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Medical student education is a central priority for the GWU Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. We offer an integrated curriculum spanning the first three years of medical school, combining evolving neuroscience with humanistic values in patient care.
Psychiatry faculty participate in the design and implementation of an extensive problem based learning curriculum for pre-clinical students, covering normal development, family function in illness, competency, end of life decisions and similar psychiatric topics related to general medicine. Psychiatrists also co-lead "Doctor-Patient-Society" groups with primary care physicians in the Practice of Medicine (POM) course in years I and II. In addition, the department runs a semester long course in psychopathology and directs the human sexuality section of the Introduction to Clinical Medicine course in year II. Third year clerks currently spend two months in the Department of Psychiatry, a month on an acute general adult psychiatry unit or the consultation liaison service, and a month in a specialized setting such as a public mental hospital or an inpatient ward for children. The department provides seminars for the third year students, including an innovative role-playing curriculum for introducing students to the psychiatric problems presented by patients in primary care outpatient settings. The department is currently collaborating in a broad curriculum reform designed to increase the third year students’ direct experience with psychiatry in ambulatory care settings. Fourth year students are able to set up electives in the department, tailored to their specific interests and educational goals. Application information for fourth year electives is obtained through Harolyn Johnson in the GWU School of Medicine Dean’s Office: http://www.gwumc.edu/smhs/academic/medicine/electives/index.html . Director of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry Julia
Frank, MD Health Sciences Education The GWU Department of Psychiatry teaches physician’s assistant students and the nurse practitioner students in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences. These health sciences students are enrolled in the psychopathology course (for second year medical students) and the human sexuality course (also for second year medical students).
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