Summary of Training Program

PGY-1 Residency Year **

  • Internal Medicine or Pediatrics: 4 months
  • Inpatient Psychiatry: 6 months
  • Neurology: 2 months

** 1/2 day per week long term VA med-psych outpatient clinic

PGY-2 Residency Year **

  • Adult Inpatient Psychiatry: 6 months
  • Private Hospital Inpatient and Emergency Psychiatry: 2 months
  • Neuropsychiatry: 2 months
  • Adult Chemical Dependency or Consultation and Liaison (including Emergency Psychiatry): 2 months

** 2 hours per week long-term outpatient psychotherapy, 1/2 day per week long term VA med-psych outpatient clinic

PGY-3 Residency Year **

12 months Outpatient Psychiatry, including VA Mental Hygiene Clinic and family therapy with children and adolescents.

PGY-4 Residency Year **

  • Adult Substance Abuse and/or Consult and Liaison Psychiatry including Emergency Psychiatry: 4 months
  • Child/Adolescent: 2 months
  • Geropsychiatry: 1 month
  • Community Mental Health: 1 month
  • Elective: 4 months

** 2 hours per week long-term outpatient psychotherapy

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Contact Us

Psychiatric Residency Training Program

920 Madison, Second Floor
Memphis, Tennessee 38105
Phone: 901-448-6400
Fax: 901-448-8294
Iverson Bell Jr., M.D., Director
Email: ibell@uthsc.edu

Leigh Ann Barns,
Coordinator
Phone: 901-448-2302
Fax: 901-448-1477
Email: lbarns@uthsc.edu