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Department

PSYCHIATRY

Campus

Birmingham

Course Type(s)

Elective

Facility

Center for Psychiatric Medicine

Course Director

PETER PENHERSKI, MD

Enrollment Limit

2

Contact

MATTHEW J. EHRLICH, MD

Enrollment Minimum

1

Email

mehrlich@uabmc.edu

Address

CPM 409K

Phone

(205) 996-9105

Fax

Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates

1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16, 18-21, 22-25, 28-31, 32-35, 36-39, 40-43, 45-48, 49-52

Prerequisites

Successful completion of the core internal medicine, psych and surgery clerkships and any clerkship which covers the content material of the requested elective or acting internship course (e.g. Pediatric Clerkship must be successfully completed prior to taking a Pediatric Elective or AI).
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Medicine, Psychiatry, Surgery

Visiting Students

Accepts students from US LCME accredited schools.

Accepts students from osteopathic schools.

Course Description

The goals of this rotation are to (1) gain a broader, in-depth exposure to patients with serious mental illness (schizophrenia, depression, schizoaffective, bipolar diagnoses), (2) develop a more sophisticated and advanced understanding of a bio/psycho/social approach to assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of the seriously mentally ill, and (3) gain an understanding of the complexity of needs of this population, and (4) gain an understanding of the daily medical care of seriously mentally ill patients in the hospital. Mechanisms by which goals/objectives are attained include (1) participating in evaluation of patients with direct attending supervision, (2) direct care- responsible for 3-6 hospitalized patients with serious mental illnesses, (3) direct supervision of daily care by attending, (4) participation in planning for extended care (post hospital) for patients, (5) participating in case conference and team meeting (6) weekly "student only" meeting with attending

Where To Report

Center for Psychiatric Medicine, 7th floor, room 719. Exit elevator and turn right, enter Child Psychiatry suite, turn left down the hallway to the back. 8 AM. If you have previously been on a Birmingham site Psychiatry rotation, you do not need to repeat orientation; please email course contacts for information on where to report.

Requirements

Daily rounds M- F, seeing patients while hospitalized. No weekend or night duties required

Evaluation

Pass/Fail

Notes

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