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Rotations:

The PGY-II year consists of rotations in the following areas:

• 3 months of Emergency Psychiatry (also known as Night Shift)
• 3 months of Child/Adolescent Psychiatry
• 3 months of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry
• 1 month of elective time
• 1 month in Addiction Psychiatry
• 1 month in Telemedicine Psychiatry
• Half day per week in Adult Outpatient General Psychiatry for experience in supportive psychotherapy

ROTATION OBJECTIVES IN RELATION TO ACGME COMPETENCIES:

The PGY-II year consists of 3 months of Emergency Psychiatry, 3 months of Inpatient Psychiatry, 3 months of Child/Adolescent Psychiatry, 3 months of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, half day per week in Adult Outpatient General Psychiatry for experience in supportive psychotherapy, and 1 month in Addiction Psychiatry.

 RESPONSIBILITIES OF PGY-II RESIDENT INCLUDE:

• Being familiar with patients and their families, serving as the attendings' principle resource for day-to-day patient data.
• Supervising medical students and in special circumstances orienting the PGY-1 residents.
• Initiating common diagnostic studies and therapeutic interventions as appropriate in non-complex patients prior to the attending evaluation.
• Supervising selected presentations from PGY-1 residents and medical students with attending approval.
• Maintaining medical records.
• Being available for on call responsibilities from outside of the hospital.
• Participating in Case Conferences, Journal Clubs, and Grand Rounds.
• Participate in clinical skills verification.

Each Tuesday all Residents will have Didactic training from 1:00 pm till 5:00 pm.