Course Catalog

 
91-684 TUSCALOOSA PSYCHIATRY ELECTIVE
Department PSYCHIATRY Campus Tuscaloosa
Course Type(s) Elective Facility DCH Regional Medical Center
Course Director SHAWNNA OGDEN, MD Enrollment Limit 2
Contact MELINDA MONTGOMERY Enrollment Minimum 1
Email mlmontgomery6@ua.edu Address 850 Peter Bryce Blvd
Birmingham, AL
Phone (205) 348-1325 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 NO PREREQUISITES AVAILABLE. CONTACT DEPARTMENT. 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Medicine, Psychiatry
Visiting Students
Accepts students from US LCME accredited schools.
Accepts students from osteopathic schools.
Course Contact will provide details about approvals for this course.
Course Description The purpose of this elective is to provide in-depth exposure for the 4th year student interested in a career in psychiatry. The students will be working with Tuscaloosa preceptors to participate in clinical care for psychiatric patients in outpatient and inpatient settings. Learning Objectives: 1) Prepare student for psychiatry residency. 2) Experience and provide care in various psychiatric clinical settings in Tuscaloosa. 3) Develop clinical skills and knowledge in assessing and treating psychiatric patients. 4) Further develop documentation skills pertaining to patient care in psychiatry. 5) Recognize multidimensional aspects of psychiatric disorders.
Where To Report Reach out to the course contact at least 8 weeks prior to the start of the course.
Requirements The students are expected to attend all the clinical rotation within the clerkship during the 4-week period. The students are also expected to perform clinical duties assigned by the attending physicians that they work with .
Evaluation Pass/Fail; The students will be assessed on their clinical skills, knowledge, professionalism,
accountability, presentation/documentation, similarly to third year rotations, but with higher
standards by the preceptors working with the students. The preceptors will provide their
observation and assessment of the students to the course director who will provide the final grade
for the students at the end of the elective.
Notes The course will be four weeks long. Each week will consist of various clinical activities in an inpatient, outpatient, or both clinical settings with Tuscaloosa UA University Medical Center, Indian Rivers Behavioral Health, and OCH Regional Medical Center. The student is expected to take part in clinical practice at a near intern level.