all residents (PGY-1 through PGY-4)
b. Invited speakers coordinated by the Office of
Residency Training
c. Various disciplines, but primarily psychiatry
d. N/A
e. These workshops are developed yearly based on
overall needs of the program as assessed by the
residents, faculty, and areas of relative weakness
(as in this year, outcome data on PRITE and board
scores). The four workshops this year address
preparation for the oral boards, outpatient
detoxification, normal childhood development,
professional development and health services
research.
f. Quarterly (16 hours)
2.16.
WPIC Wide Journal Club
a.
Mandatory for all residents (PGY-1 through PGY-4)
b. M. Travis, MD (Coordinator)
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. A journal club to which all WPIC staff are
invited. PGY2 Resident or psychology intern presents
a high impact data driven paper chosen by the
Journal Club Committee. The presenter work closely
with a Junior Faculty member who will act as the
Chair of the Journal Club. Experts are invited from
senior or visiting faculty. Discussion of the paper
is between the audience expert and presenter.
f. Once a week, in 3 ten week blocks (30 hours)
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3.01. Family Therapy
a. Required PGY-3 course
b. L. Woods (Course Director) and invited speakers
c. Psychology/Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. Presentations of short-term, structured model of
family therapy, using didactics, videotapes, and
discussion
f. Weekly, 10, 1 hour sessions (10 hours)
3.02.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
a. Required PGY-3 course
b. E. Friedman, MD (Course Director) and invited
speakers
b. Psychiatry/Psychology
c. Full time
d. In this course, residents learn to conduct
cognitive and behavioral therapy using, as a model,
Beck’s cognitive therapy of treatment of
depression,. The teaching format includes lectures
guided reading, and case discussion. Each resident
is required to treat one patient, assigned and
supervised by the teaching faculty.
e. Weekly, 25, 1 hour sessions (25 hours)
3.03.
Evidence Based Medicine
a. Required PGY-3 course
b. N. Ryan, MD (Course Director) and M. Travis, MD
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. This seminar expands upon the principles taught
in the Evidence Based Medicine course presented in
PGY1. This is a seminar in which each resident is
required under supervision of the course instructors
to select a review article and an original research
article on a topic of importance to clinical
psychiatry, to review in detail the strengths,
weaknesses and conceptual underpinnings of the
articles, including in depth discussion of the
psychiatric methodology involved, and then to
present this to the entire class.
f. Weekly, 25 sessions, (25 hours)
3.04.
Group Therapy
a. Required PGY-3 course
b. F Ghinassi, PhD (Course Director)
c. Psychology
d. Full time
e. This course is designed to teach basic skills and
principles of group psychotherapy. Various formats
will be explored, including inpatient, outpatient
and theme-centered groups.
f. Weekly, 12, 1 hour sessions (12 hours)
3.05.
Longitudinal Clinic for Psychotic Disorders and
Chronic Mental Illness (CCS) Case Conference
a. Required PGY-3 conference, attending by all staff
and faculty in the clinic
b. P. Vaulx-Smith, MD (Case Conference Coordinator)
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. Clinical case presentation is performed by PGY-3
residents followed by discussion and review of
psychiatric challenges faced when treating the
persistent mentally ill.
f. Weekly, 45 Sessions (45 hours)
3.06.
Personality Disorders
a. Required PGY-3 course
b. Dr. P. Soloff, MD (Course Director)
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. Didactic based seminar to focus on personality
disorders-building blocks, defensive mechanisms,
epidemiology, genetics, criteria for diagnosis and
treatment issues.
f. Weekly,4, 2 hour sessions (8 hours)
3.07.
Advanced Topics in Psychosis
a. Required PGY-3 course
b. R. Reddy, MD (Course Director) and selected
faculty
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. The goal is to build on previous introductory
didactics to assessment, diagnosis and treatment of
schizophrenia and related chronic psychosis. The
resident should become familiar with the methods of
investigating the illness, genetic and
epidemiological information, be adept at evaluating
negative symptoms and positive symptoms and develop
a solid foundation for rational pharmacologic and
psychosocial interventions/treatment.
f. Weekly, 7, 1 hour sessions (7 hours)
3.08.
Longitudinal Clinic for Psychotic Disorders and
Chronic Mental Illness (CCS) Case Conference
g. Required PGY-3 conference, attending by all staff
and faculty in the clinic
h. P. Vaulx-Smith, MD (Case Conference Coordinator)
i. Psychiatry
j. Full time
k. Clinical case presentation is performed by PGY-3
residents followed by discussion and review of
psychiatric challenges faced when treating the
persistent mentally ill.
l. Weekly, 45 Sessions (45 hours)
3.09.
Eating Disorders
a. Required PGY-3 course
b. LaVia, MD (Course Director) and selected faculty
c. Psychiatry/Psychology
d. Fulltime
e. The goal of this course is to give a
comprehensive and depthful understand of the
diagnosis and management of eating disorders. The
course utilizes the latest research and the approach
is biopsychosocial. The course incorporates gender,
racial, and cultural perspectives.
f. Weekly, 6, 1 hour sessions (6 hours)
3.10.
Somatoform disorders
a. Required PGY-3 course
b. E. Malley, MD (Course Director)
c. Psychiatry
d. Fulltime
e. This course covers aims to give a broad
understanding of the biopsychosocial aspects of
somatoform disorders and how these relate to their
diagnosis, management and outcome.
f. Weekly, 4, 1 hour sessions (4 hours)
3.11.
Sleep disorders
a. Required PGY-3 course
b. D. Buysee, MD (Course Director) and various
psychiatry faculty
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. The goal of this course is to give an overview of
the sleep disorders most commonly seen in medical
and psychiatric practice. Based on the latest
research this course covers the diagnosis management
and outcome of these disorders. The approach is
biopsychosocial
f. Weekly, 6, 1 hours Sessions (6 hours)
3.12.
Sexual Disorders
a. Required PGY-3 course
b. R. Schwartz, MD (Course Director)
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. This course aims to give the residents a
grounding in the diagnosis, management and prognosis
of the sexual disorders most likely to be
encountered in psychiatry. In addition to discussion
of disorders of sexual function this course will
also explore disorders of gender. The course
utilizes the latest research and the approach is
biopsychosocial. The course incorporates gender,
racial, and cultural perspectives.
f. Weekly, 4, 1 hours Sessions (4 hours)
3.13. HIV
Psychiatry
a. Required PGY-3 course
b. A. Douaihy, MD (Course Director)
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. This course aims to cover the major psychiatric
manifestations of HIV, their diagnosis, management
and prognosis. The course utilizes the latest
research and the approach is biopsychosocial. The
course incorporates gender, racial, and cultural
perspectives.
f. Weekly, 4, 1 hours Sessions (4 hours)
3.14.
Cultural Psychiatry
a. Required PGY-3 course
b. A. Douaihy, MD (Course Director)
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. This short course aims to integrate issues of
cultural diversity with mainstream practice of
psychiatry. The course is interactive in nature and
incorporates gender, racial, and cultural
perspectives.
f. Weekly, 2, 1 hour Sessions (2 hours)
3.15.
Spirituality
a. Required PGY-3 course
b. A. Douaihy, MD (Course Director)
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. This short course aims to integrate issues of
spirituality with mainstream practice of psychiatry.
The course is interactive in nature and incorporates
gender, racial, and cultural perspectives.
f. Weekly, 2, 1 hour Sessions (2 hours)
3.16.
Practical Issues in Psychiatry
a. Required PGY-3 course
b. E. Malley, MD, (Course Director), with K. Nash,
MD and A. DiMartini, MD
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. The goal of this course is to address practical
issues in Psychiatry, such as careers, supervision,
teaching, professional development and systems of
care.
f. Weekly, 28, 1 hour sessions, (28 hours)
3.17.
Inpatient Case Conference
a. Required for PGY-1 and PGY-2, optional for PGY-3
and PGY-4
b. G. Veeragandham (Case Conference Cooridnator) and
various psychiatric faculty
c. Psychiatry/Psychology
d. Full time
e. Residents have fortnightly case conferences in
which they cover a variety of topics including
interviewing, psychiatric education, emergency
psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, forensic psychiatry.
Residents are responsible for providing appropriate
patients/cases from the inpatient units to
participate in the case conferences. Attending
physicians either model interviewing of the
patients, or observe resident interviews, followed
by discussion of the cases.
f. Every two weeks for 15 weeks, 2 hours sessions,
(30 hours)
3.18.
Case Discussions
a. Required PGY-1, elective for all other years
(PGY-1 through PGY-4)
b. R. Shugarman, MD (PGY2 - Case Discussion
Coordinator)
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. Clinical case presentations by PGY-1 followed by
discussion and review of typical issues faced with
difficult patients. Always facilitated by a Senior
Resident or Faculty member.
f. Every two weeks, 15, 2 hour sessions (30 hours)
3.19.
Quarterly Workshop
a. Required for all residents (PGY-1 through PGY-4)
b. Invited speakers coordinated by the Office of
Residency Training
c. Various disciplines, but primarily psychiatry
d. N/A
e. These workshops are developed yearly based on
overall needs of the program as assessed by the
residents, faculty, and areas of relative weakness
(as in this year, outcome data on PRITE and board
scores). The four workshops this year address
preparation for the oral boards, outpatient
detoxification, normal childhood development,
professional development and health services
research.
f. Quarterly (16 hours)
3.20.
WPIC Wide Journal Club
a. Mandatory for all residents (PGY-1 through PGY-4)
b. M. Travis, MD (Coordinator)
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. A journal club to which all WPIC staff are
invited. PGY2 Resident or psychology intern presents
a high impact data driven paper chosen by the
Journal Club Committee. The presenter work closely
with a Junior Faculty member who will act as the
Chair of the Journal Club. Experts are invited from
senior or visiting faculty. Discussion of the paper
is between the audience expert and presenter.
f. Once a week, in 3 ten week blocks (30 hours)
3.21.
Departmental (Clinical) Grand Rounds Required for
all residents
a. Required for all residents (PGY-1 through PGY-4),
attending by all staff and faculty
b. Invited speakers coordinated by the Chairman’s
Office
c. Various disciplines, but primarily psychiatry
d. N/A
e. Nationally-and internationally- recognized
experts present a variety of clinically relevant
topics, junior faculty from WPIC present their
ongoing research, and principal investigators are
invited to provide an overview of their research
projects. The series is intended to present
state-of-the-art information.
f. Bimonthly on average, Friday’s 11-12:30
3.22.
Resident Grand Rounds
a. Required for all residents (PGY-1 through PGY-4),
attending by staff and faculty
b. Chief Residents
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. Clinical case presentations by PGY-4 Adult and
PGY-5 Child residents, followed by discussion and
review of contemporary state of knowledge. Format
includes resident case presentations, interview by
moderator of panel, and discussions with
multidisciplinary faculty panel and the audience.
f. Approximately bimonthly, 14 sessions (21 hours)
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PGY-4
4.01. Forensic Psychiatry
a. Required PGY-4 and PGY 5 course
b. C. Martone,, MD (Course Director) and invited
judicial and psychiatric speakers
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. An advanced course that prepares trainees to be
comfortable interacting with the legal system as an
expert witness or a court appointed evaluator. The
course covers a broad range of topics including
forensic criminal evaluations, family and child
welfare law, custody evaluations, child abuse,
guardianships, consent, psychiatric malpractice, and
use of psychiatric evidence in courts.
f. Weekly, 15, 1 hour sessions (15 hours)
4.02.
Social & Community Psychiatry
a. Required PGY 4 and PGY 5course
b. H. Pincus, MD and K. Thompson MD (Course
Directors) and invited speakers
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. A comprehensive course, under the direction of
the Institute of Public Health & Psychiatry, that
addresses all aspects of social and community
psychiatry, including historical aspects, research
methodology, human service organizations and
political entities that interface with mental health
systems. This course provides for the foundation for
the supervised field experience in mental health
consultation in selected settings in the Western
region of Pennsylvania.
f. Weekly, 22, 1 hour sessions (22 hours)
4.03.
Continuous Case Conference
a. Required PGY-4 course
b. M. Stewart, MD and E. Gorry, MD (Course
Directors)
c. Psychiatry
d. Volunteer faculty
e. Interactive didactic and case-based seminar using
group supervision to address technique and other
topics and issues that arise in the
psychotherapeutic treatment of adults.
f. Weekly, 33, 1 hour sessions (33 hours)
4.04.
Theoretical and practical Issues in Psychiatry II
a. Required PGY4 course
b. E. Malley, MD. (Course Director), with K. Nash,
MD, A DiMartini, MD, and invited faculty
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. The goal of this course is to follow-on from the
PGY3 course and further address practical issues in
Psychiatry, such as careers, supervision, teaching,
professional development and systems of care. The
PGY4 course also includes sessions dedicated to
Administrative Psychiatry and Psychiatry and Ethics
f. Weekly, 24, 1 hour sessions, (24 hours)
4.05.
Further Professional Development
a. Required PGY-4 course
b. R. Marin, MD (Course Director) and invited
speakers
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. Using semi structured discussions, guided reading
and a variety of methods designed to elicit from
resident questions, goals and experiences that
comprise contents of sessions, faculty attempt to
help residents develop creative and useful ways to
integrate their growth as people with their growth
as professionals.
f. Weekly, 10 , 1 hour sessions (11 hours)
4.06.
Inpatient Case Conference
a. Required for PGY-1 and PGY-2, optional for PGY-3
and PGY-4
b. G. Veeragandham (Case Conference Cooridnator) and
various psychiatric faculty
c. Psychiatry/Psychology
d. Full time
e. Residents have fortnightly case conferences in
which they cover a variety of topics including
interviewing, psychiatric education, emergency
psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, forensic psychiatry.
Residents are responsible for providing appropriate
patients/cases from the inpatient units to
participate in the case conferences. Attending
physicians either model interviewing of the
patients, or observe resident interviews, followed
by discussion of the cases.
f. Every two weeks for 15 weeks, 2 hours sessions,
(30 hours)
4.07.
Case Discussions
a. Required PGY-1, elective for all other years
(PGY-1 through PGY-4)
b. R. Shugarman, MD (PGY2 - Case Discussion
Coordinator)
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. Clinical case presentations by PGY-1 followed by
discussion and review of typical issues faced with
difficult patients. Always facilitated by a Senior
Resident or Faculty member.
f. Every two weeks, 15, 2 hour sessions (30 hours)
4.08.
Quarterly Workshop
a. Required for all residents (PGY-1 through PGY-4)
b. Invited speakers coordinated by the Office of
Residency Training
c. Various disciplines, but primarily psychiatry
d. N/A
e. These workshops are developed yearly based on
overall needs of the program as assessed by the
residents, faculty, and areas of relative weakness
(as in this year, outcome data on PRITE and board
scores). The four workshops this year address
preparation for the oral boards, outpatient
detoxification, normal childhood development,
professional development and health services
research.
f. Quarterly (16 hours)
4.09.
WPIC Wide Journal Club
a. Mandatory for all residents (PGY-1 through PGY-4)
b. M. Travis, MD (Coordinator)
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. A journal club to which all WPIC staff are
invited. PGY2 Resident or psychology intern presents
a high impact data driven paper chosen by the
Journal Club Committee. The presenter work closely
with a Junior Faculty member who will act as the
Chair of the Journal Club. Experts are invited from
senior or visiting faculty. Discussion of the paper
is between the audience expert and presenter.
f. Once a week, in 3 ten week blocks (30 hours)
4.10.
Departmental (Clinical) Grand Rounds Required for
all residents
a. Required for all residents (PGY-1 through PGY-4),
attending by all staff and faculty
b. Invited speakers coordinated by the Chairman’s
Office
c. Various disciplines, but primarily psychiatry
d. N/A
e. Nationally-and internationally- recognized
experts present a variety of clinically relevant
topics, junior faculty from WPIC present their
ongoing research, and principal investigators are
invited to provide an overview of their research
projects. The series is intended to present
state-of-the-art information.
f. Bimonthly on average, Friday’s 11-12:30
4.11.
Resident Grand Rounds
a. Required for all residents (PGY-1 through PGY-4),
attending by staff and faculty. Required
presentation in PGY4
b. Chief Residents
c. Psychiatry
d. Full time
e. Clinical case presentations by PGY-4 Adult and
PGY-5 Child residents, followed by discussion and
review of contemporary state of knowledge. Format
includes resident case presentations, interview by
moderator of panel, and discussions with
multidisciplinary faculty panel and the audience.
f. Approximately bimonthly, 14 sessions (21 hours)
