The Didactic Curriculum, guided by principles of adult learning theory, is one of the cornerstones of the resident learning experience at Emory. Faculty are encouraged to facilitate an innovative learning experience that actively engages the learner, increases retention of the material, uses technology (when appropriate), and helps to fuel a spirit of lifelong learning and inquiry.
Didactics are held on Wednesday mornings at 12 Executive Park, and all classes have protected time to attend. Didactics are divided into modules, each organized by a faculty module leader who is a subject matter expert. Lectures within the modules are distributed across the four years, and correspond with clinical experiences of the residents. The largest modules are Psychotherapy, Mood and Anxiety Disorders, and Psychotic Disorders.
While interns are on medicine months, they are able to attend the psychiatry didactics on Wednesday morning. In addition to the Wednesday morning curriculum, PGY-1 and 2 residents have additional site-specific educational opportunities at Grady, Emory Decatur Hospital and at the VA. Download the didactic map for the PGY-1 seminars at Grady.
Resident feedback is valued and evaluation forms are completed online. There is a monthly committee, the Education Subcommittee, in which residents and faculty gather to analyze feedback from educational experiences and promote new ways to deliver material.
Please see below to learn about the specific curriculum for each year of the residency.
Download the map for the overall seminar distribution.
PGY-1
- Diagnostic Interviewing
- Cultural, Community and Global Context
- Addiction
- Neuroscience
- Psychotic Disorders
- Team-Based Learning
- Process Group
- Case Conference
PGY-2
- Childhood and Development
- Clinical Neurology for Psychiatrists
- Consultation-Liaison
- Cultural, Community and Global Context
- Evidence-Based Psychiatry
- Geriatric Psychiatry
- Psychotherapies
- Team-Based Learning
- Process Group
- Case Conference
PGY-3
- Addiction
- Childhood and Development
- Clinical Neurology for Psychiatrists
- Cultural, Community and Global Context
- Eating Disorders
- Forensic Psychiatry
- Leadership and Management
- Mood and Anxiety Disorders
- Personality Disorders
- Professional Responsibilities
- Psychotherapies
- Women's Mental Health
- Team-Based Learning
- Case Conference
PGY-4
- Geriatric Psychiatry
- History of Psychiatry
- Leadership and Management
- Life After Residency
- Mood and Anxiety Disorders
- Psychotherapies
- Sleep Disorders
- Women's Mental Health
- Team-Based Learning
- Case Conference