Psychiatry/Behavioral Health

This four-week rotation is designed for students to learn and practice interviewing, diagnostic, and interpersonal skills necessary for working with patients who present with mental health concerns. Under supervision, students will learn to perform psychiatric evaluation, mental status examination, identification of psychiatric symptoms, and differential diagnoses. The student will also learn how psychiatric illness may be present in patients with co-morbid medical disorders, how to manage psychiatric emergencies, and make informed medical and treatment decisions.