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
Consult
August
ER
ER
Sept
Neuro
Neuro
Oct
Medicine
Medicine
Nov
Inpatient
Inpatient
Dec
Inpatient
Inpatient
Jan
Neuro
Neuro
Feb
Peds
Peds
Mar
Medicine
Medicine
Apr
EPS
EPS
May
Inpatient
Inpatient
June
Inpatient
Inpatient
- 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
Geriatrics
August
Inpatient
Inpatient
Sept
Inpatient
Inpatient
Oct
Consult
Consult
Nov
Child
Child
Dec
Child
Child
Jan
NF/EPS
NF/EPS
Feb
CSH
CSH
Mar
CSH
CSH
Apr
NF/EPS
NF/EPS
May
Consult
Consult
June
Addiction
Addiction
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
HCOC
August
HCOC
HCOC
Sept
HCOC
HCOC
Oct
HCOC
HCOC
Nov
HCOC
HCOC
Dec
HCOC
HCOC
Jan
VA
VA
Feb
VA
VA
Mar
VA
VA
Apr
VA
VA
May
VA
VA
June
VA
VA
- 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
Elective
August
Senior
Senior
Sept
Senior
Senior
Oct
Elective
Elective
Nov
Brook
Brook
Dec
Brook
Brook
Jan
Senior
Senior
Feb
Senior
Senior
Mar
Elective
Elective
Apr
Elective
Elective
May
CSH
CSH
June
CSH
CSH
Educational Activities consist of M&M, Journal Club, Grand Rounds, Residency Education Committee, Resident Association Committee, etc.