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Didactics & Educational Activities

There are additional required didactics for each PG year that are not listed below. The service or rotation to which a resident is assigned provides a schedule of the additional requirements.

Didactics Required for All Post Graduate Year Residents

PGY-I, II, III, and IV

Department Grand Rounds(Presentation required prior to program completion)
Crisis Prevention/Intervention Training
Diversity Training - Part 1 and 2
Clinical Skills Course
GME Dean's Lecture Series

Elective
Faculty/Resident Journal Club
Psychiatry Residents Association (PRA)

Required Didactics Specific to Each Post Graduate Year

PGY-I

New Resident Orientation: General Overview
Intro to Call
Teaching to Teach
Intro to Interviewing
Chief Resident Rounds
Introduction to Psychotherapy
Neurobiology of Psychiatry I 

PGY-II

Evidence Based Psy & Research Methodology
Intro to Psychodynamic Psychiatry
Synopsis of Psychiatry Reading Course
Intro to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
 

 

 

PGY-III

Psychopharmacology Review
Advanced Psychodynamic Concepts
Multimodalities of Psychotherapy
Neurobiology of Psychiatry II
Advanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Brief Therapy 

PGY-IV

Psychopharmacology Review
Board Review
Transition to Practice
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
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