Curriculum & Didactics

We believe the source of our residents' strong clinical capabilities is the extensive clinical experience they receive on rotation through the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine program at MetroHealth Medical Center. All requirements of the residency review committee of the ACGME and American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology are met or exceeded.

The links below provide an overview of our Psychiatry training program: 

Psychiatry resident didactics take place weekly, on Wednesdays, from 8 am – 12 pm. During these four (4) hours, residents are protected from clinical duties, as attendance is required.

We believe the source of our residents' strong clinical capabilities is the extensive clinical experience they receive on rotation through the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine program at MetroHealth Medical Center. All requirements of the residency review committee of the ACGME and American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology are met or exceeded.

The links below provide an overview of our Psychiatry training program: 

Psychiatry resident didactics take place weekly, on Wednesdays, from 8 am – 12 pm. During these four (4) hours, residents are protected from clinical duties, as attendance is required.

Resident Didactics

  • Hybrid didactics model
  • In-person didactics
    • Psychotherapy lectures
    • Lectures on various Psychiatry related topics (CL Psychiatry, Addiction, Child &Adolescent Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry, Emergency Psychiatry, Neurology, Forensic Psychiatry, Inpatient and Outpatient Psychiatry, public mental health, health care disparities and inequality)
        • Psychopharmacology Lectures
        • Safety/QI curriculum
        • M & M
        • Resident professional development series
        • Cultural formulation
        • Movie club
        • Wellbeing and team-building activities
  • Department Grand Rounds
  • Access to TrueLearn SmartBanks to help prepare for PRITE and Boards

Training Overview

PGY-1

Intern Crash Course

First year residents receive a “Crash Course” in psychiatry that covers essential information including interview skills, mental status exam, documentation, professionalism,  mood disorders, psychotic disorders, dementia/delirium, substance use disorders, intro to psychopharmacology, suicide risk assessments, and ECT.

Clinical Rotations:

  • 20 weeks inpatient psychiatry (Mood disorder unit & Thought disorder unit)
  • 4 weeks of Inpatient Addication 
  • 4 weeks of Psychiatry Consult Liaison Service
  • 16 weeks of Medicine: Emergency Medicine, Inpatient Internal Medicine, Outpatient Internal Medicine, Outpatient Family Medicine
  • 4 weeks Neurology
     

PGY-2:

Clinical Rotations:

  • 16 weeks Psychiatry Consult Liaison Service
  • 8 weeks Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 
  • 4 weeks of ED Psychiatry
  • 4 weeks of Forensic Psychiatry
  • 4 weeks of Chemical Dependency
  • 4 weeks of Inpatient Psychiatry
  • 4 weeks of Neurology
  • 4 weeks of Night Float

PGY-3:

Clinical Rotations:

  • 12 months Outpatient Psychiatry: Adult Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Chemical Dependency, Geriatric Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Night Float
  • Research/Administrative time

PGY-4:

Clinical Rotations:

  • 16 weeks Senior Resident/Junior Attending: Inpatient Psychiatry; and Psychiatry CL service
  • 36 weeks of electives ((e.g., Addiction, Interventional Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry, Sleep, Neurology, PRIDE Clinic)
  • Longitudinal Clinic through Recovery Resources
  • Chief/Research Time