K531 Addictions Medicine (Montefiore Medical Center)
The Departments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Medicine offer this elective in substance abuse to fourth year students. Students will participate in clinical care in both inpatient and outpatient settings and will be responsible for working up and presenting patients to attending physicians. Inpatient experience will be with the Substance Abuse Consultation and Referral Service (SACRS) at Montefiore Medical Center, which consults on hospitalized patients with substance abuse disorders and provides guidance on the management of acute issues, such as, withdrawal. Outpatient experiences will include observation and participation in the following settings: Outpatient clinics in the Einstein Division of Substance Abuse, which provide drug treatment services (including pharmacologic treatment of opiate dependence with Methadone and Buprenorphine), as well as, on site medical and psychiatric care. Montefiore Pain Clinic, which serves many patients with substance abuse disorders. Citywide Harm Reduction, a social service agency which provides medical and social work services based on a harm reduction model. 12 Step Meetings. Students will also have the opportunity to participate in ongoing research projects being conducted in the Division of Substance Abuse and to observe therapeutic community and inpatient detoxification facility.
Dr. Melissa Stein
mstein@montefiore.org 718-292-2401
Modules: All
Maximum 1 Students
All students MUST have pre-approval from Course Director prior to registration and where to report on the first day of the rotation.
P501 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (New York City Children’s Center, Bronx Campus)
The Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry offers electives for Medical Students on acute inpatient units (children's unit/adolescent unit), outpatient and consultation/liaison as well triple board pediatric clinic with special emphasis on psychological and psycho-social functioning of children and their families. Interested students will be over seen by faculty in the division of child and adolescent psychiatry in the evaluation of mentally ill children in the inpatient and outpatient settings well as children in the pediatric setting with medical illnesses complicated by co-morbid psychiatric disorders.
Dr. Audrey Walker
auwalker@montefiore.org 718- 920-7967
Modules: All
Maximum 2 students
All students MUST have pre-approval from Course Director prior to registration and where to report on the first day of the rotation.
P507 Acute Hospital Psychiatry (Jacobi Medical Center)
Students will join the staff of an active acute term general psychiatric unit, providing a rich variety of hands-on clinical experience. Students will evaluate and treat patients in crisis, with supervision by faculty, and become active members of an interdisciplinary team. Treatment modalities employed will include individual, group, family, and milieu therapy, acupuncture, relaxation training, and substance abuse therapies, individual tutorials, case conferences, medical and research and psychopharmacology rounds, and departmental Grand Rounds will enhance students' learning. Students will experience first-hand how an integrative model of care is applied in a brief- treatment urban setting.
Dr. Maryann Popiel
maryann.popiel@nbhn.net 718-918-6701
Modules: All, except 2A
All students MUST have pre-approval from Course Director prior to registration and where to report on the first day of the rotation.
P516 Phenomenology in Schizophrenia (Bronx Psychiatric Center)
The students will learn the PANSS (Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale), and if interested or appropriate other symptom rating scales (BPRS- Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, MADRS- Montgomery- Asberg Depression Rating Scale) for the assessment of schizophrenia. They will also learn rating scales for drug induced movement disorders - Parkinsonism, Tardive Dyskinesia and Akathisia and if interested Soft Neurological Signs, Catatonia, Cerebellar Signs and Minor Physical Anomolies. Students will be encouraged to develop their own study to look at aspects of symptoms and signs: for example, does proverb interpretation improve as other symptoms do? Does the glabella tap belong in a scale of parkinsonism? How have movement disorders changed in the past 20 years? And we are interested in cultural differences in psychopathology and whether any of these ratings differ according to time of immigration or country of origin. Students with their own idea for a project should contact Dr Bark as early as possible so that it can be approved by the IRB in time for their coming. Students will be involved in ongoing studies: a survey of Vitamin D, a controlled study treatment of Vitamin D deficiency, an Immigration and Culture survey of the hospital population, a survey of Movement Disorders and a genetic study of diabetes in schizophrenia. Students will learn about risk factors for Schizophrenia, it's geographical and historical variation, psychopharmacology, psychiatric services in the Bronx and will be encouraged to wonder about the causes and nature of Schizophrenia.
Dr. Nigel Bark
nigel.bark@omh.ny.gov
718-862-5429
Modules: All
Maximum: 1 student
Contact Dr. Bark or Ms Mary Woesner at Woesner@omh.ny.gov for location and starting time.
P517 Consultation Liaison Service (Montefiore Medical Center)
Student will receive general exposure to psychiatric consultation on the medically ill patient with the opportunity to become acquainted with liaison activities in the general hospital. The student will work under the direct supervision of attendings, fellows, and residents. Students who are interested should contact Dr. Maria Gomez. After discussion with the student concerning his background and interests, she will arrange elective program.
Dr. Maria Gomez
maria-fernanda.gomez@einstein.yu.edu Dr. Rich Catanzaro
rcatanza@montefiore.org
718-920-4441 or 718-920-2397
Modules: All
Maximum: 2 Students
First day student to meet Liaison Division Office - Klau 1 - Montefiore Hospital
P518 Addiction Medicine Research (Montefiore Medical Center)
The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Medicine offer this elective work in Addiction Medicine Research. Several studies are ongoing which include investigations funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes on Drug Abuse and other sources. All are based in the Division of Substance Abuse, a network of substance abuse treatment programs with on-site primary medical and psychiatric care. Ongoing investigations include: A behavioral intervention to reduce HIV risk behaviors and to improve health-care behaviors among HIV infected drug users. A study of the ways to enhance adherence with HIV medications which compares directly observed administration of antiretroviral medications to an adherence-enhancing counseling intervention. A national survey of addiction treating physicians regarding their attitudes and knowledge of hepatitis C treatment and drug users. A study of the pharmacokinetic interaction between methadone and interferon (used in the treatment of hepatitis C infection). Students will assist in the evaluation of study participants and in conducting research studies with research staff. Supervision will be provided by the Principal Investigator and other key investigators.
Dr. Julia Arnsten
jarnsten@montefiore.org 718-944-3848
Modules: All
Maximum 1 students
All students MUST have pre-approval from Course Director prior to registration and where to report on the first day of the rotation.
P520 Emergency Psychiatry (Jacobi Medical Center)
The CPE Program offers a one-month elective in the Acute Management of all psychiatric presentations. Diagnostic interviewing skills with an emphasis on generating broad differential diagnoses will be a major focus of this elective. Under direct Attending supervision, the student will have the opportunity to evaluate acute psychiatric patients. The student will interview, formulate the broad differential diagnoses, and initiate a treatment plan.
Dr. John Navas
john.navas@nbhn.net 718-918-7796
Modules: All
Maximum 1
All students MUST have pre-approval from Course Director prior to registration and where to report on the first day of the rotation.
P524 Psychiatry Research (Weiler Hospital)
The primary aim of the Lachman lab is to understand the genetic basis of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, two of the most disabling conditions on the world. Over the past decade, a number of genes involved in these disorders have been identified. However, the few exceptions, the causative alleles have not been found. One reason could be that genetic variants occurring in regulatory domains that are relatively far removed from the transcription start site are involved. One of our areas of interest, therefore, is to identify distal regulatory domains and determine if functional genetic variants in those regions are associated with schizophrenia and biploar disorder. A ChIp on chop approach is being used to characterize functional domains. As a result of our studies, several novel functional domains and regulatory pathways in candidate genes have been identified, which are currently being analyzed in the lab. No previous laboratory experience in needed; the techniques used in our studies are relatively easy to learn.
Dr. Herbert Lachman
herb.lachman@einstein.yu.edu 718-430-2428
Modules: All
Maximum: 2 students
All students MUST have pre-approval from Course Director prior to registration and where to report on the first day of the rotation.
P525 Research in Neuroendocrinology (Weiler Hospital)
Students will participate in ongoing research projects in neuroendocrinology. Current projects include studies on brain sites and mechanisms of hormonal regulation of female reproductive physiology; interactions of steroid hormones with brain neurotransmitter systems; mechanisms underlying estrogen attenuation of global ischemia-induced hippocampal cell death. Interested students should call Dr. Etgen to arrange an appointment to discuss the elective.
Dr. Anne M. Etgen
anne.etgen@einstein.yu.edu718-430-3662
Modules: All
Maximum 1
All students MUST have pre-approval from Course Director prior to registration. First day student meets at Forchheimer Building - Room 113 - 8:00 a.m.
P526 Research in Behavioral Genetics (Weiler Hospital)
Our major interest is identifying genes involved in psychiatric disorders including bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, violent behavior and substance abuse. Candidate gene analysis in bipolar disorder: We have recently identified a candidate gene for a severe form of bipolar disorder known as ultra rapid cycling. Additional patients are being recruited into the study in order to replicate our original findings. In addition, we have used genetic linkage analysis to identify a locus on chromosome 22 that may contain a. The lab has been accumulating evidence that the genetic variant that causes low COMT activity is involved in substance abuse vulnerability and increased violent behavior in Chronic schizophrenics. These are ongoing studies that we are attempting to replicate. Although previous laboratory experience would be a plus, students without extensive research experience are welcome. We have training many inexperienced students in basic recombinant. DNA techniques. The principal investigator does not believe in the "sink or swim" philosophy of teaching. Laboratory techniques will be learned by direct instruction and students will work independently only when they feel comfortable with the material. Interested students should call or e-mail to arrange for introductory conversations. Reprints of relevant articles will be provided. Lab is located in Forchheimer 103.
Dr. Herbert Lachman
herb.lachman@einstein.yu.edu 718-430-2428
Modules: All
Maximum: 2 students
All students MUST have pre-approval from Course Director prior to registration and where to report on the first day of the rotation.
P528 Emergency Psychiatry (Montefiore Medical Center)
Student will function as a junior attending under the supervision of the regular Psychiatric Observation Suite attending staff. Duties include initial evaluation and treatment of patients presenting to the psychiatric emergency room, participation in case conferences and in any ongoing research projects.
Dr. Paul Jayson
pjayson@montefiore.org 718-920-7460
Modules: All
Maximum: 1 student
First day meet Psychiatric Observation Suite, Montefiore Medical Center - 8:30 a.m.
P537 Introduction to Geriatric Psychiatry (Montefiore Medical Center)
Students will participate in the full range of geriatric psychiatry practice including home visiyd to persons with dementia and to the well elderly. Students will also visit a teaching nursing home and perform outpatient evaluations, both in the geriatric psychiatric and medical settings. Additional experience in legal and ethical issues is also available. Students will participate in weekly case conferences at each clinical site, attend ongoing lectures and journal clubs and receive individual supervision from faculty and fellows of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry. A variety of research investigations are also underway offering students the unique opportunity to participate in funded clinical research.
Dr. Gary J. Kennedy
gkennedy@montefiore.org 718-920-4236
Modules: All
Maximum 2
All students MUST have pre-approval from Course Director prior to registration and where to report on the first day of the rotation.
P539 Research in Molecular Psychobiology, Genetic Basis of Nicotine Addiction
There is considerable individual variation in the degree of nicotine addiction among smokers. Twin and adoption studies have provided evidence for the hypothesis that this variation in part depends on differences in their genetic composition. Moreover, individuals at increased risk for nicotine addiction exhibit a host of co-morbid traits, including novelty seeking, anxiety, impulsiveness, aggression and depression. (Hiroir and Agatsuma, 2004) It remains unclear, however, exactly what genes contribute to the variation to nicotine addiction and novelty seeking. Genetically engineering mice that lack the fosB gene show heightened responsiveness to nicotine's reinforcing effects and novel stimuli (Hiroi et al., 1997; Zhu et al., 2001). Our research uses genetically engineered mice to ascertain the role of foxB in nicotine addiction and it's co-morbid traits. Students will have the opportunity to learn behavioral, anatomical and biochemical techniques.
Dr. Noboru Hiroi
noboru.hiroi@einstein.yu.edu 718-430-3124
Modules: All
Maximum 2
All students MUST have pre-approval from Course Director prior to registration and where to report on the first day of the rotation.
P601 Subinternship Inpatient Clinical Psychiatry (Montefiore Medical Center)
The student will experience a one month rotation working on the level of a resident in psychiatry under the direct supervision of the Chief Resident and Attending Psychiatrists. Please call the ward before start of subinternship.
Dr. Bernard Wyszynski
bwyszyns@montefiore.org 718-920-4737
Modules: All
Maximum: 1
Contact Dr. Wyszynski for time and place of reporting.
P602 Subinternship in Hospital Psychiatry (North Central Bronx Hospital)
Students will join the staff of a lively acute-treatment psychiatric unit, providing a diversity of clinical experience in a brief time. Students will evaluate and treat adults, with supervision by attending faculty. They will attend training seminars in family and individual psychotherapy, psychopharamcology, and the diagnosis and theory of mental disorders. The students will have the opportunity to hear visiting faculty speak at biweekly Grand Rounds.
Dr. Haseen Sharma-Cooper
haseen.sharma-cooper@nbhn.net 718-519-4864
Modules: All
Maximum 2 students
First day of elective student to meet 11B Inpatient - North Central Bronx Hospital
P701 Adult Psychiatric Day Program (LIJ/Hillside Hospital)
**Not Available to Visiting Students**This elective allows a student to become acquainted with the structure and function of a day treatment program and with the clinical management issues involved for patients in treatment with this modality. Day treatment is a unique and emerging field of psychiatry. The Hillside Day Program offers an opportunity for an extended five-day-a-week treatment to seriously ill or disabled patients not requiring 24-hour hospitalization (with its attendant high cost and consequent pressures for rapid discharge). In this setting, intensive interventions may be undertaken with close monitoring of the patients condition and adjustment of treatment in a more realistic time frame in time frame in terms of what we currently know about the course of psychiatric disorders and the recovery process. Moreover, treatment in this setting is measured against “real life”. Patients spend evenings and weekends at home, have an opportunity for leisure and social activities and can plan for serious vocational preparation and rehabilitation within the context of the program. The Hillside Adult Day Program is divided into distinct components; a partial hospitalization program, a continuing treatment program with rehabilitation and relapse prevention tracks. Patients are assigned to these programs on the basis of their treatment progresses. A student participating in this elective will have an opportunity to become familiar with the various components of day treatment and develop expertise in modalities, which are likely to become increasingly important and more highly utilized in Psychiatry.
Dr. Jerry Chang
jcheng4@nshs.edu
718-470-8384
Modules: All
Maximum 2 Students
All students MUST have pre-approval from Course Director prior to registration and where to report on the first day of the rotation.
P702 Evaluation Center (LIJ/Hillside Hospital)
**Not Available to Visiting Students**The Evaluation Center functions as a combination psychiatric crisis intervention service and brief psychotherapy service. As a psychiatric crisis service, the Evaluation Center provides professional consultation to the LIJ Emergency Room during the day. The Center also evaluates patients who come in without an appointment. Different approaches to care may include appointments/referrals to private clinicians, clinics or day programs and psychiatric hospitalization. The Center also offers brief psychotherapy to patients who could benefit from this approach. This brief therapy is flexibly defined and may call for such activities as clarifying aspects of the patient’s life which are producing distress, environmental manipulation (e.g., patient may need referral to social service agencies), family interventions, medication and support. An ambivalent patient may be seen briefly with the hope that he can be motivated to accept further needed treatment. During the rotation in the Evaluation Center, the student will have an opportunity to experience first-hand the assessment of a patient in crisis and receive direct supervision by the Attending Psychiatrist. BY successfully completing a rotation in the Evaluation Center, the student should be competent in the rapid assessment of psychiatric emergency situations. Depending on the student’s interests. There may be time to participate in the intake/treatment through the Ambulatory Care Center. This outpatient facility is divided into a Diagnostic and Assessment Unit and six specialty clinics; Affective (mood) Disorders, Phobia-Anxiety Disorders, Geropsychiatry and Human Sexuality. This elective is offered is offered throughout the year.
Dr. Jerry Chang
jcheng4@nshs.edu
718-470-8384
Modules: All
Maximum 2 Students
All students MUST have pre-approval from Course Director prior to registration and where to report on the first day of the rotation.
P703 Medical Clinic (LIJ/Hillside Hospital)
**Not Available to Visiting Students**
With the ever-increasing recognition of the interface that can occur between medical and psychiatric illnesses, a month-long elective based in the Medical Clinic at Hillside Hospital is being offered. The student will participate in the following activities: 1. Half-day sessions in Neurology; 2. Primary medical care of both hospitalized and ambulatory patients with psychiatric disorders; 3. Medical Consultation directed at the interface of Medicine and Psychiatry (e.g., medical causes of behavioral disorders); 4. Clinical conferences involving Psychiatry, Neurology and Medicine. During a rotation in the Medical Clinic, the student will be taught how to differentiate between psychiatric and medical conditions; proper diagnostic evaluation procedures as well as knowledge of the drug interactions between psychotropics and other therapies (e.g., ECT), medical contradictions to their use and appropriate ways in which to follow their use in medically complicated patients.
Dr. Jerry Chang
jcheng4@nshs.edu
718-470-8384
Modules: All
Maximum 2 Students
All students MUST have pre-approval from Course Director prior to registration and where to report on the first day of the rotation.
P704 Geriatric Psychiatry (LIJ/Hillside Hospital)
**Not Available to Visiting Students**
The broad-based goal of this program is in-depth exposure to the rapidly developing field of Geriatric Psychiatry. Medical students can participate in a wide range of clinical activities at diverse sites, including a 20-bed geriatric psychiatry inpatient unit, a comprehensive geropsychiatry outpatient clinic, a geriatric psychiatry day hospital, a community-based program, and home care programs and a long term care facility. They will have exposure to ongoing research initiatives in late-life depression and dementia, Tardive Dyskinesia, brain imaging and psychiatric health care delivery in nursing homes. Students will participate in structured educational activities that include clinical case conferences, family conferences, geropsychiatry Journal Club and didactic curriculum.
Dr. Jerry Chang
jcheng4@nshs.edu
718-470-8384
Modules: All
Maximum 2 Students
All students MUST have pre-approval from Course Director prior to registration and where to report on the first day of the rotation.
P705 Inpatient Psychiatry (LIJ/Hillside Hospital)
**Not Available to Visiting Students**The medical student will be on one of three inpatient service units and will have primary responsibility for the care of the assigned patients. This includes the history, physical and psychiatric examinations, laboratory examinations, psychiatric diagnostic assessment and management of newly admitted patients.The student will receive individual supervision from an Attending physician and depending on the unit, work alongside PGY1 or II Residents. Part of the experience will involve participation in didactic seminars, educational conferences in psychopharmacology and movement disorders, as well as, clinical cases involving Neurology, Medicine and Psychiatry. Depending on the student’s interest, this rotation would also include time spent in either the Evaluation Center or Outpatient Substance Abuse Clinics.
Dr. Jerry Chang
jcheng4@nshs.edu
718-470-8384
Modules: All
Maximum 2 Students
All students MUST have pre-approval from Course Director prior to registration and where to report on the first day of the rotation.
P706 Psychiatry Research (LIJ/Hillside Hospital)
**Not Available to Visiting Students**
Hillside Hospital is a Clinical Research Center sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health. Hillside is engaged in a variety of ongoing research projects. Some of these are: (1) Longitudinal studies of newly admitted schizophrenic patients including MRI and cognitive functioning. (2) Clozapine treatments of patients shown to be refractory to standard narcoleptics or with severe Tardive Dyskinesia. (3) A survey of axis II diagnosis in outpatients with alcohol/dependence. (4) Neuropsychiatric Rehabilitation. (5) Applications of MRI brain-imaging technique and neuropsychology to the study of brain abnormalities in schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease and epilepsy (6) Research in mental retardation. (7) Unilateral ElectroConvulsive Therapy vs. Bilateral ECT. Other projects are planned. Students will participate in weekly research meetings, receive individual supervision from a senior attending and if desired, get assistance in writing a paper. This is a unique opportunity to learn what clinical psychiatric research is like from the "nuts and bolts" view of an insider.
Dr. Jerry Chang
jcheng4@nshs.edu
718-470-8384
Modules: All
Maximum 2 Students
All students MUST have pre-approval from Course Director prior to registration and where to report on the first day of the rotation.
P707 Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service (LIJ/Hillside Hospital)
**Not Available to Visiting Students**The purpose of this elective is to acquaint the medical student with what consultation-liasion psychiatry is all about. Students will see patients who are having emotional reactions to psychical illness, such as, Cancer and Heart Disease, and learn how to treat them. They will also learn the impact of psychiatric comorbidity on general health care, as well as, how the emotion effect specific medical disorders, such as, granulomatous bowel disease and heart disease. Students will be supervised by the Fellows and staff of the C-L service and work with them on actual cases. In addition, the students will participate in Neurology Teaching Rounds, Renal Dialysis Rounds, Med-Psych Teaching Rounds on Medicine and a weekly staff-wide C-L Clinical Case Conference. They will also gain experience in the use of biofeedback in psychosomatic disorders by observing the actual treatment of patients as well as being given brief didactic exposure to the topic. Other specialized experiences are available on request.
Dr. Jerry Chang
jcheng4@nshs.edu
718-470-8384
Modules: All
Maximum 2 Students
All students MUST have pre-approval from Course Director prior to registration and where to report on the first day of the rotation.
P708 Flexible Elective (LIJ/Hillside Hospital)
**Not Available to Visiting Students**
In recognition of the fact that the students may wish to pursue more than one specific area of interest. we are now offering an elective that may be tailored to the individual interests and needs of the student. A variety of combinations are possible, integrating material from the menu if different electives that is offered at Hillside (Adult Day Hospital, Clinic, Evaluation Center, Medical Clinic, Geropsychiatry, Inpatient Psychiatry, Research Psychiatry, Research Psychiatry and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry).
Dr. Jerry Chang
jcheng4@nshs.edu
718-470-8384
Modules: All
Maximum 2 Students
All students MUST have pre-approval from Course Director prior to registration and where to report on the first day of the rotation.
P709 Substance Abuse/Community Psychiatry (LIJ/Hillside Hospital)
**Not Available to Visiting Students**This elective exposes students to comprehensive substance abuse treatment and to patients in varying degrees of recovery from this type of psychiatric illness. Students may choose to join clinical teams from a variety of community based and hospital programs. With nine separate sites to select from and the opportunity to work at different sites simultaneously, a meaningful experience can be fashioned to suite almost any interest and educational need. Students may elect to work with patients of different ages, ranging from adolescents to elderly adults. There is also the opportunity to gain experience with different treatment modalities, such as, Methadone maintenance, medically monitored detoxification and group psychotherapy. Those students with research interests are welcome to participate in ongoing protocols. In all electives, the student is given on-site supervision.
Dr. Jerry Chang
jcheng4@nshs.edu
718-470-8384
Modules: All
Maximum 2 Students
All students MUST have pre-approval from Course Director prior to registration and where to report on the first day of the rotation.
P710 Neurology in a Psychiatric Patient Population (LIJ/Hillside Hospital)
**Not Available to Visiting Students**During this elective, students have the opportunity to work in the realm that is the interface of psychiatry and neurology. Individual supervision with an attending neurologist who specializes in this patient population forms the core of this rotation. Clinical work will encompass neurologic conditions in both inpatient and outpatient psychiatric populations. Additional clinic exposure and specialty evaluations (i.e., movement disorder, seizure, etc.) enhance the experience.
Dr. Jerry Chang
jcheng4@nshs.edu
718-470-8384
Modules: All
Maximum 2 Students
All students MUST have pre-approval from Course Director prior to registration and where to report on the first day of the rotation.
P800 Subinternship in Inpatient Psychiatry (Beth Israel Medical Center)
**Not Available to Visiting Students**Each student will be responsible for the care of approximately four inpatients with resident and faculty supervision. Student will follow their patients from initial evaluation to discharge planning and will learn the factors that lead to a decision to admit, gain skills in diagnosis and the use of medications and understand the relationship among biological, psychological and social factors in psychiatric disorders. Students will be integrated into an interdisciplinary team and will learn how to act as a team leader for their patients. The service will try to accommodate a student’s needs and interests.
Contact: Dr. Ellen Eisenstadt
212-844-1538
eeisenst@chpnet.org
Modules: 2A,3A,3B,4AZ,4B,5A,5B,6A,6B
Maximum 2
All students MUST have pre-approval from Dr. Ellen Eisenstadt prior to registration and where to report on the first day of the rotation.
P801 Subinternship in Psychiatry w/ Emphasis in Substance Abuse (Beth Israel Medical Center)
**Not Available to Visiting Students**Students will be responsible for the evaluation and care of the patients, substance abuse and other psychiatric disorders. Students will be assigned primarily to the dual diagnosis inpatient unit. The student will become familiar with the evaluation and treatment of the complex Biopsychosocial problems associated with this population as well as with the outpatient treatment resources.
Contact: Dr. Ellen Eisenstadt
212-844-1538
eeisenst@chpnet.org
Modules: 3A,3B,4AZ,4B,5A,5B,6A,6B
Maximum 2
All students MUST have pre-approval from Dr. Ellen Eisenstadt prior to registration and where to report on the first day of the rotation.
P802 SubI in Psychiatry with Emphasis in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (Beth Israel Medical Center)
**Not Available to Visiting Students**Students will join the consultation-liaison staff in providing psychiatric care of the medically ill throughout the medical center. Students will attend daily rounds; liaison-teaching conferences perform consultations and follow patients with close supervision. Special interests (i.e., AIDS, cardiac surgery, oncology, etc.).
Contact: Dr. Ellen Eisenstadt
212-844-1538
eeisenst@chpnet.org
Modules: 2A,3A,3B,4AZ,4B,5A,5B,6A,6B
Maximum 2
All students MUST have pre-approval from Dr. Ellen Eisenstadt prior to registration and where to report on the first day of the rotation.
P803 SubI in Psychiatry with Outpatient Experience (Beth Israel Medical Center)
**Not Available to Visiting Students**
Students will be responsible for the care of outpatients, with resident faculty supervision. They will learn about and take care of psychiatric patients from initial evaluation as outpatients, thorough decisions to admit patients to discharge planning. Emphasis will be on understanding the interplay of biological, psychological and social factors in the occurrence and course of psychiatric disorders. Students will be assigned primarily to a specific area of the outpatient clinic.
Contact: Dr. Ellen Eisenstadt
212-844-1538
eeisenst@chpnet.org
Modules: 3A,3B,4AZ,4B,5A,5B,6A,6B
Maximum 2
All students MUST have pre-approval from Dr. Ellen Eisenstadt prior to registration and where to report on the first day of the rotation.
P804 Subinternship in Geriatric Psychiatry (Beth Israel Medical Center)
**Not Available to Visiting Students**
Students will be responsible for the care of aged psychiatric inpatients with a wide range of psychopathological disorders. In addition, the student will have outpatient experience in the comprehensive evaluation and treatment of patients 65 years and older. The student will become familiar with the complexity and special problems of the aged psychiatric patient using the Biopsychosocial research. The student will coordinate the psychiatric, medical, neurological and social evaluation of elderly patients. There will be supervision in individual and family therapy, as well as exposure to working with outside agencies. Opportunities for geriatric consultation can also be arranged. Readings will be provided to further assist the student in understanding the process of normal aging and the multitude of pathologic processes that may rise.
Contact: Dr. Ellen Eisenstadt
212-844-1538
eeisenst@chpnet.org
Modules: 3A,3B,4AZ,4B,5A,5B,6A,6B
Maximum 2
All students MUST have pre-approval from Dr. Ellen Eisenstadt prior to registration and where to report on the first day of the rotation.