At WMed, we are committed to providing a four-year curriculum in our Psychiatry Residency Program that prepares you to be an excellent psychiatrist who is well-prepared and focused on providing care that is patient-centered. Our curriculum offers a broad range of experiences aimed at fostering your success.
PGY-1
| Blocks | Rotation |
|---|---|
| 6 | Inpatient Psychiatry (Including 1 block of Geriatrics) |
| 2 | Neurology |
| 4 | Primary Care |
| 1 | Collaborative Care |
PGY-2
| Blocks | Rotation |
|---|---|
| 4 | Inpatient Psychiatry (Including 1 block of Geriatrics) |
| 2 | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |
| 1 | Addiction Psychiatry |
| 4 | Consultation/Liaison |
| 2 | Emergency Psychiatry |
PGY-3
| Blocks | Rotation |
|---|---|
| 13 | Outpatient Psychiatry |
PGY-4
| Blocks | Rotation |
|---|---|
| 2 | Inpatient Psychiatry |
| 2 | Senior Resident Consultation/Liaison |
| 1 | Senior Resident Addiction Psychiatry |
| 8 | Electives |
Your fourth year of residency is designed to prepare you for your transition to practice. You will do rotations in the core clinical areas of Inpatient, Consultation-Liaison, and Addiction Psychiatry. You also are given considerable autonomy on these rotations and are often assigned to work with residents and/or medical students. There are seven months of electives, which include:
- Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital
- ECT
- Sleep Health
- Assertive Community Treatment
- Teaching
- Research, and Forensic Psychiatry
- Neuropsychiatry
- Ethics
- Palliative Care
Throughout the year, senior residents continue to see a reduced caseload of patients in the Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic, which affords the opportunity to follow selected patients longitudinally for as long as two years.
Conferences
We have a rich assortment of case-based conferences and discussion groups. Some are multi-disciplinary to enhance your knowledge and sharpen your clinical skills.
Conference Schedule
Tuesday
Inpatient Complex Case Conference (weekly): Residents take turns presenting cases they’ve worked up and a faculty member leads a discussion with residents and students about the presentation, assessment and treatment.
Wednesday
Psychiatry Grand Rounds (first Wednesday of the month): Faculty, senior residents, and outside guest speakers do presentations on a variety of topics for a multi-disciplinary audience.
Psychiatry Journal Club (second Wednesday of the month): Residents take turns presenting a summary of a journal article of their choosing followed by a discussion among residents, faculty, and medical students. The discussion includes an assessment of research design and methodology.
Psychiatry Clinical Case Conference (third Tuesday of the month): Residents and faculty do formal presentations of interesting and challenging cases followed by a multi-disciplinary discussion among audience participants.