PSY 3430 Forensic Psychiatry Selective
This course occurs during the Clerkship year. This course can only be taken AFTER completion of the Psychiatry Clerkship, yet is open to clerkship-year students who have successfully completed their Psychiatry Clerkship. 4th year students will be given more responsibility and independence than students on a clerkship-level rotation at this site.
This rotation allows one student/rotation, with some rotations not being available.
Students participate in teaching rounds, conferences, lectures/seminars under the supervision of WRNMMC Forensic Psychiatry faculty and fellows in the evaluation and management of adult patients with legal and forensic concerns.
Goals and Objectives:
1. Understand the tenets of capacity assessments in several areas of forensics: medical decision-making, participating in legal proceedings/standing trial, and criminal responsibility.
2. Participate and assist with background research, interviewing, and preparing written forensic assessments under direct supervision of the Forensic Psychiatry team.
3. Develop an understanding of the roles and relationships between forensic psychiatrists and the legal system.
Offered
Walter Reed (WRNMMC), MD