The PGY2 year provides opportunities for increased experience and gradual independence in the care of acutely ill patients. Residents treat patients on inpatient psychiatry units, the hospital consult/liaison service and in the emergency room. As residents solidify their diagnostic and assessment skills, they gain confidence in their role as physicians and psychiatrists. Residents are encouraged to identify and treat one or two therapy patients during the PGY2 year. They are provided with 2 hours/wk of individual supervision as well as seminars in basic CBT and DBT skills.
The clinical rotations in the PGY2 year are based in Greenville at Pitt County Memorial Hospital, in the Brody School of Medicine at ECU Clinics or at affiliated programs. Residents have an opportunity to spend 2 months in a State Psychiatric Hospital setting where they see patients from across the eastern part of the state. Residents enjoy the variety of patients they see and the ability to function as an integral member of a multidisciplinary mental health team.
Core Clinical Rotations in the PGY 2 Year - 5 months of Adult Inpatient Psychiatry with ECT training
- 2 months of Outpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- 1 month of Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry with forensics
- 1 month of Emergency Psychiatry
- 1 month of Geriatric Psychiatry (half-time for 2 months)
- 1 month of Marital and Family Therapy (half-time for 2 months)
- 1 month of Psychological testing and forensics
Didactic Seminar Topics in the PGY-2 Year - Introduction to CBT
- Basic DBT skills
- Geriatric Psychiatry
- Formulation and Case Conference
- Psychological Testing
- Addiction Psychiatry
- Growth and Development
- Forensic Psychiatry
- Evidence Based Medicine and Research
- Observed Psychotherapy
- Basic Psychopharmacology and other Somatic Therapies
- Becoming a Psychotherapist/ Introduction to Clinical Practice
- Medicine/Psychiatry
- Neurology
- Ethics
- ECT
