GENERAL DIDACTIC EXPERIENCES

Throughout the training, the PGY residents participate in the following:

Resident-Faculty Case Conference. Twice a month residents and faculty participate in a 11/2-hour conference in which a resident present a current clinical case. The format may vary, and the resident may present individual work with children and adults or ongoing therapy with group or family. The residents selects a consultant who serves as moderator and discussant. Residents will present at this conference at least twice during their residency.

Grand Rounds Lecture Series. Twice a month, invited speakers, usually from outside the residency program, give a 11/2-hour presentation on a selected psychiatric topic. This meeting is open to the entire hospital staff.

Resident Peer Meeting. Each week residents have a meeting where they discuss issues of special relevance to their own training. Once a month psychiatric articles of interest are discussed with a consultant. Other educational events occur regularly on the St. Elizabeths Campus and are available to residents as time permits. Among these are continuing medical education rounds, neurology grand rounds, and neuroscience case conference and lectures.

Psychiatry and Literature. From time-to-time, members of the faculty with a special interest in psychiatry and literature meet with residents over lunch to discuss a short story or other work of literature. These works are approached from a variety of perspectives, emphasizing how literature can be a useful tool to learn about many aspects of psychiatry and how psychiatric knowledge can be applied to the understanding of literature.

Mini-Boards. Each Spring, all residents participate in the Mini-Boards, which is an experience similar to the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Examination. Each resident interviews a patient for 30 minutes. The interview is observed by one or two faculty members. After the interview, the resident presents the case for 30 minutes, after which the interview and presentation are critiqued.