Residency Program Curriculum Clinical Sites Our Residents Scholarly Activity Resident Life & Wellness How to Apply Contact Us Curriculum Home Research Research: Clinical Departments Psychiatry & Human Behavior: Home Psychiatry & Human Behavior: Education & Training Psychiatry & Human Behavior: Education & Training > Residency Program Psychiatry & Human Behavior: Education & Training > Residency Program > Curriculum Residency Program Curriculum The UCI Psychiatry Residency program supplies each resident with a strong and well-rounded clinical experience, providing a firm grounding in fundamental psychiatric skills. In the inpatient setting, residents provide care for a diverse population of patients with a broad range of acute psychiatric conditions. Developing Mastery of Clinical Skills With the assistance of a full interdisciplinary team that comprises attending physicians, psychiatric nurses, psychiatric technicians, occupational therapists, case managers, social workers and medical students, residents develop mastery of the biopsychosocial approach to patient care. Exposure to psychotherapy starts during the second year. Residents will find ample exposure to a broad spectrum of individual interests, including: Academic Psychiatry | Psychiatry Administration | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry | Community Psychiatry | Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry | Emergency Psychiatry | Forensic Psychiatry | Geriatric Psychiatry | Integrated Psychiatry | Substance Abuse Treatment Faculty hold key positions in local psychoanalytic, cognitive/behavioral, gestalt, transpersonal and intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy institutes. Our program believes that mentorship is important. All residents are carefully supervised by faculty throughout their residency training. During the last year of residency, there is ample time for clinical, administrative, teaching and research electives. These fourth-year electives provide the breadth of exposure and flexibility needed to effectively prepare for post-residency careers. Additionally, residents are required to attend weekly half-day didactics and chief rounds, grand rounds and conferences. The selected conferences for this program are the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Association of Medicine and Psychiatry Annual Meeting and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine SLEEP Meeting. Curriculum & Call Schedule PGY-1 & PGY-2 Curriculum Schedule PGY-1 and PGY-2 programs begin the first week of July. PGY-1 PGY-2 Weeks 1–4 UCI Med Psych IP LBVA Addiction Weeks 5–8 UCI Med Psych IP UCI C&L Weeks 9–12 LBVA Neuro OP VLR wk 9 Night Float wk 10-12 Weeks 13–16 LBVA Acute Psych IP Recovery Week wk 13 VLR wk 14–16 Weeks 17–20 UCI Acute Psych IP UCI C&L Weeks 21–24 UCI Medicine OP LBVA Geriatrics IP Weeks 25–28 UCI C&L UCI Acute Psych IP Weeks 29–32 UCI Med Psych IP UCI Forensics/ECT Weeks 33–36 UCI Medicine OP UCI CAP Psych IP Weeks 37–40 UCI Medicine IP UCI ECT+Intake OP Weeks 45–48 LBVA Neuro OP UCI Forensics/ECT Weeks 45–48 UCI Medicine IP UCI CAP Psych IP Weeks 49–52 UCI Acute Psych IP Night Float wk 49–50 Recovery wk 51 VLR wk 52 PGY-3 & PGY-4 Curriculum Schedule PGY-3 Clinic Options: ADHD, Adolescent, Anxiety, General Adult, Geriatrics, Med/Psych, Mood, Thought Disorder, Sleep, Transitional Age Youth (TAY), Women’s Health. In addition to UCI outpatient clinics, PGY-4s have the opportunity to rotate through a variety of electives, including: UCI Family Health Clinics, Orange County Mental Health Clinics, John Henry Foundation, Child Psych Experience, Consults, Long Beach VA Outpatient Clinic, Sleep Medicine, PHP/IOP Psychotherapy. PGY-3 PGY-4 Monday Geriatrics Med Psych Med Psych Women's Health Tuesday General Student Health Administrative Time PHP/IOP Wednesday Mood Administrative Time Didactics Didactics Thursday Thought Disorder Orange County Mental Health Adolescent Orange County Mental Health Friday TAY Geriatrics Anxiety Sleep Medicine Monthly Call Schedule Below is an example of a monthly on-call schedule for PGY-1, PGY-2 and PGY-3 residents. PGY-4 residents are not on call. PGY-1 Week 1: Tuesday, Saturday Week 2: Thursday Week 3: Sunday Week 4: Wednesday PGY-2 Week 1: Saturday Week 2: Thursday Week 3: Tuesday Week 4: Friday PGY-3 Week 1: Saturday Week 2: Thursday Week 3: Tuesday Week 4: None Resident Salary & Benefits For current information regarding resident salary and benefits, please visit the Residents & Fellows Salary, Benefits, Policies page on our UCI Graduate Medical Education website. View Salary & Benefits