Mental Health Ambulatory Curriculum

This curriculum is designed for PGY1 residents. The curriculum includes Thursday AM teaching sessions on ambulatory management of patients with mental and behavioral health issues and one or two clinic experience on Wednesday PM (dates listed below).

The clinic will be every Wednesday afternoon. The clinic will take place during the intern’s continuity clinic—interns will staff with their assigned attending and a Behavioral Health Specialist. Andrea Haidar MS, MA, LCSW will provide instructions for direct observation during all patient encounters.

Goals

This multi-disciplinary clinical experience is designed to give PGY1 residents the knowledge and skills to care for common mental and behavioral health issues effectively in their primary care clinic. Residents will be able to practice their counseling and communication skills with direct support from a Behavioral Health Specialist. We hope that this unique experience will improve patient outcomes, increase resident confidence in providing effective behavioral and mental health interventions, and facilitate ongoing collaboration between the residents and Behavioral Health Specialists.

Structure

  • 1 or 2 Wednesday PM clinics from 1pm to 5pm
  • Behavioral Health Specialist will provide direct observation during all patient encounters and guide residents in assessment, interventions, and communication skills as necessary.
  • Resident will staff patients with PCG Attending and Behavioral Health Specialist
  • Debriefing and feedback at the end of clinic

 

BMED Schedule

Block Dates Intern 1 Intern 2

 

2B 8/7/24 Cardone
2B 8/14/24 Cardone back up
3A 8/21/24 Terman
3A 8/28/24 Terman back up
3B 9/4/24 Patel (jep)
3B 9/11/24 Agrawal
4A 9/18/24 Dai
4A 9/25/24 Dai back up
4B 10/2/24 Wasserman (jep) Shayya
4B 10/9 AM Ravichandran
5A 10/16/24 Alausa
5A 10/23/24 Wheatley
5B 10/30/24 Lutolli
5B 11/6/24 O’Hagan
6A 11/13/24 Lopez
6A 11/20/24
6B 11/27/24 Miralles (jep)
6B 12/4/24 Miralles (jep) back up
7A 12/11/24 Erickson
7A 12/18/24 Erickson back up
7B 12/25/24
7B 1/1/25
8A 1/8/25 Murtaza
8A 1/15/25 Murtaza back up
8B 1/22/25 Kaur (jep)
8B 1/29/25 Kaur (jep) back up
9A 2/5/25 Kahla
9A 2/12/25 Kahla back up
9B 2/19/25 Kaufman
9B 2/26/25 Szmelter
10A 3/5/25 Chu
10A 3/12/25 Chu back up
10B 3/19/25 Connors
10B 3/26/25 Connors back up
11A 4/2/25 Beller
11A 4/9/25 Dodin
11B 4/16/25 Portieles Peña
11B 4/23/25
Portieles Peña back up
12A 4/30/25 Yamada (jep)
12A 5/7/25
Yamada (jep) back up
12B 5/14/25 Maloney (jep)
12B 5/21/25 Gordon
13A 5/28/25 Ramesh (jep)
13A 6/4/25
Ramesh (jep) back up
13B 6/11/25 Scott (jep)
13B 6/18/25 Scott (jep) back up
Need to schedule another time because of conflicts:
Chernoff PM A
Thomas PM A
Sneider PM B
Stoskute PM B