Training Program
INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC:
Duration: 5 months
Location: Sunrise Canyon Hospital
Experience: This rotation lasts for five months, interspersed throughout the academic
year. The workday lasts from 7:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
CONSULT-LIAISON PSYCHIATRY SERVICE:
Duration: 2 months
Location: University Medical Center
Experience: This rotation spans over two blocks through the academic year. The PGY1
residents see patients on the hospital medical floor, where the various hospital services
have psychiatric questions. In addition, the PGY-1 resident will be working hand-in-hand
with a PGY-2 resident.
PRIMARY CARE EXPERIENCE:
Duration: 5 blocks
- Internal Medicine
- Family Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Emergency Medicine
Location: University Medical Center, Texas Tech Physicians
Experience: Residents typically have 5 blocks of 鈥渙ff service鈥 rotations in their
PGY1 year which include two blocks of internal medicine, one block of family medicine,
one block of pediatrics and one block of emergency medicine. Residents, while on these
off-service rotations, are a part of the respective specialty鈥檚 clinical teams responsible
for various services at different times including inpatient and outpatient services.
NEUROLOGY:
Duration: 2 blocks
Location: University Medical Center, Texas Tech Physicians
Experience: This two-month rotation occurs interspersed throughout the academic year,
where psychiatry residents evaluate patients with various neurological disorders on
the neurology consult hospital floor team. Days typically last from 7:30 AM until
5:00 PM. The neurology consult service does not usually require residents from the
psychiatry service to see or evaluate patients on the weekends.
EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRY:
Duration: 2 blocks
Location:
Experience: This two-block rotation is interspersed throughout the academic year,
with residents being on home call from approximately 7:00 PM until 7:00 AM, daily
from Sunday until Thursday night. In addition, the PGY-2 resident participates in
Emergency Room consultations for psychiatric emergencies and providing treatment recommendations
and disposition recommendations to either the medical floor, the psychiatric inpatient
unit, or if necessary, discharge with close follow-up.
INPATIENT PSYCHIATRY UNIT:
Duration: 1 block
Location:
Experience: The PGY-2 resident assists and supervises the PGY-1 residents in seeing
and evaluating patients in the psychiatric inpatient unit and helping orient the PGY-1
residents to policies and patient procedures.
CONSULT-LIAISON PSYCHIATRY SERVICE:
Duration: 2 blocks
Location:
Experience: This two-block rotation is interspersed throughout the academic year.
The PGY-2 residents see and evaluate patients on the medical hospital's floor for
various psychiatric disorders. The PGY-2 resident also assists the PGY-1 resident
during their consult-liaison service.
GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY:
Duration: 2 blocks
Location:
Experience:
CHILD-ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY SERVICE:
Duration: 2 blocks
Location:
Experience: This is a two-month rotation that occurs interspersed throughout the academic
year, where second year residents rotate with a day treatment service providing intensive
outpatient and partial hospitalization where they get the opportunity to work with
an interdisciplinary team providing care for patients. Additionally they have opportunities
to evaluate child and adolescent patients either via telemedicine and work with young
adults in clinic on an outpatient basis.
ADDICTION PSYCHIATRY:
Duration: 2 half-blocks
Location:
Experience: This is a rotation which is divided into two half-blocks. Residents provide
care in a variety of different outpatient settings including rehabilitation facility
where they will observe and assist in patient care. These services include dual diagnosis
clinics and medication assisted treatment programs.
FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY:
Duration: 2 half-blocks
Location:
Experience: PGY2 psychiatry residents will also have approximately two half-blocks
of forensic psychiatry during the year. They will engage in the justice system for
education and evaluation of patients at the inpatient facility at Montford.
RESEARCH:
Duration: 1 block
Location:
Experience:
THERAPY:
Duration: 13 blocks
Location:
Experience: This is a longitudinal rotation where PGY-2 residents will see a therapy
patient weekly for approximately one hour except during the night service months.
The PGY-2 residents will also attend a group supervision session with the supervising
psychologist, who will help facilitate the training in psychotherapy.
OUTPATIENT LONGITUDINAL CLINIC:
Duration: 13 blocks
Location:
- General Psychiatry
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Peripartum Psychiatry
- Addiction Psychiatry
Experience: Third-year psychiatry residents will provide longitudinal psychiatry care
on an outpatient basis. This rotation generally occurs at the 外网天堂 psychiatry clinic
campus.
Third-year psychiatry residents will also see 1-3 therapy patients on various days
throughout the year.
For one-half day per week, third-year residents will see geriatric patients, child and adolescent psychiatry patients, peripartum psychiatry patients and addiction psychiatry patients with the rest of the time being dedicated to general psychiatry services. This will provide longitudinal exposure to a variety of patients throughout the academic year.
Junior Attending Experience in CL:
Duration: 2 blocks
Location: Covenant Medical Center
Experience: Final year residents get opportunities to lead the consultation liaison
service at Covenant Medical Center as a junior attending under the guidance and supervision
of experienced faculty. Residents get to lead and supervise advanced practice providers.
They are expected to set expectations with and provide guidance to these advanced
practice providers as a part of this experience.
Junior Attending Experience in CL:
Duration: 2 blocks
Location:
Experience: Final year residents get opportunities to lead the consultation liaison
service at Covenant Medical Center as a junior attending under the guidance and supervision
of experienced faculty. Residents get to lead and supervise junior residents and medical
students. They are expected to provide guidance and mentorship to these junior trainees
as a part of this experience.
Junior Attending Experience in Inpatient Psychiatry:
Duration: 2 blocks
Location: --------------
Experience: Final year residents get opportunities to lead the Inpatient Psychiatry
service at Sunrise Canyon as a junior attending under the guidance and supervision
of experienced faculty. Residents get to lead and supervise junior residents and medical
students. They are expected to provide guidance and mentorship to these junior trainees
as a part of this experience.
ELECTIVE:
Duration: 7 blocks
Location:
- Neuromodulation (ECT/TMS)
- Perinatal Psychiatry
- Addiction Psychiatry
- Academic Psychiatry
- Billing/Coding
- Research
- Board Review
Experience: PGY 4 residents get 7 blocks of elective rotations.
INPATIENT PSYCHIATRY:
Duration: 5 months
Location: Sunrise Canyon Hospital
Experience: This rotation lasts for five months, interspersed throughout the academic
year. The workday lasts from 7:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
CONSULT-LIAISON PSYCHIATRY SERVICE:
Duration: 2 months
Location: University Medical Center
Experience: This rotation spans over two blocks through the academic year. The PGY1
residents see patients on the hospital medical floor, where the various hospital services
have psychiatric questions. In addition, the PGY-1 resident will be working hand-in-hand
with a PGY-2 resident.
PRIMARY CARE EXPERIENCE:
Duration: 5 blocks
- Internal Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Emergency Medicine
Locations: Texas Tech Physicians and University Medical Center
Experience: Residents typically have 5 blocks of 鈥渙ff service鈥 rotations in their
PGY1 year which include two blocks of internal medicine, two blocks of pediatrics
and one block of emergency medicine. Residents, while on these off-service rotations,
are a part of the respective specialty鈥檚 clinical teams responsible for various services
at different times including inpatient and outpatient services.
PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY:
Duration: 2 blocks
Location: Texas Tech Physicians and University Medical Center
Experience: This two-month rotation occurs interspersed throughout the academic year,
where residents evaluate patients with various neurological disorders on the neurology
consult hospital floor team. Days typically last from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM. The Pedi
neurology consult service does not usually require residents from the psychiatry service
to see or evaluate patients on the weekends.
EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRY:
Duration: 2 blocks
Location: Sunrise Canyon Hospital, Covenant Medical Center, University Medical Center
Experience: This two-block rotation is interspersed throughout the academic year,
with residents being on home call from approximately 7:00 PM until 7:00 AM, daily
from Sunday until Thursday night. In addition, the PGY-2 resident participates in
Emergency Room consultations for psychiatric emergencies and providing treatment recommendations
and disposition recommendations to either the medical floor, the psychiatric inpatient
unit, or if necessary, discharge with close follow-up.
INPATIENT PSYCHIATRY:
Duration: 1 block
Location: Sunrise Canyon Hospital
Experience: The PGY-2 resident assists and supervises the PGY-1 residents in seeing
and evaluating patients in the psychiatric inpatient unit and helping orient the PGY-1
residents to policies and patient procedures.
CONSULT-LIAISON PSYCHIATRY SERVICE:
Duration: 2 blocks
Location: University Medical Center
Experience: This two-block rotation is interspersed throughout the academic year.
The PGY-2 residents see and evaluate patients on the medical hospital's floor for
various psychiatric disorders. The PGY-2 resident also assists the PGY-1 resident
during their consult-liaison service.
GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY:
Duration: 2 blocks
Location: General Outpatient Clinic
Experience: ---------------------
CHILD-ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY SERVICE:
Duration: 2 blocks
Location: Relational Health Center, Covenant Children鈥檚 Hospital
Experience: This is a two-month rotation that occurs interspersed throughout the academic
year, where second year residents rotate with a day treatment service providing intensive
outpatient and partial hospitalization where they get the opportunity to work with
an interdisciplinary team providing care for patients. Additionally, they have opportunities
to evaluate child and adolescent patients either via telemedicine and work with young
adults in clinic on an outpatient basis.
ADDICTION PSYCHIATRY:
Duration: 2 half-blocks
Location: Sunrise Canyon Hospital
Experience: This is a rotation which is divided into two half-blocks. Residents provide
care in a variety of different outpatient settings including rehabilitation facility
where they will observe and assist in patient care. These services include dual diagnosis
clinics and medication assisted treatment programs.
FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY:
Duration: 2 half-blocks
Location: Lubbock County Juvenile Justice Center, John T. Montford Unit
Experience: PGY2 psychiatry residents will also have approximately two half-blocks
of forensic psychiatry during the year. They will engage in the justice system for
education and evaluation of patients at the inpatient facility at Montford.
RESEARCH:
Duration: 1 block
Location: -----------------
Experience: ---------------------
THERAPY:
Duration: 13 blocks
Location: General Outpatient Clinic
Experience: This is a longitudinal rotation where PGY-2 residents will see a therapy
patient weekly for approximately one hour except during the night service months.
The PGY-2 residents will also attend a group supervision session with the supervising
psychologist, who will help facilitate the training in psychotherapy.
To learn more about the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship experience during the PGY3 and PGY4 years, please visit our program webpage.
OUTPATIENT LONGITUDINAL CLINIC:
Duration: 13 BLOCKS.
Location:
- General Psychiatry
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Peripartum Psychiatry
- Addiction Psychiatry
Experience: Fifth-year psychiatry residents will provide longitudinal psychiatry care
on an outpatient basis. This rotation generally occurs at the General Outpatient clinic.
Fifth-year psychiatry residents will also see 1-3 therapy patients on various days
throughout the year.
For one-half day per week, fifth-year residents will see geriatric patients, child and adolescent psychiatry patients, peripartum psychiatry patients and addiction psychiatry patients with the rest of the time being dedicated to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. This will provide longitudinal exposure to a variety of patients throughout the academic year.