PSY 415
Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences (PSY)
| Dept. Contact | Margaret Stefani Higgins |
| Location | Ed Affairs SSOM 300 |
| Phone | 708-216-2109 |
| mhiggin@luc.edu |
| Department: | Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences |
| Course Number: | PSY-415 |
| Course Title: | Inpatient Psychiatry |
| No. of Students: | 1-2 |
| Site: | HVA |
| Supervisor: |
Dr. Christy McMillan |
| Duration: | 4.0 weeks |
| Periods Offered: | Year round |
| Prerequisite: | Completion of MS3 year, including Psychiatry Clerkship. |
| Special Note: |
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| Description: | The goal of this rotation is to expose senior medical students to the diversity of diagnoses and treatments that would be typical for an inpatient psychiatry service in the setting of a veterans’ hospital. Students will expand their psychiatric knowledge base and apply it to the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of patients in the context of voluntary and involuntary acute psychiatric hospitalizations. The learning environment will be the psychiatric inpatient setting (2S at Edward Hines Jr. VA). Students will participate in case discussions and be active and independent members of the treatment team. Students are to act increasingly autonomously within the context of their supervising team (and under the supervision of their attending). Students will also have the opportunity to attend unit group activities, informal didactics, grand rounds (excluding the summer months), and journal clubs. |
| Method of Evaluation: |
Students will be evaluated on the basis of each of the eight core objectives of the Stritch School of Medicine, including medical knowledge, patient care, interpersonal and communication skills, practice-based learning and improvement, professionalism, systems based practice, inter-professional collaboration, and personal and professional development. By the end of the rotation, student should be able to perform a psychiatric evaluation of an acutely psychiatrically hospitalized patient, determine a broad differential diagnosis, understand the legal aspects and documents of voluntary and involuntary admission, understand the process of court petitioned medication or guardianship, and be able to formulate an appropriate treatment plan. Students will be evaluated based on the following: observation of a clinical interview, case discussion, medical record documentation, morning report patient presentations, a 20 question exam and a presentation to unit staff/trainees on a topic of their choosing relevant to psychiatry. |
| Dept. Contact | Margaret Stefani Higgins |
| Location | Ed Affairs SSOM 300 |
| Phone | 708-216-2109 |
| mhiggin@luc.edu |
| Department: | Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences |
| Course Number: | PSY-415 |
| Course Title: | Inpatient Psychiatry |
| No. of Students: | 1-2 |
| Site: | HVA |
| Supervisor: |
Dr. Christy McMillan |
| Duration: | 4.0 weeks |
| Periods Offered: | Year round |
| Prerequisite: | Completion of MS3 year, including Psychiatry Clerkship. |
| Special Note: |
|
| Description: | The goal of this rotation is to expose senior medical students to the diversity of diagnoses and treatments that would be typical for an inpatient psychiatry service in the setting of a veterans’ hospital. Students will expand their psychiatric knowledge base and apply it to the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of patients in the context of voluntary and involuntary acute psychiatric hospitalizations. The learning environment will be the psychiatric inpatient setting (2S at Edward Hines Jr. VA). Students will participate in case discussions and be active and independent members of the treatment team. Students are to act increasingly autonomously within the context of their supervising team (and under the supervision of their attending). Students will also have the opportunity to attend unit group activities, informal didactics, grand rounds (excluding the summer months), and journal clubs. |
| Method of Evaluation: |
Students will be evaluated on the basis of each of the eight core objectives of the Stritch School of Medicine, including medical knowledge, patient care, interpersonal and communication skills, practice-based learning and improvement, professionalism, systems based practice, inter-professional collaboration, and personal and professional development. By the end of the rotation, student should be able to perform a psychiatric evaluation of an acutely psychiatrically hospitalized patient, determine a broad differential diagnosis, understand the legal aspects and documents of voluntary and involuntary admission, understand the process of court petitioned medication or guardianship, and be able to formulate an appropriate treatment plan. Students will be evaluated based on the following: observation of a clinical interview, case discussion, medical record documentation, morning report patient presentations, a 20 question exam and a presentation to unit staff/trainees on a topic of their choosing relevant to psychiatry. |