Rotation Schedule

6 month on service

  • Most interns will rotate on Psychiatry Consult and Emergency Psychiatry
  • Call schedule and weekend responsibilities vary by rotation
  • Half day per week dedicated for didactics in addition to Academic Hour Conference on Thursdays during lunch

6 months off service

  • 2 months of Internal Medicine
  • 2 months of Neurology
  • 1 month of Pediatrics
  • 1 month of Emergency Medicine or additional month of Pediatrics, if desired
  • Note: Schedules are approximate and may vary on individual basis
  • Call schedule and weekend determined by service, except Emergency Medicine month

Sample Schedule

July
Consult
August
ER
Sept
Neuro
Oct
Medicine
Nov
Inpatient
Dec
Inpatient
Jan
Neuro
Feb
Peds
Mar
Medicine
Apr
EPS
May
Inpatient
June
Inpatient

 

    Actual PGY-1 schedules

 

  • 2-5 months Inpatient (UofL, Norton, Central State Hospital)
  • 1-3 months Consult Service (UofL and Norton Hospital)
  • 2-3 months Night Float/EPS
  • 1 month Addiction Psychiatry (Residential program at the VA)
  • 1 month Geriatrics (Inpatient at The Brook or the VA)
  • 2 months Child and Adolescent (Inpatient)

During the PGY2 year, residents begin seeing therapy patients in the outpatient clinic (1/2 day per week).

Sample Schedule

July
Geriatrics
August
Inpatient
Sept
Inpatient
Oct
Consult
Nov
Child
Dec
Child
Jan
NF/EPS
Feb
CSH
Mar
CSH
Apr
NF/EPS
May
Consult
June
Addiction

 

    Actual PGY-2 schedules

 

12 months of outpatient psychiatry at the following sites:

  • HCOC - UofL Physicians outpatient clinic
  • VA - 3 local outpatient clinics
  • Various combinations of 3 month rotations can be accommodated if residents have preferences for their outpatient sites
  • Half day per week dedicated to continuity therapy clinic
  • Specialty outpatient clinic at the HCOC include geriatrics, Suboxone, bipolar disorder, psycho-oncology and telepsychiatry clinics

Sample Schedule

July
HCOC
August
HCOC
Sept
HCOC
Oct
HCOC
Nov
HCOC
Dec
HCOC
Jan
VA
Feb
VA
Mar
VA
Apr
VA
May
VA
June
VA

 

    Actual PGY-3 schedules

 

  • Senior resident on inpatient units
  • Inpatient at Central State Hospital, The Brook
  • Elective rotations
  • Half day per week dedicated to continuity therapy clinic
  • Occasional half day per week telepsychiatry clinic

Sample Schedule

July
Elective
August
Senior
Sept
Senior
Oct
Elective
Nov
Brook
Dec
Brook
Jan
Senior
Feb
Senior
Mar
Elective
Apr
Elective
May
CSH
June
CSH

 

    Actual PGY-4 schedules

 

Educational Activities consist of M&M, Journal Club, Grand Rounds, Residency Education Committee, Resident Association Committee, etc.