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PGY-3 TRAINING Educational Objectives

Post Graduate Year 3 (PGY-3) refines the diagnostic and therapeutic skills of the developing psychiatrist in the most two important and widely recognized sub-specialties of psychiatry, child and adolescents and geriatric psychiatry. 

PGY-3 residents will continue obtaining psychotherapy training through supervision and seminars in: long-term and short-term psychodynamic therapy, including cognitive-behavior therapy, and interpersonal therapy, multi-person therapies including couple, family and group therapy through PGY-5.

Clinical Rotations

PGY-3 Psychiatry Resident Clinical Training:

• 6 months of child and adolescent psychiatry taking care of children, adolescents and their families using a multidisciplinary approach. This rotation will be based in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit at the psychiatric hospital, where residents will divide their time between inpatient and outpatient services.

• 6 months of geriatric psychiatry taking care of neuro-psychiatric illness in the elderly population using a multidisciplinary approach. This rotation will be based in the Geriatric Medicine Unit at Mobarak Hospital and Geriatric Psychiatry Unit at the psychiatric hospital, where residents will divide their time between inpatient and outpatient services.