3rd Year Psychiatry Clerkship

The purpose of the psychiatry clerkship is to facilitate the development of the clinical skills, knowledge and professional behaviors that students need in order to evaluate and care for patients with psychiatric conditions in inpatient and outpatient settings, under supervision. This is a required 6 week clerkship for third year medical students focusing on the supervised examination, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric patients at George Washington University Hospital, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Children’s National Hospital, Washington DC VA Medical Center, Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute, Psychiatric Institute of Washington, Anne Arundel Medical Center, Sinai Hospital, and Martinsburg VA Medical Center. There are case conferences, seminars on psychiatric referral, psychiatric drugs, and community resources, standardized patient experiences, and an emphasis on psychiatry in primary care practice.

See syllabus for additional details.