OVERVIEW
The Psychiatry Residency Program is a four-year program, or three years of training for those residents entering at the PGY-2 level after completing an internship elsewhere. We provide excellent clinical training on inpatient, outpatient, emergency, consultation-liaison, addictions, and child and adolescent services, as well as in a variety of specialized and elective settings.
Our psychotherapy training program includes both clinical and didactic experiences and is designed to build on basic principles common to all psychotherapies to then teach more specialized forms of therapy. We are pleased to have an outstanding group of residents and faculty.
The major emphasis of the program is on providing a balanced training experience. We aim to teach our residents biological, psychological, and sociocultural aspects of psychiatry. We provide training in both somatic and psychotherapeutic treatment modalities. In addition, we strive for an integrated approach, emphasizing the “science” of psychiatry (i.e. the acquisition of essential knowledge and techniques), the “art” of empathic understanding of patients, and the development of each resident as an ethical, thoughtful, and professional psychiatrist.
TRAINING
Clinical Rotations
First year residents complete the following clinical training: 4 months Medicine or 4 months Pediatrics (or 2 months of each), 2 months Neurology (one of which can be Pediatric Neurology), 6 months Inpatient Psychiatry, and participation in didactics.
Second year residents complete 6 months Inpatient Psychiatry, 1 month Emergency Psychiatry, 3 months Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, 2 months selective (Addictions, Child, Forensics, Geriatrics, Research or Consults), and participate in a long term care clinic and didactics. Two months of neurology is required to be Board eligible. So incoming PGY-2s without prior training in neurology will need to include this in their elective time.
Third year residents do adult outpatient psychiatry (including long term care), child and adolescent outpatient psychiatry, psychotherapy supervision, and didactics.
Fourth year residents continue to train at a long term care clinic and didactics, but also work in a primary care clinic, do consultation, and engage in elective rotations.
Psychotherapy Training
We feel that excellent psychotherapy training is essential for all psychiatry residents, regardless of their ultimate career goals. The Psychotherapy Training Program includes both clinical and didactic experiences designed to help the resident progress from a basic understanding of the principles underlying different forms of psychotherapy to a more sophisticated familiarity with more specialized psychotherapeutic approaches.
Through training in psychotherapy, residents achieve basic competency in psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), brief therapy, supportive psychotherapy, and combined psychotherapy and psychopharmacology. Training is also available in advanced psychodynamic psychotherapy, advanced CBT, dialectical behavior therapy, interpersonal therapy, couples and family therapy, and group therapy.
RESEARCH
Within our department, residents may elect to participate in research in a wide variety of areas, including epidemiology, phenomenology and treatment studies, health services, psychotherapy outcome, consultation-liaison psychiatry, psychiatry in primary care settings, basic neuroscience, molecular biology, genetics, neuroimaging, psychopharmacology, addictions, dual diagnosis, geriatrics and Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), mood disorders, panic and anxiety disorders, seasonal affective disorder, sleep disorders, and sexual dysfunction.
SCHOLARSHIP & TEACHING
The Residency Program offers a wealth of opportunities for scholarship, teaching, and research by residents. Our basic goal is that all residents learn to read the psychiatric literature critically, to use evidence from research studies to enhance their clinical practice, and to transmit knowledge and skills to others through effective clinical and didactic teaching. To accomplish these goals, the residency includes scholarship and teaching experience. In addition, we offer a rich array of optional research experiences and teaching electives for interested residents.
For additional information, visit the Psychiatry web site.
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PROGRAM DIRECTOR |
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PROGRAM COORDINATOR |
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Deborah Cowley, MD |
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Athena Wong |
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Program Director |
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Program Support Supervisor |
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Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences |
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Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences |
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Box 356560 |
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Box 356560 |
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Room BB-1621 |
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Room BB-1627 |
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Phone: 206-543-6577 |
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Phone: 206-543-6577 |
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Fax: 206-685-8952 |
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Fax: 206-685-8952 |
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Email: dcowley@u.washington.edu |
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Email: aswong@u.washington.edu |
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Charisa Quintal |
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Program Coordinator |
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Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences |
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Box 356560 |
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Room BB-1627 |
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Phone: 206-543-6577 |
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Fax: 206-685-8952 |
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Email: charisam@u.washington.edu |