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May 07, 2024
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Catalog 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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ELECT EPSYM2 - Psychosomatic Medicine (Consult Liaison)
Director Fourth Year Department Courses: Juliana Fort, MD
Director(s): James Patterson, MD
Administrative Contact: Christy Hay
Duration: 2 weeks
Location: Academic Medical Center at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport
Elective Offered During Blocks: All
Course Code: EPSYM2
Goals:
1. Perform liaison with interdisciplinary teams involved in the care and management of medical/surgical patients.
2. Develop specific clinical knowledge to include diagnostic skills, use of diagnostic laboratory tests, clinical evaluative techniques, interviewing techniques and the application of time-limited psychotherapy.
3. Gain an understanding of pharmacology, particularly psychopharmacology, with emphasis on interactions of psychotropic medications with other medications and the effects of non-psychotropic medications on the central nervous system.
4. Gain general knowledge of consultation-liaison psychiatry, as well as clinical expertise in such areas as the treatment and management of geriatric patients, the care and evaluation of ICU and critically ill patients, and the assessment, understanding, and treatment of complications in patients who are terminally ill.
5. Perform the assessment of the psychosocial aspects of illness.
Objectives:
1. Students will have primary responsibility for the care and treatment of assigned psychiatric patients under supervision of residents and/or faculty.
2. Speak with consulting physician to obtain information about the patient and the specific reason the primary team has consulted the psychiatric service.
3. Interview the patient and review current chart and previous medical history.
4. Speak with staff and family
5. Complete consult documentation and present the patient to the attending.
6. Re-contact consulting physician and provide recommendations.
Resources for Learning:
The student will be assigned to an attending. The senior student will supervise junior medical students on the rotation. The attending will meet with the student on a weekly basis for individual supervision. Faculty will also observe interview skills while on the rotation.
Participating Faculty: LSUHSC Psychiatry Faculty
Texts: 1. Synopsis of Psychiatry, 12th Edition, Kaplan and Sadock
2. Textbook of Psychosomatic Medicine and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, 3rd Edition.
3. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5)
Evaluation:
Clinical performance and interview observation.
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