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 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 803 Advanced Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Credits 0 to 10.
0 to 10 Other Hours.
Designed to further advance the knowledge of child and adolescent psychiatry in an inpatient and outpatient setting; topics include improvement in ability to conduct a child psychiatric evaluation and chronic management and exposure to various treatment modalities used in child psychiatry. Prerequisites: Doctor of Medicine classification.
MPSY 806 Outpatient Psychiatry
Credits 0 to 10.
0 to 10 Other Hours.
Experience and practice in the primary psychiatric care of patients under the close supervision of a staff physician; emphasis on increasing familiarity and knowledge with the use of psychotropic medications and gaining further knowledge and experience in determining individual patient treatment regimens and the interactions between physicians, therapists, patients, and family members. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisites: Doctor of Medicine classification.
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 815 Neuropsychiatry
Credits 0 to 10.
0 to 10 Other Hours.
Exposure to neurology subspecialties and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the inpatient and outpatient clinical setting. Prerequisites: 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 989 Special Topics in...
Credits 0 to 10.
0 to 10 Other Hours.
Selected topics in an identified area of psychiatry. May be repeated for credit. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisites: Doctor of Medicine classification.
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.