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Psychiatry Residency Program

Curriculum

During residency training, our residents gain the knowledge and skills necessary to practice independently in every clinical practice setting and to start fellowships in any psychiatric subspecialty. As our residents gain proficiency in psychiatry, they work at increasing levels of independence while also seeing patients of increasing complexity.    

The didactic and clinical curriculum begins with the foundations of medicine, neurology and psychiatry, and progresses through psychiatric subspecialties and different outpatient clinics during the first three years of residency. In the last year of training, residents work more independently, manage complex patients, lead multidisciplinary teams, work interdisciplinary, educate and supervise junior residents, and pursue more career-specific interests.

In complement with extensive clinical experience, the didactic curriculum utilizes different learning and teaching methods including lectures, demonstrations, seminars and guided self-study modules. Didactic instruction complements the clinical curriculum for each postgraduate year of training.   

From time to time, there are changes in our clinical and didactic curriculum as well as the training sites. These changes are a reflection of the evolution of our specialty, ACGME requirements, community needs, and resident and faculty educational preferences.

Curriculum: Clinical Rotations, Didactic Lectures and Required Scholarly Activity

During PGY-1 training, residents are closely supervised as they take major responsibility for the care of patients while rotating on four different primary care services, inpatient and outpatient neurology, and several different psychiatric services. The psychiatric services include interventional psychiatry, adult inpatient and addiction psychiatry, consultation liaison and emergency psychiatry, and partial day hospital where residents are introduced to group psychotherapy. All these rotations provide an opportunity to treat diverse patient populations on the continuum of care, as well as integrate neurological, medical and substance use disorders into biopsychosocial formulations and psychiatric assessments.

Clinical Rotations – 13 blocks

  • Neurology - 2 Blocks
  • Emergency Medicine - 1 Block
  • Family Medicine Hospitalist Service - 1 Block
  • Inpatient Internal Medicine/Palliative care - 1 Block
  • Outpatient Internal Medicine - 1 Block
  • Adult Inpatient Psychiatry -3 Blocks
  • Interventional Psychiatry (Electroconvulsive Treatment, Spravato) - 1 Block
  • Biopsychosocial Formulation and Introduction to Group Psychotherapy - 1 Block
  • Consultation Liaison and Emergency Psychiatry - 1 Block    
  • Addiction Psychiatry - 1 Block 

Didactics

  • Residency Bootcamp – Introduction to Residency (July-August)
  • Foundational Psychiatry & Neurology (Weekly, September-June)
    • Emergency Psychiatry
    • Depressive Disorders
    • Bipolar Disorders
    • Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
    • Anxiety Disorders
    • Personality Disorders
    • Substance Use Disorders
  • Neurology
  • Interviewing seminar (Biweekly, September-June)

Required Scholarly Activity

  • Co-presenter at Morbidity & Mortality Case Conference

The goal of PGY-2 training is to further residents’ ability to become the primary physician for patients on assigned rotations. Residents receive direct and indirect supervision depending on the rotation and their level of skill and competence. By the end of PGY-2, residents have developed proficiency in biopsychosocial formulation, differential diagnosis and disease work up, and understanding and utilizing evidence-based pharmacological, psychological and other treatments. They additionally have gained experience with civil forensic patient populations. Additionally, residents contribute meaningfully to multidisciplinary team discussions, coordinate interdisciplinary care, and start to provide guidance to junior learners.

Clinical Rotations – 13 blocks

  • Adult Inpatient Psychiatry- 3 Blocks
  • Geriatric Psychiatry- 2 Blocks
  • Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry - 2 Blocks
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry- 2 Blocks
  • Interventional Psychiatry (Electroconvulsive Treatment, Spravato) - 1 Block
  • Elective - 1 Block
  • Introduction to Outpatient Clinic/Float - 1 Block
  • Psychiatric Triage/Float - 1 Block

Didactics

PGY2 – Psychiatric Subspecialities & Psychotherapy Lecture Series

  • Consult-Liaison Psychiatry
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Interventional Psychiatry (Electroconvulsive Treatment and Spravato)
  • Psychotherapy
  • Neuroscience: Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology

Required Scholarly Activity

  • Presentation Leader at Journal Club and Morbidity & Mortality Case Conference

Participation in Boot Camp – group leader or lecturer

The third year of the training focuses on residents’ ability to care for the patients in a variety of outpatient clinic settings. Supervision is mostly indirect as residents continue to develop independence during clinic hours and on call. By the end of the year, residents achieve competence in psychiatric assessment and treatment, including individual psychotherapy, identifying psychotherapy impasse and working through it under the guidance of their supervisor, moving patients on the continuum of care, and managing common care or practice issues associated with the outpatient treatment setting.  

Additionally, residents will participate in an individual or group Quality Improvement project which they present at a Friday conference at the end of the academic year.

Clinical Rotations – 13 blocks

  • 12 Months of Outpatient Psychiatry consisting of:
    • Adult Outpatient Clinic and Individual Psychotherapy – The University of Kansas
    • Child and Adolescent Clinic – The University of Kansas
    • Adult Outpatient Clinic – Veterans Administration
    • Adult Outpatient Clinic in Community Mental Health Center (Comcare)

Didactics

  • Textbook Seminar
    • Psychiatry with focus on Board Examination (Friday, September-June)
    • Psychodynamic Psychiatry
  • Advance Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience (Weekly, July-June)
  • Practice Management (Weekly, July-June)

Required Scholarly Activity

  • Quality Improvement Project
  • Psychotherapy Case Presentation

PGY-4 training is the final year of the general psychiatry residency. During this year, residents transition from a trainee to an independent and competent psychiatrist. The clinical and didactic curriculum is set to emulate the practice and education of an independent psychiatrist rather than a trainee. By graduation, residents master not only diagnosis and treatment of mental illness in all clinical settings but also lead multidisciplinary teams and learn about the administrative side of psychiatry in more depth and detail. The PGY-4 specific didactic curriculum is composed of board exam preparation, self-study modules, and lectures by different speakers who present topics on the occupation after graduation.

Clinical Rotations – 13 blocks

  • Required Rotations 
    • Supervision of junior residents on assigned inpatient clinical rotations
    • Telepsychiatry and Advanced Forensic Experience
    • Float and Board Preparation
    • Grand Rounds Presentation
  • Electives rotations – 6 Blocks
  • PTSD - 1 Block
  • Correctional Psychiatry - 1 Block
  • Eating Disorders Clinic - 1 Block
  • Palliative Care - 1 Block
  • Psychotherapy theory with additional time for Psychotherapy clinic - 1 Block
  • Neuropsychological Testing - 1 Block
  • Addiction Psychiatry - 1 Block
  • Consultation Liaison Psychiatry - 1 Block
  • Partial Day Hospital and Intensive Outpatient Treatment – Group Psychotherapy - 1 Block
  • Interventional Psychiatry (Electroconvulsive Therapy, Spravato) with option to meet criteria to become independent ECT provider  - 1- 3 Blocks
  • Scholarly Activity/Research experiences – The University of Kansas and the University of Kansas Clinical & Translational Science Unit Wichita - 1 Block
  • Inpatient Behavioral Health Units Hospitalist - 1 Block
  • Resident as a Teacher - 1 Block
  • Away Rotation (formal and structured) – resident arranged - 1 Block

Didactics

  • Board Preparation Self Study Modules (Self Study)
  • Guest speakers – Job search & Careers in Psychiatry, Malpractice Insurance and Litigation, Practice Models and Reimbursement … (Ad Hoc)

Required Scholarly Activity

  • Grand Rounds Presentation

Didactic Offering and Scholarly Activity

  • Friday Conferences
    • PRITE Preparation (September only)
    • Journal Club
    • Psychotherapy Case Presentation  
    • Morbidity & Mortality Case Conference
    • Neuroscience Club
    • Process Group

Optional Scholarly Activity

  • Case Report or Other Publication in peer reviewed and indexed scientific journal (author or co-author, with faculty mentor)
  • Poster Presentation at local, regional or national conferences (presenter or co-presenter, with faculty mentor)
  • Cross departmental teaching and presentations, developing psychiatry-related lecture for family medicine or internal medicine residents (presenter or co-presenter, with faculty mentor)
  • Mentoring high school students, medical students or junior residents
  • Developing teaching materials for other residents and teaching (with faculty mentor)
  • Committee work (Wellness, Psychiatry Interest Group, Psychiatry Section, Kansas Psychiatric Society ... )
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