Conferences for Both Tracks
Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds (1.5 hours weekly)
Various speakers provide presentations on topics of interest and lead discussion afterward. Speakers,from inside and outside of the Department, represent the broad range of behavioral sciences.
Professional Interest Group
During the course of the year, the Professional Interest Group meets periodically and informally with different faculty members at the faculty member’s home to address issues of mutual interest and those that may not have come up elsewhere in training. Past topics have included the psychologist’s role in legal cases, ethical issues, testing of Freud’s ideas, setting up a private practice, state licensing laws, attention deficit disorders, multicultural issues, and hypnosis.
Additional Seminars and Courses
A host of courses and workshops are offered within the Department of Psychiatry each year and are available to psychology interns.
In recent years, interns have attended seminars in:
- Medicine for Psychologists
- Neuropsychology
- Observed Individual and Family Therapy
- Group therapy
- Brief Therapy
- Hypnosis
- Professional Issues
Intern interests play a role in dictating the topics covered by the seminar program in any given year.
Special Conferences
Special conferences are arranged to cover topics of interest to faculty or interns and are scheduled whenever the need arises. A visiting expert, for instance, in Statistics or Forensic Psychiatry might be invited to lead such a conference.