Psychiatry Clerkship

The guiding principle of the Psychiatry clerkship is clinical involvement. This is a hands-on clerkship where students learn by working directly with patients and being part of the treatment team. Students have ample opportunity to work with patients with psychiatric illness. Through this, students are to develop professional rapport with patients, understand the presentation of psychiatric illness, assess patient histories and mental status, and develop bio-psychosocial assessments and treatment plans. The clerkship is structured upon the principle that learning is a process, which can be accomplished only by active participation by the student.