Overview
Description
The purpose of this elective is to provide fourth-year medical students interested in adult psychiatry an experience in working with adults presenting with psychiatric illness.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Limited to medical students.
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): Limited to medical students.
Units
0 units
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer
Terms
fall, spring, summer
Restrictions
Limited to medical students.
Attributes
Unknown
Learning Outcomes
- gather clinical data relevant to psychiatric evaluation, arriving at correct diagnosis of psychiatrically ill patients, and generate differential diagnoses for patients with psychiatric illnesses.
- identify the signs and symptoms of common adult psychopathology and conditions (e.g. bipolar, depressive disorders, anxiety, trauma and stress related, dissociative, somatic, addiction, etc.).
- utilize the resources and skills of related mental health professionals.
- Students will be able to determine appropriate pharmacotherapy interventions to common adult disorders.