Program Details

Curriculum & Rotation Schedule

PGY1 - Training focuses on developing the skills to become a physician. Residents will be trained in the assessment and treatment of patients across various fields. Time will be spent on primary care (with time spent in a primary care office and inpatient medicine) and neurology (with time spent in hospital consultation and outpatient offices). Other areas of concentration are Inpatient Psychiatry and Emergency Psychiatry Services.

• Inpatient Psychiatry- 4 months
• Emergency Psychiatry Services -2 months
• Internal Medicine - 3 months
• Neurology - 2 months
• Outpatient Family Medicine - 1 month

PGY2 - Education focuses on acquiring the skills to become a psychiatrist. Residents will rotate through specialty rotations, as well as community based psychiatric experiences. Time will be spent on each of the following: Inpatient Psychiatry, Neuromodulation, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, Sleep Medicine Clinic, and at a Veterans Administration Hospital.

• Inpatient Psychiatry -2 months
• Child & Adolescent Psychiatry//Forensic Psychiatry - 2 months
• Consultation Liaison Psychiatry - 3 months
• Substance Use Disorders//Sleep Medicine - 2 months
• Lyons VA Rotation (Geriatric Psychiatry) - 2 months
• Neuromodulation/Esketamine - 1 month
• Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic - 1/2 day/week over 12 months

PGY3 - Instruction focuses on Outpatient Psychiatry in the Hackensack Meridian Health Network. Residents will be involved in all aspects of Outpatient Psychiatry (Addiction, Adult, Child and Adolescent, Geriatric, Psychotherapy, and Women’s Mental Health).

• Adult Psychiatry - Brandywine
• Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - HOPE Tower/61 Davis
• Dual Diagnosis/Addiction Recovery Services - 61 Davis
• Geriatric Psychiatry Clinic- - Brandywine Commons
• Integrative Psychiatry - Family Health Center
• Psychotherapy Clinic- HOPE Tower
• Women's Mental Health Clinic

PGY4 -Training includes Chief Resident opportunities for inpatient and consultation psychiatry. There is a community psychiatry rotation and ample time for electives.

• Inpatient Psychiatry (Chief)
• Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (Chief)
• Community Psychiatry
• Electives

Additional Academic Experiences could include:

• Daily Clinical Rounds
• Weekly Psychiatry Grand Rounds
• Weekly Protected Time for Didactics
• Monthly Resident Journal Club
• Monthly Resident Case Presentations
• Monthly Resident Business Meetings
• Four Annual Psychiatry Symposia
• Annual HMH Research Day at JSUMC
• Annual HMH Quality Improvement Day

Rotation Schedule

1 Year Block Schedule

**EPS-=Emergency Psychiatric Services

2 Year Block Schedule

3 Year Block Schedule

Includes: Addiction Psychiatry, Adult Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry, Psychotherapy Clinic. and Women's Mental Health

4 Year Block Schedule

Curriculum

Our Core Didactics Curriculum covers all major topics and incorporates gender, racial, and cultural perspectives with a diverse, comprehensive curriculum that occurs throughout residents four years of training. Residents have protected time each week for didactics. PGY1 and PGY2 residents have protected time on Thursday afternoons and PGY3 and PGY4 have protected time on Tuesday afternoons. Residents are protected for Grand Rounds, which take place Wednesday mornings. 

Residents receive instruction in a variety of topics including:

• Administrative Psychiatry
• Case Formulation
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Consultation & Liaison Psychiatry
• Developmental Disabilities
• ECT Training
• Forensic Psychiatry
• Human Sexuality & LGBTQ Mental Health
• Inpatient psychiatry
• Leadership Skills
• Neuropsychiatry
• Neuroscience
• Psychopharmacology
• Psychotherapy
• Sleep Medicine
• Social Justice and Mental Health
• Trauma & Abuse
• Women’s Mental Health

Educational Conferences

During the four-year residency, residents will actively participate in a variety of conferences. The goal of these conferences is to:

• Improve critical thinking
• Improve understanding and interpretation of the literature
• Improve the management of patients with complex conditions and diseases
• Improve the understanding of ethical principles in the care for patients 

Major educational conferences are listed below: