PA 576 Behavioral Med/Psych Clerkship
This five-week clerkship exposes students to patients with emotional and psychiatric conditions. 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' responses to psychiatric illness. The experience includes interaction along the lifespan and in both in-patient & out-patient settings. Students work under the supervision of a licensed clinical preceptor and undergo an end of rotation evaluation. 40 plus hours per week.