Department of Psychiatry
and
Behavioral Sciences
Medical and Graduate Student Education
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First Year: Human Development (required; second
semester) |
The course is designed to provide the student with a
broad overview of human development from birth to death. A firm acquisition of the
principles of normative development throughout the lifespan is seen as an essential
framework within which subsequent clinical contacts can be conceptualized and understood.
The life cycle will be examined longitudinally along specific developmental themes as well
as cross-sectionally by developmental periods.
Course Coordinators: Kathrin Hartman, Ph.D. and
Maria Urbano,
M.D.
| Second Year: Psychopathology (required; second
semester) |
The course designed to provide the student with a general
overview of psychopathology. Material presented, in conjunction with information learned
in Human Development, should prepare the student for the clinical demands of the third and
fourth years of study. Topics have been selected to equip the students with a better
understanding of functional and dysfunctional human behavior, the role of society, family
environment, biology, and genetics in the development of psychopathology, and the need to
treat all patients as a "person" first and foremost.
Course Directors: Ed Gatewood, M.D.,
and Richard Handel, Ph.D.
| Third Year: Clerkship in Psychiatry
(required) |
Students receive clerkship training at one of the
teaching sites of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences: Sentara Norfolk
General Hospital's Psychiatric Inpatient Unit, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
Psychiatric Consultation Service, Eastern State Hospital, Riverside Hospital, Hampton VA
Medical Center, Tidewater Psychiatric Institute, and Portsmouth Naval Hospital.
The goals of the clerkships include developing the
ability to recognize people having significant mental difficulties, to recognize how one's
own feelings and attitudes affect one's ability to evaluate and treat people in distress,
and to begin to understand the treatments available for these problems. This is achieved
through direct experience with psychiatric interviewing, development of treatment plans,
supervision of these activities by faculty and residents, as well as through weekly
didactics.
Clerkship Program Coordinator: Greg Briscoe, M.D.
Clerkship Web Site
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Fourth Year: Substance Abuse Rotation (1 week,
required)
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This course is designed to help students develop a
knowledge of and skills for the identification, evaluation, and treatment of individuals
with Substance-Related Disorders. This will be achieved through the exposure of students
to such patients in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings and by attending
Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
Course Coordinators: Kathleen Stack,
M.D. and Lisa Fore Arcand, Ed.D.
PSY404: Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry (four-week elective)
The student will be exposed to the branch of Psychiatry
specializing in the care of the medically ill patient with psychiatric symptoms. The
student will participate as an integral member of the consultation team. The rotation
takes place a Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. The students will be expected to evaluate,
present and write up psychiatric consults. The students will work closely with the
residents and attendings, will attend treatment team rounds, follow-up on assigned cases,
and attend conferences and grand rounds. Students may also be exposed to subspecialty
areas within consultation psychiatry including Geriatric Psychiatry and Sleep Disorders.
David Spiegel, M.D.
PSY406: Behavioral Medicine (2-
to 8-week elective)
Students will assist in the assessment and treatment of
patients with chronic headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, etc. at the Behavioral Medicine
Institute in Newport News. Specific goals include exposure to a systematic clinical
procedure for the identification of patients for whom stress is an etiological factor for
their presenting symptoms. Students will learn how to administer a psychophysiologic
stress profile and evaluate patients for hypnotic susceptibility. Students will also
observe Individual Psychotherapy, Progressive Muscle Relaxation, Hypnosis, Biofeedback,
and Systematic Desensitization.
H.W. Cole, Ph.D.
Ali Aziz, M.D.
Dana Sari, Ph.D.
PSY407: Acting Internship in Psychiatry (4-, 6-, or
8-week elective)
The purpose of the course is to provide increasing
amounts of responsibility for treating psychiatric inpatients. The student will act as an
intern with primary responsibility for patient care including evaluation and treatment.
Alaa-Eldin M. Mahmoud, M.D., Veterans Administration
Christine Steinhagen, M.D., Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
PSY408: Addiction Psychiatry (4-week elective)
The students will be exposed to the branch of Psychiatry
specializing in the evaluation and treatment of Alcoholism and other Substance Abuse and
Dependence. The students will participate as a member of a multidisciplinary team. The
rotation takes place at the Hampton VA Medical Center in an intensive outpatient care
setting. The students will be expected to actively participate in providing treatment in
program activities including: Assessment, Individual and Group Psychotherapy, Community
Meetings, Family Counseling, etc.
Edwin Nieves, M.D.
PSY410: Neuropsychology (4-week elective)
The student will gain exposure to neuropsychological
assessment, treatment planning and rehabilitation for patients of all ages. They will work
work in both inpatient and outpatient settings along side of clinical psychologist faculty
in interviewing and providing test interpretations to patients and their families. They
will also observe neuropsychological testing techniques and learn about using such
assessment in understanding and treating a variety of brain related medical and
psychological disorders.
J.D. Ball, Ph.D. and Michael L. Stutts, Ph.D.
PSY411 Sleep Disorders (4-week elective)
The course will expose students to evaluation and
treatment of patients of all ages presenting with sleep disorders at the Sleep Disorder
Center at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. The course will require interaction with the
disciplines of Maxillofacial Surgery, Medicine, Neurology, Otolaryngology, Pediatrics,
Psychiatry, and Psychology.
Sleep Disorders Center Staff
PSY413 Emergency Psychiatry (4-week elective)
The student will be assigned primarily to the Emergency
Room at the Hampton VA Medical Center and be responsible for seeing patients who present
with urgent psychiatric problems. Under the supervision of an attending psychiatrist, the
student will work directly with Emergency Room staff in assessing, managing, formulating
diagnoses.
Martha S. Guyon, M.D.
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