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Psychiatry rotation advice for medical students

BOOKS

Absolutely necessary
- Psychiatry (Current Clinical Strategies, Hahn et. al.)

UCSF SPECIFIC INFORMATION

CALL SCHEDULE
Parnassus
Psych: 3 wkday calls total lasting until 9-10pm.

PREPARING FOR THE FINAL EXAM
Psych: read the little green book (see above); no need to know dosages for drugs.



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ISTJ Psychiatry Residency

1. What speciality are you going into?
Psychiatry

2. What university/hospital did you match into?
UCSF

3. What is your personality type? ISTJ

4. What advice would you give someone with a similar personality type as you regarding: doing well on rotations, and residency applications?

Get along with people on the wards as best you can, be enthusiatic, ask others for advice and listen to a diverse group of mentors, trust your own instincts on what is right and wrong in social situations

8. What advice would you give a student who would like to get honors on rotations related to your specialty?

Be caring and complete, be open-minded and humble, ask a lot of questions, try to think about your patients and center your care around them. the most important thing is to have a sense of humor and get along with everyone.



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Psychiatry rotation at Parnassus medical student review

1. Tell us the rotation AND site you just completed (ex. OBGYN, Kaiser Oakland)
Neuro/Psych, Parnassus
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2. What books/tools did you use for this rotation? Tell us which ones were absolutely necessary, somewhat helpful, or total waste of money. Also tell us how you used them.
a) Absolutely necessary: SOAP for Neurology, Psychiatry (Current Clinical Strategies, Hahn et. al.)
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3. Describe your call schedule. Ex. # days on call, what time you realistically got out, etc.
Neuro: 4 wkday calls total lasting until 10pm (get out by ~8-12pm), 2 wkend day calls (8-5pm) Psych: 3 wkday calls total lasting until 9-10pm.
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4. How did you prepare for the finishing exam/shelf exam. How would you prep differently if you could do it again.

Psych: read the little green book (see above); no need to know dosages for drugs.

Psychiatry rotation at Parnassus medical student review



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