Educational Objectives
Post Graduate Year 2 (PGY-2) consists of a whole year general hospital type of rotation, both inpatient and outpatient. This rotation, along with those of the next two years constitutes the core training requirements mandated by the faculty of Psychiatry. PGY-2 through PGY-5 residents will also obtain psychotherapy training through supervision and seminars in long-term and short-term psychodynamic therapy, including cognitive-behavior therapy, and interpersonal therapy, multi-person therapies including
Post Graduate Year 2 (PGY-2) fully embraces psychiatry training. The goal of this year is to lay down a foundation of knowledge in the diagnosis and treatment of acutely and chronically ill psychiatric patients. Residents become proficient in the assessment of patients in a variety of settings and become familiar with the fundamental treatment modalities now available to psychiatrists.
Clinical Rotations
Each PGY-2 trainee in Psychiatry will have a member of the Faculty in the role of mentor
throughout the year for the purpose of discussion, advice and other matters pertaining to their training and career.
Residents will spend 12 months in the General Psychiatry Unit (GPU), based at the Kuwait Center for Mental Health (KCMH), which consists of covering both inpatient and outpatient services.
Half-Day Of Academics Each Week
Throughout the year, our PGY-2 trainees will be given an academic half-day every week on
Thursdays. The didactics will evolve to cover specific and advanced diagnostic and
therapeutic modalities of the different psychiatric illnesses.