Setting of Your Internship

The Psychiatry and Behavioral Science Building is the hub of the training program. It provides individual office space for interns and faculty and also houses modern, well-equipped Outpatient Psychiatric Clinics for both adults and children. Individual intern offices are quipped with computers, web cams and direct web connections to the Medical Library. The two clinics serve both the general community and the various medical center departments as a setting for individual and group treatment.

The clinics’ faculty and complement of trainees represent the disciplines of clinical psychology, psychiatry, nursing and psychiatric social work. As such, the clinics provide a matrix of interdisciplinary training and offer varied training formats that promote collaboration and exchange. Interns participate in a model of training that reflects the working situation they will encounter as professionals.

The SUNY Upstate Medical University

One of only 128 academic medical centers in the United States. Academic medical centers -- which are built around medical schools and teaching hospitals -- lead the nation in conducting medical research, educating health professionals, and providing the most advanced care to patients.

University Hospital

This modern 350-bed facility, is the primary teaching hospital of the SUNY Upstate Medical University. This modern complex houses a broad range of inpatient and outpatient services, plus laboratories and research facilities directly connected with Upstate Medical University. A 24-bed acute care psychiatric unit was opened in 1969. Adult track interns spend a three-month, half-time rotation working on the inpatient unit.

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences offers courses for the undergraduate medical curriculum and is an approved center for psychiatric residency training programs. The Division of Clinical Psychology, in addition to its activities as a part of the Department, maintains direct consultative, research, and service relations with all departments of the Medical University.

Hutchings Psychiatric Center

A 150-bed facility operated by the New York State Department of Mental Health, is a training facility for the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. This hospital provides experience in the area of community health organized around sections run by multiprofessional teams. The hospital serves as a model community mental health center providing continuity of service for adults, children, and adolescents, including inpatient units, outpatient clinics, crisis intervention “walk-in” clinics, halfway houses, and a large voluntary day care program. An effort is made to maintain the patient’s community ties and involvement.

The Veterans Administration Medical Center Hospital

Also within the Upstate campus, is a 380-bed general, medical, and surgical hospital that includes a large psychiatric service. Psychology and psychiatry staff members of the VA Hospital hold faculty appointments in the SUNY Upstate Medical University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. In addition to conducting extensive training programs of its own, the VA Hospital Psychology Service maintains functional and facility ties with the Health Science Center’s Division of Clinical Psychology.

The Psychology Department of Syracuse University

Immediately adjacent to the Upstate campus, provides stimulating colloquia to which all interns are invited. Upstate Medical University and Syracuse University also invite distinguished lecturers, making a wide range of scientific and professional discussions available.

Other Attractions

Upstate Medical University

Maintains a large medical and scientific library, and the general and specialized libraries of Syracuse University are readily available. Interns have easy access to computer facilities and there is a networked computer in each intern office. The Upstate Campus Activities Building provides a swimming pool and facilities for other sports and social activities. Syracuse University sponsors a variety of drama, film, lecture, music, and athletic programs.

The City of Syracuse

Has a professional symphony orchestra, a professional theater company, and art galleries, including the acclaimed Everson Museum of Art. New York-based touring companies bring Broadway theater productions to the city, and major orchestras, as well as jazz, rock, and country music performers, include Syracuse on their tour circuits. The natural beauty of the Syracuse area offers the opportunity for a host of recreational activities including boating, golf, hiking, and skiing.