The Yale Department of Psychiatry is dedicated to providing the highest quality education in the field of Psychiatry; to providing leaders and leadership for the field; acquiring and disseminating new scientific knowledge pertinent to the causes and treatments of severe neuropsychiatric disorders and to serving as a model of exemplary mental health care for students and society.
Residency Training Program in Psychiatry
The strength of the Yale Residency Program lies in it's diverse and talented faculty and in the richness of it's component and affiliated training facilities. The department is committed to excellence of service to patients and their families; to the development and practical application of new treatment modes; and to the constant assessment of the contribution that psychiatry, both as a science of behavior and as a clinical specialty, may make to the solution of urgent human problems.
The residency program rests upon the scientific disciplines basic to clinical psychiatry, i.e., the biological, social, and psychological sciences (including psychoanalysis). The research orientation of the faculty and staff, most of whom are investigators as well as teachers, provides an atmosphere of scholarly endeavor and curiosity. As a department, we are dedicated to training skilled, responsible clinicians who are intellectually equipped to become leaders in our profession.
We recognize that psychiatry has become too complex and trainees' backgrounds and aspirations too varied to be encompassed within the bounds of a traditional "lock-step" training program. Therefore, we strive to present a program of systematic and rigorous content, so that core skills and knowledge are gained, while maintaining enough flexibility to allow residents to reach their personal goals.
In recent years psychiatry has been changing at a rapid rate as result of new scientific achievements in the biological and social sciences clinical practice. We believe there is every likelihood that pace change will continue to accelerate. Major goal Yale program is, therefore, offer psychiatrists-in-training those experiences equip them confront help shape uncertainties future.
In order to achieve this aim, the four-year residency program has been subdivided into three functional units: 1) an 8-month (PG-I) Internship in Medicine and Neurology, 2) a 28-month Core Psychiatry Program (4 months of PG-I, 12 months each of PG-II and PG-III) followed by 3) a 12-month (PG-IV) Concentration Program.
The Internship is designed to provide a comprehensive experience as a primary care physician in a general hospital. The two internship programs, both located in New Haven, are at Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Hospital of St. Raphael. Both are major teaching hospitals affiliated with the Yale University School of Medicine. The internships consist of 6 months of medicine and 2 months of neurology. Each internship is associated with a separate Match number. Both Match numbers are for PG-I entry into the same Adult Psychiatry Program; the only difference is the site of the medical internship, either St. Raphael's Hospital or Yale-New Haven Hospital.
To consider your application, we need a few items:
- Universal Application Form (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, print and fill-in), including 2.5" X 2.5" color photo
- personal statement explaining your interests & goals for advanced training
- copy of your current resume
- three letters of reference
- copy of USMLE scores or copy of license from a state that requires passing of all USMLE steps
- copy of medical school diploma
- medical school transcript
- Dean's letter from your medical school (or verification letter from your medical school)
Letters of reference must be mailed by the authors of the letters directly to our program. One of the letters of reference must be from your general psychiatry residency Program Director. Applicants must waive the right of access to these letters. Please inform the letter writer to include this fact in their letter.
If you are an International Medical Graduate, please also include a copy of your ECFMG certificate. If you are not a U.S citizen, please include a copy of your visa or other immigration paperwork.
Mail all materials to the faculty member listed as the fellowship contact.
General Requirements
Applicant must be a graduate (or expect to be a graduate) in good standing of an ACGME-accredited residency in adult or child psychiatry.
Applicants should be licensed to practice as a physician in the State of Connecticut, or be able to obtain their license at the beginning of their fellowship. Applicants who are not citizens or permanent residents of the United States must have an appropriate visa or very good reason to believe they will be able to obtain a visa in a timely fashion (typically a J1 visa).
Yale is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Women and minority group members are encouraged to apply.
Yale University
Dept. of Psychiatry
300 George Street
New Haven, CT
06511 USA
Tel: 203-785-2117
http://info.med.yale.edu/psych/residency
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