General Residency Mission
The primary mission of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine is excellence in the training of psychiatric residents. Our efforts focus on ensuring each resident will practice competent, state-of-the-art, modem psychiatry after graduation.
Psychiatry residents will have the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to ensure competence in the six Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education General Competencies:
- Patient Care
- Medical Knowledge
- Interpersonal and Communication Skills
- Practice-Based Learning
- Professionalism
- Systems-Based Care
Psychiatry residents will also be competent in five psychotherapies:
- Psychodynamic
- Cognitive-Behavioral
- Supportive
- Brief Therapy
- Combined Therapy