MEL 8614: Acting Internship in Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Tampa 15-16

This elective is designed to provide students with a greater understanding of the interface between psychiatry and medical illness in the pediatric and adult populations. Students will assist the consultation team in interviewing medical/surgical patients at Tampa General Hospital. Students will be asked to evaluate patients and ascertain how the patient's medical illness is affected by psychological factors. They will be exposed to a wide range of psychopathology including mood disorders, conversion disorders, psychotic disorders, delirium, dementias, and other organic illnesses.

Objectives

1. Become familiar with psychiatric diagnoses in both the adult and child populations
2. Improve interviewing skills by performing interviews on difficult medical/surgical patients
3. Learn to be part of a consultation/liaison team and be able to work with members of other medical teams and other disciplines

Evaluation

Faculty will evaluate the student’s clinical performance according to the elective objectives.

The student will conduct a 10minute presentation on a relevant topic of interest.

The student will submit medical documentation for review by faculty.