PA 576 Behavioral Medicine/Psychiatry Clerkship
This five-week clerkship exposes students to patients with emotional and psychiatric conditions in the field of behavioral medicine. The student will reinforce concepts of psychopathology, psychotherapeutics, and patient interviewing techniques to obtain patient histories, make diagnoses, and formulate treatment plans. Students are expected to develop skills to manage patients’ response to psychiatric illness. The experience includes interaction along the lifespan. Students work under the supervision of a licensed clinical preceptor and undergo an end of rotation evaluation. Hours: Students are expected to keep hours no less than that of their preceptor, up to 80 hours per week. This may include evenings, weekends, holidays, and rotating shifts.