Biography
Dr. Armijo completed her undergraduate degrees at University of New Mexico and completed her medical school education at the UNM School of Medicine (SOM). She completed her psychiatric residency at UNM SOM and is now a board-certified outpatient psychiatrist and assistant professor.
Personal Statement
My specific clinic area of interest is schizophrenia. I am particularly interested in treatment-resistant schizophrenia, long-acting injectable antipsychotics, and clozapine. As an educator, I greatly enjoy teaching both medical students and resident physicians. I am one of the Associate Program Directors for the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, a Learning Communities Mentor in the School of Medicine, as well as the Assistant Clerkship Director for the psychiatry clerkship. I am also the Undergraduate Medical Education Director for the SOM Office of Professional Wellbeing.
Areas of Specialty
1. Medical student education
2. Medical student mentorship and wellness
3. Graduate medical education
4. Primary psychotic disorders
Achievements & Awards
Elected Offices Held:
01/2021 - Current President,Psychiatric Medical Association of New Mexico (PMANM)
05/2020 - 12/2020 Early Career Psychiatrist Representative, Psychiatric Medical Association of New Mexico (PMANM)
Courses Taught
07/01-12/08/22 Doctoring 1A. Repeating lectures in which I teach first-year medical students the basic techniques that clinicians use to forget the clinician-patient relationship. Also teach the communication and examination techniques use to obtain essential information about patients. Also teach how to present their patients findings in both oral and written presentations. Will teach Doctoring 1A every academic year as a Learning Communities mentor.
03/01/2022- now Co-Instructor. ?Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.? Preceptor for resident physicians. University of New Mexico School of Medicine.
01/19/2022 Lecturer. ?Psychotic Disorders, Treatment, and Management.? Didactic presentation given to UNM family medicine residents. University of New Mexico School of Medicine.
07/01/2021 - now Primary Instructor. ?Introduction to Laws and Ethics in Psychiatry.? Repeating lecture series to the third-year medical students during their psychiatry clerkship.
07/01/2021 - now Primary Instructor. ?Psychosis.? Repeating lecture series to the third-year medical students during their psychiatry clerkship.
10/13/2020 Lecturer. ?What is psychosocial rehabilitation?? Didactics presented to third-year residents. University of New Mexico School of Medicine.
09/22/2020 Co-Instructor. ?Psychotic Disorders Problem Based Learning.? Preceptor for medical students. University of New Mexico School of Medicine.
08/27/2020 Co-Instructor. ?Ethics and Legal in Psychiatry.? Preceptor for medical students. University of New Mexico School of Medicine.
05/28/2020 Co-Instructor. ?Ethics and Legal in Psychiatry.? Preceptor for medical students. University of New Mexico School of Medicine.
06/28/2019 Primary Instructor. ?Communicating in Psychiatry.? Ten lectures from 6/28/2019- 3/2/2020, presented to third-year medical students during their psychiatry clerkship. University New Mexico School of Medicine.