Overview
Welcome to Psychiatry!

As a student you will spend 4 weeks as part of an inpatient treatment team under the supervision of an attending psychiatrist and one or more residents. This will take place on an inpatient service at either the UNM Mental Health Center or the VA Medical Center. One afternoon per week will be spent on an ambulatory service.
On Call
As it is important to observe, evaluate, and manage psychiatric disorders in the acute state, each student will be "on-call" two nights (one week night and one weekend night) during the clerkship. Call takes place from 5:00 pm until 10:00 pm under the supervision of the psychiatry resident and attending psychiatrist in conjunction with the emergency (PES) psychiatry staff. Students are there to learn and will not be placed in any situations for which they have not been trained or prepared.
Assessment
Overall grades will be determined using the following percentages:
• 50% clinical evaluations of faculty and residents
• 25% interactive presentations, quiz and practical exam
• 25% written psychiatry board-type examination
Other Activities
Each Wednesday morning (~8:00 am - noon) is devoted to interactive presentations involving core psychiatry topics. These experiences are geared toward preparing students to deal with psychiatric disorders as they
are encountered in primary care practice. Relevant and interesting topics that arise within each particular clerkship may also be explored. Students are encouraged to attend the Departmental Conference Series
(Psychiatry Grand Rounds) on Friday mornings from 11:00 to 12:00.
Resources
Students are required to have an appropriate and recent textbook of psychiatry at their disposal. Many of you have already purchased Kaplan and Sadock's "Synopsis of Psychiatry" for Phase I. This is a comprehensive
and up-to-date book, which will serve you well in the clerkship. At orientation on the first day of the clerkship, we will review a number of other recommended texts that will be available at the bookstore. We also have a wide array of "board preparation" texts and videotapes which you may wish to check out of our "Medical Student Education Library."
Contacts
Debbie Dellmore, M.D. Clerkship Director ddellmore@salud.unm.edu
Greg Franchini, M.D. Faculty Emeritus gfranchini@salud.unm.edu
Mary Haley Clerkship Administrator mhaley@salud.unm.edu
Dept Phone Number 272-4874
Dept Location Family Practice Center
4th Floor – Room 470