- Located in the large metropolitan area of Atlanta where training involves a variety of sites including inner-city safety net hospital, tertiary and quaternary academic medical centers, geriatric hospital and VA medical center. This allows the residents a broader educational experience and a diverse patient population.
- Residency program director is med-psych trained
- Both divisions are academically strong and provide unwavering support for our med-psych program
- Over 14 combined trained Internal Medicine and Psychiatry physicians on faculty
- Three combined medicine-psychiatry clinics at Grady providing co-located, integrated care where our residents work with combined trained faculty
- Inpatient medicine and psychiatry unit at Grady staffed by combined medicine and psychiatry faculty
- The med-psych residents’ schedules are created to help focus on their career interests
- Medicine distinction programs available to the med-psych residents include social medicine and health equity, medical education, quality improvement, point of care ultrasound, medical innovations and HIV medicine
- Regularly scheduled med-psych conferences
- Research opportunities in medicine, psychiatry and combined
- Regular social events for the med-psych residents
- Opportunities for international electives
- X+Y (4+1) schedule on internal medicine rotations
Schedule Outline
PGY-1
PGY 1’s complete 6 months of medicine and 6 months of psychiatry switching between medicine and psychiatry every 3 months. The interns attend primary care, inpatient medicine and psychiatry didactics.
Medicine rotations include:
- Two inpatient medicine ward months
- One inpatient cardiology month
- One ICU month
- Two weeks infectious disease consults
- Two weeks of palliative care consults
- Ambulatory care Y-weeks every fifth week
Psychiatry rotations include:
- Three inpatient psychiatry months
- Two emergency psychiatry months
- One outpatient community psychiatry month
PGY-2
PGY 2’s complete six months of medicine and 6 months of psychiatry switching between medicine and psychiatry every three months. The residents attend primary care, inpatient medicine and psychiatry didactics as well as combined medicine-psychiatry clinics while on ambulatory care. The second half of the year, the resident assumes a supervisor PGY-2 role on medicine rotations.
Medicine rotations include:
- Two inpatient medicine ward months
- Two weeks elective
- Two weeks procedure service
- One neurology month
- Two weeks emergency medicine
- Two weeks night float
- Ambulatory care Y-weeks every fifth week
Psychiatry rotations include:
- Two inpatient psychiatry months
- Six weeks psychiatry consult liaison
- Two weeks med-psych unit month
- One neurology month
- One geriatric psychiatry month
PGY-3
PGY 3’s complete 6 months of medicine and 6 months of psychiatry alternating between medicine and psychiatry every 3 months. The residents attend primary care, inpatient medicine and psychiatry didactics as well as combined medicine-psychiatry clinics while on ambulatory care.
Medicine rotations include:
- Two inpatient medicine ward months
- One elective month
- One ICU month
- Two weeks night float
- Ambulatory care Y-weeks every fifth week
Psychiatry rotations include:
- One inpatient psychiatry month
- Two psychiatry consult liaison months
- Two weeks psychiatry elective
- Two weeks child psychiatry
- One addiction psychiatry month
PGY-4
PGY-4 and 5 years are split into 6-month blocks of medicine and psychiatry. During this 6-month psychiatry block, the residents have psychotherapy training, adult outpatient psychiatry continuity clinic, psychopharmacology clinic and complete their child psychiatry requirements
Medicine rotations include:
- One inpatient medicine ward month
- Two weeks inpatient HIV service
- One week med-psych unit
- One ICU month
- Two weeks emergency medicine
- Two weeks night float
- Two weeks medicine subspecialty month
- Ambulatory care Y-weeks every fifth week
PGY-5
PGY 4 and 5 years are split into 6-month blocks during which the residents begin outpatient psychotherapy. During this 6-month psychiatry block, the residents have psychotherapy training, adult outpatient psychiatry continuity clinic, psychopharmacology clinic and complete their child psychiatry requirements.
Medicine rotations include:
- One inpatient medicine ward month
- Two weeks ICU
- Two weeks geriatric medicine
- Three weeks med-psych unit
- Two weeks night float
- Three weeks elective
- Three weeks subspecialty
- Ambulatory care Y-weeks every fifth week