1st Year Objectives

Goals & Objectives:

The training obtained during the first postgraduate year should provide residents with medical skills most relevant to psychiatric practice.

These include being able to

1. Perform a complete initial history and physical examination, including appropriate diagnostic studies;
2. Diagnose common medical & surgical disorders & formulate appropriate initial treatment plans;
3. Provide limited, but appropriate, continuous care of patients with medical illnesses & make appropriate referrals;
4. Be especially conversant with medical disorders displaying symptoms likely to be regarded as psychiatric disorders, and psychiatric disorders displaying symptoms likely to be regarded as medical;
5. Be especially cognizant of the nature of the interactions between psychiatric treatments & medical & surgical treatments;
6. Relate to patients & their families, as well as other members of the health care team, with compassion, respect & professional integrity.