PYAS 6566 - PSYCHIATRIC CLERKSHIP

[3 Credits]

The student will be given the opportunity to: understand and manage patient problems in a psychiatric care setting; understand the broad base of knowledge required for the psychiatric care setting; apply this knowledge to benefit the physician and patient in the psychiatric care setting; apply previously acquired knowledge in the management of patients; apply principles of evidence based medicine; apply data gathering techniques on unusual patient conditions for the purpose of publication; and participate in designing and/or collecting data in clinical trials. (4 week rotation)