Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service Acting Internship - GWUH
| Department |
Psychiatry
|
|---|---|
| Course Number |
PCHI 382
|
| Course Title | Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service Acting Internship - GWUH |
| Course Director |
Amir Afkhami, MD
|
| Length (Weeks) |
4 |
| When Offered |
All year (dept approval required) |
| Prerequisites |
PCHI 302, MED 305, OB&G 303 |
| Availability Notes |
|
| Contact Name |
Jonathan Huntley
|
| Contact Phone | |
| Contact Fax | |
| Contact Email |
johuntley@mfa.gwu.edu
|
| Other Contacts |
Contact Jonathan Huntley about scheduling questions (johuntley@mfa.gwu.edu; jhuntley21@gwu.edu; gwpsychclerkship@gmail.com). Department approval required. |
| Location | |
| Limit |
1
|
| Report |
GWU Hospital - 6 South |
| Evaluation |
Uniform Clinical Evaluation |
| Description |
The student performs as an acting intern on the inpatient Consultation-Liaison Service in the Department of Psychiatry. The student must have completed psychiatry, internal medicine, and OB/GYN clerkships. The student will have the opportunity to work with specific medical and surgical departments that have developed formal liaison relationships with the Psychiatry department and with second year psychiatry residents. The student may also have the opportunity to spend an afternoon a week in the outpatient psychosomatic clinics such as Five Trimesters Perinatal Mental Health Clinic, Weight Management Clinic, Palliative Care Clinic, or ALS Multidisciplinary Clinic. |
| Additional Notes |
Please note that this course is an elective and does not fulfill the GW core acting internship graduation requirement. |