Location: Columbia, South Carolina

Duration: 4 weeks

Course Offered: Throughout academic year

Number of Students: 1 per rotation

Students Report To: Page Dr. Bryan Mozingo at (803) 352-1389 one week prior to the rotation for instructions

This elective will build on knowledge and skills gained in the core psychiatry clerkship in the third year. Students will become part of the consult-liaison team and will be responsible for assisting in psychiatric evaluations of medical and surgical patients throughout Palmetto Health Richland. Students will round daily with the consult-liaison team and be responsible for the evaluation and follow-up of new consults.

Particularly useful for students entering primary care fields, this elective allows the student the opportunity to assess and provide treatment recommendations for the psychiatric disorders most commonly found in hospitalized medical and surgical patients.

By the end of the elective the student should:

1. Be comfortable in performing a focused psychiatric interview on hospitalized medical and surgical patients.

2. Be able to recognize common psychiatric complications and disorders in medical and surgical patients.

3. Be able to formulate treatment recommendations and communicate them effectively to the requesting physician.