Chattanooga Psychiatry Clerkship (PSY-30000)
This clerkship occurs at Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute, a 150-bed psychiatric facility in Chattanooga.
Students will be exposed to a broad spectrum of psychiatric disorders. All students will attend educational activities organized by the office of the Clinical Director in association with the Department of Psychiatry at the UTHSC College of Medicine Memphis. Attendance at lectures and teaching conferences is required. Most didactics will be video-conferenced from Memphis to Chattanooga.
Clinical wards are run by a treatment team headed by an attending psychiatrist and a nurse practitioner. Treatment teams also include a coordinator, a team of social workers and activity therapists, nurses, and psychiatric technicians. Psychology services are readily available and available on a consultation basis.
Students are strongly encouraged to hold onto their M2 lecture notes in Psychopharmacology and Psychopathology, and to refresh their memory in this domain within the first 36 hours of the clerkship. This prior knowledge is expected from the very first day.
There is no student overnight call requirement; however, attendance at weekend/holiday rounds and admissions duty (observation/participation) is offered. Established duty hour rules for students will be followed.
Students’ final grade will be a reflection of examination performance (NBME Psychiatry shelf exam), clinical proficiency at psychiatric evaluation, and mental status examination.
More details about UTHSC psychiatry clerkships are available on the UTHSC College of Medicine-Memphis Psychiatry Clerkship page.
Course Contacts
Clerkship Director: Audrey Hime, MD | audrey.hime@tn.gov
Clerkship Coordinator: Joyce Poke | joyce.poke@erlanger.org
Department Phone: 423.778.6670
Course Summary
| Approval Authorization: | Not Required |
| Blocks Offered: | ALL |
| Cancellation Deadline: | 30 days prior to rotation start |
| Cohort Size: | 2 |
| Credit Hours: | 6 hours |
| Course Length: | 4 weeks |
| Flexibility: | NO (no half blocks, no off-cycle, no time off for interviews) |
| Location: | Erlanger Health System, Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute |
| Pre-requisites: | Prior knowledge of Psychopharmacology and Psychopathology |
| Shifts (overnight call): | NO (See explanation above for exceptions) |
| Shifts (weekend): | NO |