Psychiatry is a 4-week rotation intended to expose students to the basics of mental health, as well psychopathology and its treatment. It is intended to illustrate to students that psychological and psychiatric issues and patients will be part of their career, no matter what specialty they choose. Courses may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Courses may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

During the psychiatry sub-internship, students will gain increased supervised responsibility for patients with severe psychopathology in an inpatient setting. The goals are to deepen understanding of psychopathology and psychotherapeutics, learn evaluation and management skills for patients with a broad range of psychiatric disturbances, and begin to gain skills necessary for first-year residency as a psychiatry intern. Courses may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Psychiatry is a 4-week rotation intended to expose students to the basics of mental health, as well psychopathology and its treatment. It is intended to illustrate to students that psychological and psychiatric issues and patients will be part of their career, no matter what specialty they choose. Courses may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

The goal of this elective is to provide medical students the opportunity to explore their medical school experience through non-medical fiction, poetry, and creative arts. The Medical Creative Writing elective is a Tulane School of Medicine course designed to supplement a traditional medical education with the study of literature and active writing. Intentionally, the topics explored are not overtly medical, focusing rather on non-medical content is explored. By documenting their experiences, students’ can ground themselves in the reality of their medical experiences while simultaneously publishing a tangible publication. Such practices foster personal reflection as they are testament to personal and professional accountability. This elective will require in-person time commitment, particularly outside of normal class hours. Students are expected to come prepared and will use class time to write and reflect on the reading materials provided for them. Students will be asked to write in-real-time so as to precure spontaneous thoughtfulness and avoid the reliance of automated writing. As the course unfolds, students are required to organize their work in a formal portfolio, thesis, or similarly creative project for publication or submission to a journal, literary magazine, essay contest or akin. The final portfolio will be the mainstay of the elective and mandatory submission is required to pass the class.

This is a 2-week elective in Psychiatry. The following experiences are available: Assertive Community Treatment and Forensic Psychiatry. See eMedley for more information about sites. Courses may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

During this elective, students will have the opportunity to participate in some or all of the following clinical activities: 1) school-based mental health treatment for complex behavioral and emotional disorders; 2) Tulane Parent Education Program – outpatient treatment of children and adolescents and their biological or foster families; 3) Psychiatric Consult/Liaison - consultation in the Tulane ER, Tulane pediatrics and school-based clinics in various Louisiana parishes; 4) Community mental health clinics providing outpatient treatment. Students will also attend Child Psychiatry didactics one day each week, along with clinical case conferences and seminars. Students are able to select a curriculum of varied clinical sites for a broad exposure to child psychiatry or may choose a more intense focused experience. Courses may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

This elective is offered for 4th year medical students interested in combined training and want a closer look at the environments and practice styles of dual-boarded physicians. The elective involves experiences in our two Med/Psych continuity clinics and the consult/liaison service run by a combined physician. Students may also participate in a traumatic brain injury clinic run in conjunction with the NFL and observe forensic evaluations of medically-complicated psychiatric cases. Rotating students will be expected to attend didactics in both the Internal Medicine and Psychiatry departments as well as our weekly Med/Psych conference. By the end of the rotation, the student will lead the weekly conference on a topic chosen in collaboration with the course director. Courses may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

The goal of this elective is to provide medical students the opportunity to explore their medical school experience through non-medical fiction, poetry, and creative arts. The Medical Creative Writing elective is a Tulane School of Medicine course designed to supplement a traditional medical education with the study of literature and active writing. Intentionally, the topics explored are not overtly medical, focusing rather on non-medical content is explored. By documenting their experiences, students’ can ground themselves in the reality of their medical experiences while simultaneously publishing a tangible publication. Such practices foster personal reflection as they are testament to personal and professional accountability. This elective will require in-person time commitment, particularly outside of normal class hours. Students are expected to come prepared and will use class time to write and reflect on the reading materials provided for them. Students will be asked to write in-real-time so as to precure spontaneous thoughtfulness and avoid the reliance of automated writing. As the course unfolds, students are required to organize their work in a formal portfolio, thesis, or similarly creative project for publication or submission to a journal, literary magazine, essay contest or akin. The final portfolio will be the mainstay of the elective and mandatory submission is required to pass the class.

Preceptorships are available to T1 & T2 students who are interested in the specialty. Students must identify a physician to shadow. Students must have their preceptorship approved in advance by the Senior Associate Dean of Admissions and Student Affairs. Courses may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

5000-level research opportunities are available to T1 & T2 students who are interested in the specialty. Students must identify a faculty member with whom to conduct research. Students must have their research prospectus form approved in advance by the Senior Associate Dean of Admissions and Student Affairs. Courses may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

This rotation is available only to visiting MD students, from US schools of medicine, in the clinical phase of their training: Tulane SOM does not accept visiting students from international schools of medicine. Visiting MD students must apply through AAMC's VSAS system to be eligible to enroll; pre-clinical visiting MD students are not eligible. Courses may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.