PHAS 6075 - Behavioral Medicine

Prerequisite: successful completion of 56 credit hours within the Physician Associate program. Psychiatry is a 5-week supervised clinical practice learning experience in mental and behavioral healthcare. Students are placed with clinical practitioners who specialize in delivering psychiatric and behavioral care in various healthcare settings. Students are expected to assess and manage common psychiatric and behavioral disorders. Students will work with the clinical care team to promote wellness care, therapeutic compliance, preventative screenings, and provide patient education. Students are expected to refine and build on the techniques and clinical skills acquired during their didactic phase. Students will develop a more in-depth, specialty-focused, understanding of the best practices of diagnostic and treatment plans, behavioral and cognitive therapies, and psychopharmacotherapies specific to conditions commonly treated in psychiatric and behavioral medicine. 4 credits.