Psychiatry Clerkship

Program Overview

Year 3 medical students will go through an 8-week clinical rotation to get hands-on training and learn in real-world environments. Each student will be scheduled to do:

• Outpatient
  • Duration: 2 weeks
  • Location: Psychiatry Clinic
• Inpatient
  • Duration: 2 weeks
  • Location: Sunrise Canyon
• Neurology
  • Duration: 1 week is highly encouraged, but not mandatory
    *May opt for an additional week of either child or general consults.
  • Location: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
• Psychiatry Consults
  • Duration: 1 week
  • Location: University Medical Center
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Duration: 1 week
  • Location: Relational Health Center at Covenant Children’s Hospital

Throughout the rotations, students will meet with patients, attend didactic lectures, and log their cases. Final week of the rotation medical students will utilize that whole week for studying.

Faculty:

Poorvanshi Alag, MD
Manish Aligeti, MD
Wail Amor, MD
Gayle Ayers, DO
Phillip Balfanz, MD
James Barnett, PhD
Marina Chavez, MD

Michael Ji, MD
Raja Kiani, MD
Gabriela Lelakowska, PhD
Terry McMahon, MD
Niiang Mung, MD
Emily Pali, PhD

Anastasia Ruiz, MD
Ashish Sarangi, MD
Natalie Scanlon, PhD
Rebecca Sherrier, PhD
Sarah Wakefield, MD
Laurel Wolfe-Zarnoth, PsyD