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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 16.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Psy-901 This elective will be offered on the Adult Psychiatry Consultation/Liaison Service. The student will have supervised, direct clinical responsibility for working with medical and surgical patients at University of Louisville Hospital and Norton Hospital for whom psychiatric consultation is requested and will be a full-time member of the consultation team. The team approach will be emphasized, which will prepare the student to coordinate their knowledge and skills with those in other medical disciplines. The student will learn to organize their clinical findings and recommendations in a manner that will increase effectiveness as a consultant. The student will be required to participate in a weekly didactic seminar covering issues relevant to the field of psychiatric consultation-liaison, a literature seminar and case conferences. More intensive work in special areas of psychiatric liaison is available for students who request it.
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0.50 - 16.00 Credits
This elective will focus on wellness relating to physicians and the arts. The course will involve the broad topic of physicians and the arts (music, literature, fine arts) as a very important aspect of the ?complete? physician?s lifestyle. Issues of creativity, health promotion, illness prevention, personal relationships, stress management and time management will be addressed as they relate to the practice of medicine. This is a two-week independent elective and has to be approved by the Psychiatry Medical Student Education office before a project can be started.
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1.00 - 16.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PSY-901. This elective offers the opportunity to gain experience with acute inpatients, outpatients and emergencies. There will be opportunities to learn about the use of psychotropic drugs in children, as well as other areas of common interest to Pediatrics and Child Psychiatry. The student will be expected to attend and participate in all clinical case conferences and rounds. This elective should be useful to those interested in working with children and families in future practice.
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1.00 - 16.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Psy-901 We offer a comprehensive clinical psychiatry experience including inpatient, outpatient and emergency work with patients involving examination, diagnosis and treatment. The student will be given clinical supervision in acute, general psychiatry, psychopharmacology and in general medicine. The exposure is to an active general hospital acute service, with emphasis on psychotic, encephalopathic , depressed and substance abuse patients. The student will work with the various mental health specialties, including psychiatric social work, clinical psychology, psychiatric nursing and pastoral counseling. Students will be able to attend and participate in all clinical conferences, case presentations, departmental lectures, seminars and Grand Rounds.
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0.50 - 16.00 Credits
ADOLECENT PSY-NORTON'S
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1.00 - 16.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Psy-901 This elective offers clinical experience at the Norton Psychiatric Clinic, primarily on the 6-west adult inpatient unit. The student will have an opportunity to observe and participate in the evaluation and treatment of a variety of psychiatric disorders. The student will work as part of the psychiatric team that includes psychiatrists, nurses, social workers and psychologists. The student will have an opportunity to observe individual and group psychotherapeutic techniques as well as become acquainted with the various drug and somatic treatment modes used on the service.
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1.00 - 16.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PSY-901 A four-week experience in the Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic at ACB. The student will work as a member of the clinic's multidisciplinary treatment team. Students will perform diagnostic evaluations on new patients, conduct individual psychotherapy with selected patients, participate in medication follow-up clinics and participate in group psychotherapy. Students will also participate in all team meetings, case conferences and seminars held in the clinic. Direct faculty supervision will be provided for all students by clinical faculty.
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1.00 - 16.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PSY-901 This elective offers clinical experience on an active inpatient service. The student will be given clinical supervision with emphasis on the management of acute patients, including diagnostic skills, psychopharmacology, brief psychotherapy and crisis management. The student will be an active participant in the multidisciplinary team approach and work closely with allied mental health professionals. An opportunity also exists for working part of the time in outpatient services.
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1.00 - 16.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PSY-901 This elective in the Emergency Psychiatry Division at University of Louisville Hospital provides students with an opportunity, unavailable elsewhere in the University, to evaluate a large number of psychiatric patients, thereby developing diagnostic skills to a very high degree. Supervision is provided by senior residents in psychiatry and preceptor. There is an opportunity for crisis intervention and some focus on brief psychotherapeutic techniques in selected patients to interested students. Also, there may by opportunity for research projects focused on the mental health care delivery system in appropriate situations.
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1.00 - 16.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Psy-901 This elective is offered on the Geropsychiatry service at the Norton Psychiatric Clinic. The student will have supervised, direct clinical experience in the management of geriatric patients with psychiatric problems. Focus will be on the biophychosocial issues involved in aging. Special emphasis will be placed on the diagnosis and management of phychiatric problems of the elderly, phychocial and psychodynamic issues in aging, the interface between medicine and psychiatry as it applies to elderly patients, and the special problems in the management of geriatric patients with psychiatric problems. This latter area includes special considerations in using psychopharmacologic agents in the elderly. Aspects of phychotherapy with this special population will also be examined.
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