Curriculum
The year is separated into month-long blocks – equaling 12 blocks in an academic year.
- 2 months Inpatient Internal Medicine
- 2 months Neurology (Inpatient + Outpatient)
- 1 month Urgent Care
- 1 month Outpatient Family Medicine
- 2 months Psychiatry Emergency Center (PEC) Nights
- 4 months Inpatient Adult Psychiatry
- 1 month Addiction Psychiatry
- 2 months Consult-Liaison Psychiatry
- 1 month Psychiatry Emergency Center (PEC) Days
- 5 months Inpatient Adult Psychiatry
- 1 month Inpatient Child-Adolescent Psychiatry
- 1 month Cross-Cover
- 1 month Elective
- 12 months of Outpatient Continuity Clinic
- 3 JPS Sites: Medical Home Northeast Tarrant, Medical Home Southwest Tarrant, Viola Pitts-Como Health Center
- 1 MHMR Site: Western Hills Clinic
- ½ Day Geriatric Clinic
- ½ Day Child Adolescent Clinic
- ½ Day Research Time
- ½ Day Psychotherapy
- ½ Day Didactics
- PHP Duties for JPS Clinics
- Remaining Time: Adult Clinic
- 2 months Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)
- 2 months Local Commitment Alternative (LCA)
- 1 month Outpatient Cross Cover/Research
- 1 month Inpatient Cross Cover/Research
- 1 month Beat the Boards
- 1 month Admin
- 4 months Elective
- ½ Day Research Time
- ½ Day Psychotherapy
- ½ Day Didactics
- Inpatient Psychiatry – one to two Trinity Springs Pavilion call days per month from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- Psychiatric Emergency Center (PEC) – no call shifts on night float
- Family Medicine/Neurology/Urgent Care - occasional Friday and/or Saturday PEC night shifts from 8 p.m. – 8 a.m. If scheduled for a call shift on Friday night, you are excused from services that day
- Internal Medicine – no psychiatry call shifts. Call is based on Internal Medicine schedule/Q6 system
- At most, one PEC day call per month from 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
- Remaining PEC day or TSP day call shifts
- At most one shift every two months
- Holiday Day Call: each PGY-4 resident is responsible for one TSP Day from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. on JPS Recognized Holidays, which include the 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Years Day, Memorial Day. Remaining residents (if >6 PGY-4s) will take one PEC Day call to reduce call for other residents
- Tuesdays 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
- Protected time
- Learner level specific with occasional combined lectures
- Topics include, but are not limited to, process group, psychotherapy, DSM, psychopharmacology, medicine for psychiatrists, ethics, CAP, CL, Geriatrics, Forensics, Addiction, Genetics, Landmark Studies, Job Preparation, etc.
- Fridays 8 a.m. – Noon
- Protected time
- Learner level specific with occasional combined lectures
- Topics include, but are not limited to, process group, Psychotherapy, DSM, Psychopharmacology, Medicine for Psychiatrists, Ethics, CAP, CL, Geriatrics, Forensics, Addiction, Genetics, Landmark Studies, Job Preparation, etc.
- Process groups weekly
- Process groups every other week
- Extensive didactic sessions to learn history and techniques of various psychotherapy modalities
- Process groups every other week
- Required to have at least one psychotherapy patient: CBT Approaches
- Can incorporate other forms of psychotherapy when applicable, which include motivational interviewing, supportive, trauma focused, etc.
- Supervision: 2:1 with psychologist one hour per week
- Process groups every other week.
- Required to have at least one psychotherapy patient: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
- Can incorporate other forms of psychotherapy when applicable, which include motivational interviewing, supportive, trauma focused, etc.
- Supervision: 1:1 with psychologist one hour per week
- Required to complete one scholarly activity project before graduation – typically a quality improvement project with your residency class
- Statisticians available
- Mentors to help guide research interests
- Retreat
- One weekend (Friday night-Sunday morning) per year
- Wellbeing Chair
- Plans for social activities
- Welcome Event, Academic New Years Eve Celebration, Friendsgiving, Halloween Costume Party, Gift Exchanges, Sporting Events, Concerts, Dinners.
- Plans for social activities
- Wellbeing Days
- One full day off per quarter that is considered separate from PTO
- Big-Little Sibling Program
- Intern paired with PGY-3 or PGY-4
- Monthly individual meetups
- Quarterly group meetups
- Mentorship Program
- Paired with attending monthly to discuss personal and professional wellbeing
- Availability of Employee Assistance Program (EAP)