PGY-3 TRAINING Educational Objectives
Post Graduate Year 3 (PGY-3) refines the diagnostic and therapeutic skills of the developing psychiatrist in the most two important and widely recognized sub-specialties of psychiatry, child and adolescents and geriatric psychiatry.
PGY-3 residents will continue obtaining 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 couple, family and group therapy through PGY-5.
Clinical Rotations
Each PGY-3 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.
PGY-3 Psychiatry Resident Clinical Training:
• 6 months of child and adolescent psychiatry taking care of children, adolescents and their families using a multidisciplinary approach. This rotation will be based in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit at the psychiatric hospital, where residents will divide their time between inpatient and outpatient services.
• 6 months of geriatric psychiatry taking care of neuro-psychiatric illness in the elderly population using a multidisciplinary approach. This rotation will be based in the Geriatric Psychiatry Unit at the psychiatric hospital, where residents will divide their time between inpatient and outpatient services.
Half-Day Of Academics Each Week
Throughout the year, our PGY-3 trainees will be given an academic half-day every week on Thursdays. The didactics will continue to cover specific and advanced diagnostic and therapeutic modalities of the different psychiatric illnesses in addition to introducing