MPSY - Psychiatry
MPSY 800 Psychiatry Clerkship
Credits 1.25 to 15.
1.25 to 15 Other Hours.
25 to 15. Introductory experience in the practice of psychiatry. Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of year two of the medical school curriculum.
MPSY 801 Bereavement Issues in Clinical Practice
Credits 1.25 to 10.
1.25 to 10 Other Hours.
4-week elective; opportunity to experience and practice primary psychiatric care of patients under the close supervision of a staff physician; increase familiarity with the basic tasks of mourning and emotional/psychological processes; enables to discriminate between uncomplicated and complicated bereavement especially identifying those factors that contribute to complications in grieving; increase awareness of and vigilance toward bereaved patients’ increased morbidity/mortality rates; develop increased skill in conducting a sensitive clinical inquiry with bereaved individuals regarding their loss experience; familiarize with the current treatment principles described in the grief and bereavement psychological literature; acquaint with the role of self-help groups among the bereaved; develop appreciation of how various members of the health care team participate in the psychosocial need of patients and families at the time of death in an acute care setting. Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of year three of the medical school curriculum.
MPSY 802 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Credits 1.25 to 10.
1.25 to 10 Other Hours.
2- or 4-week elective; introduction to child psychiatry; the process of child psychiatric evaluation; introduction to issues related to diagnostic classification in children and adolescents; exposure to various treatment modalities used in child psychiatry, including exposure to the issues surrounding the use of psychotropic medications in children. Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of year three of the medical school curriculum.
MPSY 808 General Adult Psychology and Geriatric Psychology
Credits 1.25 to 10.
1.25 to 10 Other Hours.
Multidisciplinary assessment of elderly patients, including medical, social and family history; assessment of cognitive function; evaluation and management of older patients with Alzheimer's disease and other causes of Dementia, affective disorders and late life psychoses and of the elderly patient's family and the determination of their roles in the treatment of the older patient.
MPSY 809 Advanced Inpatient Psychiatry
Credits 1.25 to 10.
1.25 to 10 Other Hours.
4-week elective; opportunity to experience and practice primary psychiatric care of patients under the close supervision of a senior staff physician; increase familiarity and knowledge with the use of psychoactive medications; further knowledge and experience in determination of individual patient treatment regimens; experience in the complex interactions between patients, therapists, and family members; experience in evaluating emergency patients through the opportunity to be the first physician evaluating patients in the emergency room; experience as a co-therapist in group psychotherapy; experience in longer term care with the patients via the opportunity to participate in follow up outpatient appointments. Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of year three of the medical school curriculum.
MPSY 810 Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry
Credits 1.25 to 10.
1.25 to 10 Other Hours.
4-week elective; opportunity to experience and practice primary psychiatric care of patients under the close supervision of a senior staff physician; increase familiarity and knowledge to recognize and treat common psychiatric disorders occurring in the medical-ill (e.g. delirium, dementia, substance abuse, anxiety, depression, somatoform disorders); recognize common medical problems and/or drug side effects which may masquerade as psychiatric illness; work effectively with treating staff and/or families to support and educate them so as to minimize the emotional and behavioral impact of the patient’s illness; understand how medical illness may alter psychopharmacologic strategies, and why. Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of year three of the medical school curriculum.
MPSY 811 Advanced Outpatient Psychiatry
Credits 1.25 to 10.
1.25 to 10 Other Hours.
4-week elective; opportunity to experience and practice primary psychiatric care of patients under the close supervision of a senior staff physician; increase ability to gain further knowledge and experience in determination of individual patient treatment regimens; introduce and further experience as a co-therapist in group psychotherapy; practice recognizing and managing issues of a therapeutic nature in the group setting. Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of year three of the medical school curriculum.
MPSY 812 Advanced Inpatient Psychiatry
Credits 1.25 to 10.
1.25 to 10 Other Hours.
4-week elective; opportunity to experience and practice primary psychiatric care of patients under the close supervision of a senior staff physician; increase familiarity and knowledge with the use of psychoactive medications, gain further knowledge and experience in determination of individual patient treatment regimens, and gain experience in the interactions between patients, therapists and family members. Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of year three of the medical school curriculum.
MPSY 814 Outpatient Psychiatry-Addiction Medicine
Credits 0 to 10.
0 Lecture Hours.
0 to 10 Other Hours.
Exposure to clinical methods for the detection, diagnosis, triage and intervention of substance use disorders; familiarization with and knowledge of substance use disorders; development of knowledge and experience in determining treatment regimens for substance use disorders including both biological and behavioral treatment modalities; experience in working on a multidisciplinary treatment team. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisite: Doctor of Medicine classification.
MPSY 985 Off Campus Student Initiated Elective
Credits 1.25 to 12.
1.25 to 12 Other Hours.
Formally described elective courses at another medical school or off-campus opportunities that are not formally approved electives; School of Medicine requires that each of these electives be approved prior to the rotation.
MPSY 999 On Campus Student Initiated Elective
Credits 1.25 to 12.
1.25 to 12 Other Hours.
On-campus opportunity in the department of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine that is not defined herein; experiences may include clinical research, basic science research, library research, other basic science activities, and other clinical activities; interest in developing an elective of this type should contact the head of the appropriate department for additional details.