Training Facility - Naval Medical Center Portsmouth

Norfolk is the home of the U.S. Navy's Atlantic fleet and the world's largest naval base. As a result, in nearby Portsmouth is the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP), a major tertiary care facility for Naval personnel and their families. NMCP has its own psychiatry residency program, and we are lucky to share resources with them.

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth

In the second year, NMCP is a site for the child psychiatry rotation. This site provides excellent supervision and great diversity of young patients. The outpatient evaluation and follow-up clinics provide excellent training for our residents alongside NMCP residents.

Residents in second year share three didactic classes with the NMCP residents: family therapy, child psychotherapy, and group psychotherapy. In the third year, residents may be assigned as co-therapists with NMCP residents for a year-long psychodynamic psychotherapy group made up of active duty personnel and dependents. Again, the group experience is marked by excellent supervision from NMCP faculty.

EVMS medical students rotate through NMCP as well, providing residents with the opportunity for teaching.