PGY 4 Year

The PGY4 year is an exciting time to take a deep dive into an area of interest. This could be research, public health, women’s mental health, interventional psychiatry, or myriad other possibilities. Many of these pathways, which constitute up to 80% of a PGY4’s time, are developed as non-AGME fellowships. Activities on these pathways include junior attending positions on our inpatient and outpatient rotations, seeing patients, helping to lead teams, and supervising PGY1s, PGY2s, and medical students. Supervision during the PGY4 includes instruction on leadership, teaching, and career development. 

During the fourth year (PGY4), residents continue to see outpatients and to receive psychotherapy and psychopharmacology supervision, helping them to consolidate their learning in these areas and to ready them for independent practice. 

Didactics and the weekly process group continue, helping to maintain a sense of class cohesion. 

Call Responsibilities for PGY4s

PGY4 residents share day-call on the adult consultation liaison service of NYPH on weekends and holidays.