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Psychiatry in Neurology Requirement Clarification


New Neurology Requirement
The following requirement must be met by all residents who enter the PGY-2 level on or after July 1, 2005:

One Month Psychiatry Requirement
The residents must participate in the management of patients with psychiatric disorders.

The program must include at least 1 month FTE experience in clinical psychiatry, including cognition and behavior.

The experience should take place under the supervision of a psychiatrist certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, or who possesses qualifications judged acceptable to the RRC.

Residents must learn:
  1. the psychological aspects of the patient-physician relationship and the importance of personal, social, and cultural factors in disease processes and their clinical expression; and,

  2. the principles of psychopathology, psychiatric diagnosis, and therapy and the indications for and complications of drugs used in psychiatry.