Medical College of GeorgiaGeneral Psychiatry Residency | Psychiatry
General Psychiatry Residency | Psychiatry

Psychiatry Clinical Rotations

PGY 1

24 weeks: Inpatient Psychiatry (ECRH) 
8 weeks: Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry (AUMC)
4 weeks: Emergency Psychiatry (AUMC)
4 weeks: Internal Medicine (VA)
4 weeks: Emergency Medicine (VA)
4 weeks: Medicine Elective 1: Choose from Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Endocrinology, or Rheumatology (AUMC)
4 weeks: Medicine Elective 2: Choose from Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Endocrinology, or Rheumatology (AUMC)
PGY 2

8 weeks: Night Float (AUMC)
10 weeks: Emergency Psychiatry (AUMC)
4 weeks: Geriatric Psychiatry (AUMC)
8 weeks: Neurology (AUMC): 8 weeks Inpatient Adult or 4 weeks Inpatient Adult + 4 weeks Outpatient Child
8 weeks: Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry (AUMC)
8 weeks: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AUMC) & Intake Clinic (AUMC)
4 weeks: Addiction Psychiatry and Pain Medicine (AUMC and VA)
2 weeks: Elective
PGY 3

52 weeks: Outpatient Experience

-AUMC- Health Behavior (Continuity) Clinic, Schizophrenia & Mood Disorders Clinic, Child & Adolescent Clinic, Neurostimulation (ECT/TMS), DBT groups, Treatment-Resistant Depression Clinic, Student Health (transitional age youth), Esketamine Clinic
-American Work- Community Mental Health Clinic
-Augusta State Medical Prison- Forensics Experience
-Veterans Administration- Mental Health & Pain Medicine Clinics
-Hope House- Addiction Medicine
-Stepping Stones to Recovery- Addiction Medicine/ IOP groups
PGY 4

52 weeks : AUMC- Health Behavior (Continuity)  Clinic
12 weeks: Administrative Rotation (ECRH- Inpatient Psychiatry, AUMC- BHU, C/L)
40 weeks: Electives (e.g. Inpatient Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry, Community Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, Sleep Disorders, Neurostimulation, Research)

Upcoming 2023: A half-day each week will be reserved for the Free Mental Health Clinic (AUMC)

CALL RESPONSIBILITIES

 

During weekends & holidays, residents must cover the Behavioral Health Unit (Emergency Psychiatry) and Consultation/Liaison Service.

  • Behavioral Health Unit shifts: 7AM-4PM, 3PM-11PM, 11PM-7AM
  • Consultation/Liaison Service: 7AM-4:30PM

On Thursdays (Full-Day Protected Time for Didactics), two residents must cover the Behavioral Health Unit (Emergency Psychiatry) and Consultation/Liaison Service.

  • Behavioral Health Unit shifts: 7AM-4PM
  • Consultation/Liaison Service: 7AM-4:30PM

The total number of call shifts varies per year. On average:

  • PGY-1: 18
  • PGY-2: 20
  • PGY-3: 12
  • PGY-4: 8

The call schedule is completely flexible! We use an online system in which you may trade call days with your colleagues.