FELLOWSHIPS—Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship

Main Info | Clinical Rotations | Didactic Program | Goals & Objectives | Clinical Division of Psychiatry and Medicine

Goals & Objectives

I. Introduction

Fellows will be provided with a copy of goals and objectives at the outset of each clinical rotation and expectations will be discussed with senior psychosomatic medicine attendings at the start of each new module. Goals will be modified as the fellowship year commences with the expectation that trainees will move from initially learning basic aspects of patient care in a very structured fashion to ultimately assuming a leadership role with the psychosomatic inpatient service, emergency department service and outpatient clinics.

II. General Goals for the Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship

A. To train academic and clinical psychiatrists in Psychosomatic Medicine

B. To develop comprehension of the relationship between biopsychosocial factors and medical illness especially in patients with complex medical, neurological, or surgical conditions.

C. To develop advanced knowledge of psychopharmacology in a medical environment with emphasis on interactions of psychotropic medications with other medications.

D. To understand the multiple roles of an interdisciplinary team in the patient’s treatment and management plan.

E. To develop in each fellow curiosity and enthusiasm for clinical research in this subspecialty.

F. To develop teaching skills in Psychosomatic Medicine.

G. To teach non-psychiatric staff, residents, nurses, medical students, and social workers about disorders treated by Psychosomatic Medicine team and psychological complications frequently encountered in patients with medical and surgical illness.

How to Apply

Applications for fellowship are made by residents who have completed their third year of general psychiatry training.

Please contact:

Joseph Locala, MD
Director, Section of Consultation Psychiatry
Phone: 216-983-3277 or 216-844-3658
E mail: joseph.locala@uhhs.com