PSY 4345 Intensive Outpatient / Partial Hospitalization Selective
This course occurs during the clerkship and 4th year.
Students DO NOT need to complete the Psychiatry Clerkship to participate.
4th year students will be given more responsibility and independence.
Students learn about providing psychiatric care in a Psychiatric Intensive Outpatient (IOP)/Partial Hospitalization Program. They will perform initial intake assessments, obtain collateral information, and participate in group, individual, and team assessments and therapy, devise management plans, and follow ongoing treatment progress under indirect faculty supervision. This rotation emphasizes modes of assessment, intervention, psychotherapy and pharmacology. Trauma-focused programs are also available.
This rotation allows 1 (one) student/rotation, with some rotations not being available.
*Students must confirm enrollment with Psychiatry Course Coordinators (psychiatrycourses@usuhs.edu) to assure availability.
Goals and Objectives:
1. Participate in the comprehensive assessment and treatment of patients with behavioral, substance use and/or cognitive disorders who are enrolled in the WRNMMC Behavioral Health Intensive Outpatient Program.
2. Develop and understanding of the multidisciplinary approach to patient assessment, treatment planning, therapeutic interventions, and disposition planning.
3. Submit at least two written BRIEF but comprehensive psychiatric assessments (to include a defensible formulation, differential diagnosis, and treatment plan) in conjunction with an oral presentation and review of each report by the program attending.
Offered
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) - MD