Core Curriculum

A central aspect of the Residency Training Program is the core curriculum. PGY2’s and PGY3’s have class daily, as do PGY1’s during their psychiatry months. Classes are held three times a week for PGY4’s. These courses are integrated with the residents' clinical activities and are sequenced to correspond to the growth of clinical skills. Didactic courses provide the scientific and conceptual basis for practice, as well as a time to consider complex treatment issues away from the pressure of immediate clinical decision making.

In addition to these courses, there are many didactic sessions that are held on a specific teaching service, attended only by residents while they are on that service. For example, there is a course on the cognitive therapy of eating disorders offered to residents while they rotate on the inpatient unit where bulimic and anorexic patients are hospitalized. There is also a weekly hour-long class for PGY1-4’s which includes seminars on wellness, patient safety conferences, and much more.