Clinical Experiences
OUTLINE OF CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
The outline of clinical experiences during the four years of psychiatry postgraduate training is as follows:
PGY-1
5.5 months of adult inpatient psychiatry
4 months of medicine: emergency, family, internal and pediatric medicine
1.5 months of emergency psychiatry
1 month of neurology
PGY-2
2 months of child & adolescent psychiatry
1-2 months of consultation/liaison psychiatry
2 months of inpatient psychiatry at community site (TVBH)
2 months of electroconvulsive therapy (part-time)
3 months of emergency psychiatry
1 month of geriatric inpatient psychiatry
1 month of addiction psychiatry
1 month of neurology
½ day of outpatient clinic per week for six months
PGY-3
12 months outpatient psychiatry
PGY-4
6 months of electives
3 months of community psychiatry
2 months of consultation/liaison psychiatry
1 month of forensic psychiatry
1 / 2 day of outpatient clinic per week
Residents participate in outpatient experiences at hospital-based and community sites during the second, third, and fourth years. Our affiliated sites include the Veterans Administration, Twin Valley Behavioral Healthcare, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and community mental health agencies.
There are six fellowship opportunities at OSU available to psychiatry residents. The Department of Psychiatry and Nationwide Children’s Hospital offers fellowship training in child & adolescent psychiatry and forensic psychiatry. In addition, fellowship opportunities are offered in sleep medicine, pain medicine, palliative medicine, and college mental health.
The clinical experiences are flexible and designed to meet the individual resident’s educational needs. Residents with DO degrees may choose to fulfill requirements of the American Osteopathic Association Rotating Internship. Educational pathways are available to address residents desiring research integration, advanced psychotherapy training, and other interests.
