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Seamlessly combining the wisdom of seasoned leaders in psychiatry residency and fellowship training with the perspective of current residents-in-training, The Psychiatry Resident Handbook offers insights and guidance readers will not easily find in any other resource.
An opening description of the state of mental health care in
the United States serves as a foundation from which the guide proceeds to
address topics in five key areas:
• Identity, including trainees' gender and sexual identities, as well
as the experience of individuals from underrepresented communities in
medicine and international medical graduates
• Clinical practice, from
working with historically oppressed patient populations to telehealth and
legal and ethical issues
• Skill-building, including working with
technology and social media, developing as a leader, publishing research,
and engaging in advocacy
• Career development, with discussions of
mentorship and sponsorship, finding a first job, and board
certification
• Managing both a career and personal life, including
recognizing and mitigating burnout, addressing mistreatment and
discrimination, and navigating personal finances
Chapters feature key points that preview the content; specific challenges and strategies in which content is applied to real-life scenarios; self-directed questions that spur reflection and professional identity development; and recommended resources that include psychiatric, medical, business, and other literature, as well as relevant websites and online materials.
For guidance on how to successfully navigate training and pursue a fulfilling personal life, medical students, psychiatry residents, fellows and psychiatry educators will not find a more comprehensive resource than The Psychiatry Resident Handbook.
Sallie G. De Golia, M.D., M.P.H., is a Clinical Professor, Associate Chair of Clinician Educator Professional Development, and Co-Residency Director in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California.
Raziya S. Wang, M.D., is the former Designated Institutional Official and Program Director of Psychiatry Residency Training Program at San Mateo County in San Mateo, California. She is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor, in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California.
I. Understanding Residency
Chapter 1. Framing the
Residency Experience
Chapter 2. The U.S. Mental Health Care
Landscape
II. Centering Our Identities
Chapter 3. Centering Our
Identities
Chapter 4. The Underrepresented in Medicine
Experience
Chapter 5. Gender and Sexual Identity
Chapter 6.
Professional and Personal Life: The International Medical Graduate
Experience
III. Approaching Clinical Work
Chapter 7. Learning to
Develop a Case Formulation
Chapter 8. Working with Historically
Oppressed Patient Populations
Chapter 9. The Psychiatric
Emergency
Chapter 10. On-Call and Night Float
Chapter 11.
Non-Psychiatry Services
Chapter 12. Inpatient Services
Chapter 13.
The Psychiatric Consult
Chapter 14. Working in a Multi-Disciplinary
Team
Chapter 15. Outpatient Services
Chapter 16. Best Practices in
Prescribing Medications
Chapter 17. Best Practices in Providing
Psychotherapy
Chapter 18. Telehealth Services
Chapter 19. Legal
Issues
Chapter 20. Managing Patient Suicide
Chapter 21. Public
Mental Health
Chapter 22. Supervision
IV. Building
Skills
Chapter 23. Blue Ink and Blind Spots: Working Toward Accurate
Self-Knowledge Through Self-Awareness
Chapter 24. Communication Skills
and Managing Conflict
Chapter 25. Embracing Uncertainty: A Prescription
Toward Clinical Expertise
Chapter 26. The Resident as
Teacher
Chapter 27. Navigating Technology in Residency
Chapter 28.
Navigating Use of Social Media
Chapter 29. Leadership
Chapter 30.
Scholarship
Chapter 31. Publishing
Chapter 32. Advocacy
V.
Developing a Career
Chapter 33. Mentorship and Sponsorship
Chapter
34. Preparing for Your Career
Chapter 35. Steps to Securing Your First
Job
Chapter 36. Beyond Training: Board Certification and Continuing
Medical Education
VI. Maintaining a Professional and Personal
Life
Chapter 37. Work-Life Integration: Accomplishing Your Professional
and Personal Goals
Chapter 38. Wellness: Am I Well or am I Burned
Out?
Chapter 39. Handling Mistreatment and Discrimination
Chapter
40. Physician Impairment
Chapter 41. Practical Finances: Creating a
Budget and Beginning Investing
VII. Self-Directed
Learning
Appendix