Medical Education Program
Clerkship
Our clerkship is designed to introduce medical students to core principles of psychiatry and provide basic knowledge, attitudes, and skills to recognize, understand and treat mental illness. During the six-week rotation, students are exposed to various stages of evaluation and treatment of patients by psychiatrists and other mental health professionals.
Students will also have the opportunity to interview and present in a one-on-one educational experience and receive direct feedback about their clinical and interviewing skills.
Required Psychiatry Clerkship (Third-Year Medical Students)
- Six-week experience (one week of front-loaded orientation/didactics; five weeks at clinical sites)
- Direct patient contact
- Work with treatment teams consisting of one faculty member and one resident physician
- Individualized and personalized feedback and supervision
- Rotation sites
- Banner – University Medical Center Tucson: Consultation/liaison services; call experience
- Banner – University Medical Center South: Inpatient psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, consultation/ED services; call experience
- Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS): Inpatient psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, substance use services, consultation/liaison services
- Exposure to outpatient psychiatry, ECT, psychotherapy
Psychiatry Electives (Fourth-Year Medical Students)
- Four-week experiences (depending on rotation site)
- Work with treatment teams consisting of one faculty member and one resident physician
- Individualized and personalized feedback and supervision
- Qualifies as a “sub-internship” experience
- Rotation Sites:
- Banner – University Medical Center Tucson: Consultation/liaison services
- Banner – University Medical Center South: Inpatient psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, consultation/ED services
- Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS): Inpatient psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, substance use services, outpatient psychiatry
Contact Us
Steve Herron, MD
Associate Professor, Psychiatry (Clinical Scholar Track)
Clerkship Director
Chief Medical Officer, Escalera Health
