Psychiatry Clerkship

The Psychiatry Clerkship is a six week clerkship divided into a four and two week rotation.  During the clerkship, all students will have the opportunity to experience adult psychiatry and child psychiatry in either the inpatient and/or outpatient setting.

During the four week rotation, students experience adult inpatient psychiatry at the Veterans Hospital or Mid Missouri Mental Health Center or may rotate with the University Consultation-Liaison Service at University Hospital.  During the four weeks rotation, students will be assigned three to four half-day outpatient clinics and take emergency psychiatry call with a psychiatry resident.

During the two week rotation, students experience adult inpatient psychiatry at Mid Missouri Mental Health Center, child and adolescent inpatient psychiatry at Mid Missouri Mental Health Center, consultation-liaison psychiatry at University Hospital, or geriatric psychiatry at various Nursing Homes in the area.  Students will have no call or clinic during this two week rotation.

Students will be evaluated by attending and resident physicians in the inpatient and outpatient settings as well as while on call. Students will also take the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) subject test in Psychiatry at the conclusion of the clerkship.