PSYH 9511 Consultation Liaison Psychiatry
This elective is offered for 4th year medical students both at UTRGV and from other schools interested in the psychiatry of the medically and surgically ill. We design the experience around the learning needs of the student and always include participation in our Psychiatric Consultation Service at the Valley Baptist Medical Center. There is a wide range of clinical problems seen as this service provides consultation for all inpatients who require evaluation and treatment while hospitalized. The student works with residents rotating on service and attending physicians in Psychiatry. In addition to individual supervision, the student participates in regularly scheduled clinical case conferences, Department of Psychiatry journal club, and resident led, mini-consultation/liaison seminars. Students may also participate in a Med/Psych continuity outpatient clinic led by Dr. Fernandez at the Clinical Research Unit in Harlingen. Rotating students will be expected to attend didactics in the Internal Medicine Department and attend the Valley Baptist Medical Center Internal Medicine morning report. By the end of the rotation, the student will lead one of the weekly conferences on a topic chosen in collaboration with either the rotating psychiatry resident, an internal medicine attending, or elective supervisor.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of core Psychiatry clerkship,
PSYH 9110.
Offered
As scheduled