Elective Course Details

Psychiatry

Course Name: Public Sector Inpatient Psychiatry
Course Number: PS-402
Elective Type: A
Coordinator(s): Ronald Greene, D.O.

Department: Psychiatry
Sites Available: Psychiatry Treatment Center (at Worcester State Hospital)
Months Offered: September - May 
Number of Students / Month:
Prerequisites: Completion of 3rd year Psychiatry clerkship 
Elective Description: The Psychiatric Treatment Center (PTC) provides acute care for public sector patients who commonly also have limited resources and complex psychosocial situations.  The student will further develop skills in the acute evaluation and treatment of psychiatric patients and in comprehensive case formulation and community-based treatment planning.  Students will increase their understanding of psychopharmacology, focused short-term therapies, group therapies, psychoeducation, family and system interventions, and dual diagnosis treatments (mental health and substance abuse).
Note: NA
Location:
Worcester State Hospital
Website: http://www.umassmed.edu/psychiatry/