Psychiatry Pathway Drexel University College of Medicine Introduction Sites and Personnel Goals and Objectives Description of Pathway Pathway Summary Table Textbooks and Learning Resources Evaluation

Introduction

The Department of Psychiatry began offering a senior year discipline-based pathway in July 1997. This pathway has been designed to assist both faculty and medical students in undertaking a more careful approach in curriculum planning for those students who are considering residency training and/or a career in psychiatry.

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Sites and Personnel

Pathway Director and Site Coordinator:

Drexel University College of Medicine Dilip Ramchandani, M.D. DUCOM Department of Psychiatry Friends Hospital 4641 Roosevelt Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19124 Phone: (215) 831-5369 Fax:(215) 289-2053 e-mail: DRamchan@drexelmed.edu  Coordinator: Carole Szylobryt (215) 831-6927 Phone (215) 289-2053 Fax e-mail: cszylobr@drexelmed.edu

Co-Director/Associate Directors, Site Coordinators and Teaching Sites:

Site	Co-Director/Associate Director	Site Coordinator
Hahnemann	Sunil Verma, M.D. Hahnemann University Hospital Department of Psychiatry Broad & Vine, Mail Stop 403 Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192 (215) 762-7411 Phone (215) 762-4259 Fax sverma@drexelmed.edu	Carole Szylobryt (215) 831-6927 Phone cszylobr@drexel.edu
Friends Hospital	Dilip Ramchandani, M.D. DUCOM Department of Psychiatry 4641 Roosevelt Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19124 Phone: (215) 831-6927 Fax:(215) 289-2053 DRamchan@drexelmed.edu	Carole Szylobryt (215) 831-6927 Phone cszylobr@drexelmed.edu
AGH	Swami Nathan, M.D. AGH Department of Psychiatry 320 East North Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15212 (412) 330-4028 Phone (412) 330-4377 Fax snathan@wpahs.org	Rose McDermott (412) 359-8626 Phone (412) 359-6777 Fax rmcdermo@wpahs.org
Mercy Catholic	Tahir Maqsood, M.D. Mercy Hospital of Philadelphia 501 S. 54th Street Philadelphia, PA 19143 (215) 748-9188 Phone tmaqsood@yahoo.com	Roe Melwig (215) 748-9188 rmellwig@mercyhealth.org
Monmouth	Sajjad Zaidi, M.D. Monmouth Medical Center Department of Psychiatry 300 Second Avenue Long Branch, NJ 07740 (732) 923-6912 Phone (732) 923-6914 Fax zaidimd501@aol.com	Sajjad Zaidi, M.D. (732) 923-6912 Phone (732) 923-6914 Fax
St. Christopher's	Maryanne Delaney, M.D. St. Christopher's Hospital for Children Erie Avenue at Front Street Philadelphia, PA 19134-1095 Phone: (215) 427-5177 Fax: (215) 427-5586 maryanne.delaney@drexelmed.edu	Carole Szylobryt (215) 842-4189 Phone cszylobr@drexelmed.edu

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Goals and Objectives

The goals of the psychiatry pathway are as follows:

1. To provide a student with greater familiarity with the field of psychiatry and thereby assist the student in making an appropriate career choice;
2. to enhance the possibility of initiating or further developing mentoring relationships within the department; and
3. to encourage a thorough foundation in non-psychiatric disciplines.

Courses provided by the Department have also been designed to provide those students who are not planning to go into psychiatry with the option of obtaining some additional training in psychiatry during medical school. The objectives for individual fourth-year elective courses are provided in a separate document.

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Description of Pathway

Click here for a summary table of the Psychiatry Pathway.

The Department of Psychiatry requires pathway students to select two but no more than three psychiatry courses during the senior year.  One course must be done at a home site.  The selection of senior courses away from the DUCOM clinical affiliates will be limited to three, as per school policy.

Students who are considering a career in psychiatry are encouraged to get additional training in other disciplines, especially family medicine, internal medicine, neurology, obstetrics, pediatrics, and general surgery. Electives in highly subspecialized aspects of medicine and surgery are not recommended.

Psychiatry Courses

Current Primary Courses may be found in the Senior Electives Catalogue under "Psychiatry." For a current listing, please refer to the on-line catalogue at: /clinicaleducation/SeniorElectives/

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Textbooks and Learning Resources

Students will be given a list of recommended references and related readings at the time of developing their pathway selection.
 

Evaluation

Evaluation of Student Performance:

The student's clinical performance will be evaluated by the supervising attending and may include consultation with collaborating residents and other clinical personnel who are familiar with the student's handling of responsibilities. The Department recommends to both attendings and students that they jointly review a draft of the written evaluation during the latter part of the fourth week in the course before the final copy of the Senior Student Clinical Rotation Evaluation Report is/are completed. The completed evaluation forms should be signed by the attending or resident and forwarded to the Office of Medical Student Education as follows:

Dr. Ramchandani or Ms. Szylobryt

Department of Psychiatry

Friends Hospital 2nd floor Scattergood Bldg. rm E229

The contents of the Evaluation Report will be summarized by the Department's Office of Medical Student Education and forwarded to the Registrar.

Any student who fails to receive a grade of Satisfactory or better will be required to undertake remediation as worked out by the Department in collaboration with the Promotions Committee and the Dean's office. Appeals regarding unsatisfactory performance should be initiated by a letter from the concerned student to the Chair of the Department.

Evaluation of the Elective

At the end of each elective, students will be required to complete a departmental form in order to provide a written critique of each elective. The completed form should be forwarded to Dr. Ramchandani or Ms. Szylobryt. In March of the senior year, each pathway student will be asked to complete a brief evaluation form summarizing the utility of the overall pathway.

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