Consistently the highest-rated third-year clinical rotation experience, UNM’s Psychiatry Clerkship gives students hands-on experience in treating a diverse patient population in a variety of settings using evidence-based treatments.
"From inpatient wards to shifts in the psychiatric emergency department, you will participate in a wide range of psychiatry. Who knows, you just might find your specialty. I did!" - Molly C. Whitt, MD
Over four weeks, you will learn in seminars and supervised clinical experiences including at New Mexico’s only 24/7 dedicated psychiatric emergency service. You’ll care for patients as part of an interdisciplinary treatment team and have the option to rotate at the following locations:
Psychiatrists work at the intersection of physical and mental health, applying their medical knowledge to improve patients’ lives in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Today’s psychiatrists use a variety of tools including psychotherapeutic, psychosocial, and biological treatments to care for the individual patients’ mind, body, and brain.
After graduating from medical school, doctors choosing to specialize in psychiatry complete a 4+ year residency where they learn how to diagnose and treat different mental health disorders, how to apply psychotherapy techniques, and how to prescribe various medications. Want to learn more? Check out Choosing a Career in Psychiatry.
“Psychiatry’s MSE is so welcoming! It embraces empathy, kindness, hard work, and learning. I’ve met patients and clinicians I will remember for the rest of my life. I’m so grateful to have had this experience during medical school and am excited now to be part of the psychiatry team!”
For information about fourth-year medical student away rotations at the UNM Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, visit the Visiting Student Application Service (VSAS) on the American Association of Medical Colleges website.
Deborah Dellmore, MD
Director of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry
Psychiatry Clerkship Director
Ddellmore@salud.unm.edu
Emiliano Valles, MD
Medical Director, UNMH Adult Inpatient Consult Psychiatry
Associate Clerkship Director
Evalles@salud.unm.edu
Caitlin Armijo, MD
Medical Director UPC Outpatient Services
Assistant Clerkship Director
carmijo5@health.unm.edu
Poone Haghani-Tehrani, MD
Co-Chair of the Neuroscience Block
PHaghaniTehrani@salud.unm.edu
“Bring your curiousity, courage, and compassion as you learn to serve psychiatric patients in a caring and connected University setting.”
-Deborah Dellmore, MD
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Psychiatry Clerkship Academic Coordinator
Danielle Jordan
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
1 University of New Mexico
MSC09-5030
Albuquerque, NM 87131