In addition to Grand Rounds, journal club and clinical case conferences there are four main didactic series throughout the year:
- Core Fellowship Didactics
- Integrated Care Didactics
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
- Women’s Mental Health
All of the core topics in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry are reviewed in the Thursday morning fellowship meeting with the director.
- C/L Assessment and the Role of C/L Psychiatry
- Ethical Issues
- Psychological Response to Illness
- Maladaptive Behaviors and Behavioral Plans
- Assessing Suicidal Patients
- Legal Issues – Involuntary Treatment, Decisional Capacity, Informed Consent & Surrogate Decision Makers
- Physical Exam for C/L Psychiatry
- Delirium
- Normal Aging
- Aggression and Violence
- Dementia
- Imaging and EEGs
- Geriatric Medicine and C/L Psychiatry
- Depression and Anxiety in the Medical Setting
- Mania, Catatonia and Psychosis
- Eating Disorders
- PTSD in the Medical Setting
- Substance Abuse and C/L Psychiatry
- Psychopharmacology I – Hearts, Livers and Kidneys
- Demoralization and Bedside Psychotherapy
- Deception Syndromes
- Eating Disorders
- Sleep Disorders
- Sexual Disorders
- Obstetrics/Gynecology and C/L Psychiatry
- Palliative Care
- Heart disease
- Lung disease
- Gastrointestinal disorders
- Endocrine and metabolic disorders
- Infectious disease
- Rheumatology
- HIV/AIDS
- Dermatology
- Nephrology and C/L Psychiatry
- Oncology and C/L Psychiatry
- Neurology/TBI and C/L Psychiatry
- Transplant Psychiatry
- Surgery C/L Journal Club
- ICU Psychiatry
- Infectious Diseases and C/L Psychiatry
- Endocrinology and C/L Psychiatry
- Pain Disorders
- Psychopharmacology
- Cross-Cultural and Spiritual Issues in C/L Psychiatry
- Pediatrics
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Pain
- Electroconvulsive therapy
- Psychosocial treatments
- Biostatistics in the Literature
In addition, in depth series are held in the following topics taught by experts in the field:
- Advanced psychopharmacology
- Geriatric Didactics
- Addictions Medicine
- Psychiatry and the law
- Leadership Seminar
- ICU Psychiatry
The Integrated Care Didactics are held weekly for 2 hours, and up to one hour of pre-work is expected for each session. At least 30 faculty have contributed to the didactic portion of the fellowship, creating a rich curriculum with didactics in the following areas:
- Overview and Orientation (2 hours)
- Transition to Practice (minimum of 18 hours)
- Introduction to Integrated Care
- Implementation, Hiring, Managing
- Liability, Leadership
- Working on an Inter-Professional Team
- Contracting
- Continuing Medical Education
- Tele-psychiatry (minimum of 15 hours)
- Introduction to Model and Practices
- Policy
- Models and Best Practices
- Expanding Opportunities
- Advanced Topics
- Basic Collaborative Care (minimum of 12 hours)
- Assessment, Treatment, Depression
- Bipolar, Anxiety, Safety
- Advanced Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar
- Patient Engagement
- Advanced Collaborative Care (minimum of 12 hours)
- Substance Use Disorders
- ADHD, Chronic Pain
- Difficult Patient, Psychosis
- Harm Reduction
- Collaborative Care for Populations (minimum of 21 hours)
- Maternal Mental Health
- Geriatrics
- Child
- Child Models
- Advanced Maternal and Perinatal Topics
- Outliers
- Primary Care in Mental Health Settings
- Public Health/Health Services (minimum of 9 hours)
- Introduction
- Financing
- Advanced Topics
- Quality Improvement (minimum of 9 hours)
- Basics of QI Theory
- QI vs. Traditional Research, IRB
- QI and EHR, Publishing
- Brief Behavioral Interventions for Primary Care (minimum of 21 hours)
- Core Elements
- Basic Skills and Common Elements
- PST/CBT for Anxiety/Depression
- Motivational Interviewing
- Distress Tolerance Skills
- Health Behavior Change
- Advanced Topics
The integrated didactic series culminates with a half day retreat for the final session where all faculty and fellows participate.