Program Curriculum
Our four-year curriculum is designed to prepare psychiatrists to combine clinical excellence with compassion, curiosity, and a commitment to serve our region’s varied communities. Residents will learn within our network of organizational partners and will experience a broad range of clinical settings. We emphasize close faculty mentorship, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the importance of understanding the people and communities entrusted to our care.
Below is an overview of each year’s curriculum.
Across all years, an engaging didactics curriculum will be offered to complement the clinical rotations occurring and provide a rigorous base of knowledge and professional development.
Our faculty possess rich and diverse clinical backgrounds and are eager to support residents progressively assuming greater responsibility while learning to lead teams, improve systems of care, and advocate for equitable access to high-quality mental health services.
We are also committed to both model and teach balance in our professional and personal lives, and we include a longitudinal curriculum on physician wellness.
Training at a Teaching Health Center
Year One
PGY-1 provides closely supervised experiences in general medicine and primary care and neurology along with initial experiences in high-acuity inpatient and emergency psychiatric services. These provide solid foundation for professional development as a psychiatric physician.
Year Two
PGY-2 provides additional autonomy as professional skills develop with further rotations in inpatient adult and adolescent psychiatry, plus specialty services including consultation-liasion, addiction, and geriatrics. Initial training in interventional psychiatry begins as well.
Year Three
PGY-3 pivots to a range of outpatient psychiatric services including comprehensive care (medications, supportive psychotherapy, lifestyle psychiatry, social services) and focused psychotherapy skills training in multiple modalities. PGY-3 also provides in-depth experience at a Tribal healthcare system and expert training in telehealth psychiatry services for reaching rural communities without local providers. There is dedicated time for scholarly activity which can be fulfilled in a variety of ways.
Year Four
PGY-1 provides closely supervised experiences in general medicine and primary care and neurology along with initial experiences in high-acuity inpatient and emergency psychiatric services. These provide solid foundation for professional development as a psychiatric physician.
PGY-4 offers greatest autonomy and flexibility, with service chief rotations, further training in interventional psychiatry, continuity of care with outpatients, and elective months that can be tailored to individual interests.
If you have questions or would like more information, please email us.
Maria Smith, Psychiatry Residency Coordinator