Third-year Clerkship
The goal of the psychiatric clerkship is to provide medical students with the basic knowledge, attitudes, and skills to recognize and understand mental illness. In addition, students are exposed to a wide range of therapeutic strategies used to treat patients with mental illness. Each student will also have the opportunity to interview and present in a one-on-one educational experience. The student will receive direct feedback about their clinical and interviewing skills during these sessions.
The third-year medical student psychiatry clerkship rotates for six weeks in Tucson. We have three primary sites for the clerkship: Main Campus (BUMC-Tucson), South Campus (BUMC-South), the VA (Southern Arizona Veterans Administration Health Care System) and Banner-University Medicine Crisis Response Center (CRC). Didactic and clinical instruction is provided by the psychiatry faculty and residents. Inpatient, outpatient, and consultation experiences vary according to the clinical site. A multiple-choice, web-based examination is required at the end of the rotation. This rotation is graded as Honors, High Pass, Pass, and Fail.
Fourth-year Medical Student Electives
Senior medical students interested in enrolling in one of the psychiatry electives can do so through Oasis. Visiting student enrollment is done through VSLO.
Students may contact Clerkship Coordinator Angel Scott-Westbrock at aduerr@arizona.edu for more information or visit the online elective catalog.