Rotation Director
Rotation Description
Prerequisite: Psychiatry core clerkship completion
This is an advanced four- or eight-week elective for medical students who have a particular interest in the subspecialty of Consultation-Liaison Medicine. The NIMH Office of the Clinical Director provides psychiatry consultation liaison services to adult and pediatric research subjects enrolled in NIH Clinical Center inpatient and outpatient clinical trials who have a wide array of medical illnesses including cancer, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Hepatitis, rare genetic diseases, infectious diseases, and endocrine and autoimmune disorders.
Students will help conduct clinical workups and discuss clinical research methodology with members of the Psychiatry Consultation Liaison Service (PCLS) team. In addition, students will attend weekly clinical rounds, research meetings, and the Clinical Fellows Seminar. Clinical teaching will focus on co-morbid psychiatric diagnosis in the medically and surgically ill patient as well as appropriate treatment recommendations including both psychopharmacologic, therapy, and psychotherapeutic interventions. Case discussions will highlight distinctions and tensions related to the conduct of clinical research and clinical care. Given our unique setting, students may elect to engage in opportunities to attend multidisciplinary meetings.
Rotation Objectives
- Perform clinical evaluations of adult and pediatric patients/research subjects referred to the PCLS;
- Prepare informal case or journal club presentations;
- Learn about research in consultation-liaison psychiatry;
- Elect supplemental opportunities to observe additional evaluations including informal capacity assessments, neurodevelopmental evaluations, neuropsychological testing, and collaborations with the NIH Hospice and Palliative Medicine program.
Due to the duration of the rotation, individualized programs will vary widely in accordance with the needs and interests of each student.
Faculty
- Haniya Raza, DO, MPH
- Ivan Colon, Pagan, MD
- Maryland Pao, MD
- Lisa Josephs, PhD
- Joseph Snow, PhD
- Deborah Snyder, MSW
For additional information regarding this rotation, please visit Psychiatry Consultation Liaison Service.