Residency Training
The Residency Training Program at Western Psychiatric Institute
& Clinic (WPIC) offers four residency training
options for approximately 78 residents: general
psychiatry, child
and adolescent psychiatry, triple board program (pediatrics, general
psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry) and the most recent addition to our
integrated training programs, a
Combined Family Medicine and Psychiatry program. Within
the General and Child and Adolescent programs residents may choose to
participate in an academic administrator, clinician
educator track and/or the research
track. In addition to these we also offer a
Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship, a
Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, an
Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship and
a
Fellowship in Public Service Psychiatry. We also have opportunities for interested
candidates to apply for a
Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Each program provides rigorous and comprehensive instruction, as well
as diverse clinical experience, in a challenging yet supportive atmosphere with
an active
mentorship program.
Specifically, WPIC offers significant experiences in psychopharmacology,
psychotherapy and psychosocial interventions, neurosciences,
public and community psychiatry, and psychiatric research. Despite the
relatively large size of the program, faculty are interested and accessible,
further,
ample opportunities exist to meet individual residents' needs and career goals.
Message from Dr. David A.
Lewis, Newly Appointed Chair, Department of Psychiatry, WPIC
Who's Who in
the Office of Residency Training at WPIC
"Our Residents speak about the program"
Pittsburgh - New Visions, New Tomorrow
Given the dual clinical and research training objectives of
any residency training program and the wealth of state-of-the-art resources at this
Institute, residents receive comprehensive training that defies categorization
into typical dichotomies such as biological versus sociological or clinical
versus research. The training ethos at WPIC is centered around bridging and
integrating different fields.
Our attitude toward what constitutes the essentials of a
residency training program is that these stereotypic divisions do not, in fact,
represent opposite ends of a spectrum. WPIC is uniquely able to provide a
well-integrated and balanced variety of experiences that, together, define the
domain of contemporary psychiatry and represent a variety of major paradigms
within the field. In addition to well-defined programs in the psychotherapies
and somatic treatments, WPIC has experts in behavioral psychology, behavioral
medicine, mental retardation/autism, psychiatric epidemiology, social and
community psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, interviewing techniques, family and
group therapies, and neuropsychology.
Through exposure to this wide spectrum of
views and practices, residents learn to weigh and synthesize ideas based on the
evidence. This empirical approach to training is the vital thread that unites
the institute's highly diverse faculty.
The Residency Training Program has two equally important
aims:
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To prepare clinical psychiatrists for the
medical challenges of the 21st century by training them to evaluate
critically new and established approaches to assessment and treatment of
psychiatric disorders.
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To train psychiatrists who are
likely to pursue academic and research careers and to make valuable
contributions to knowledge in psychiatry, psychiatric education, program
development, and/or mental health care policy.
One of the most important aspects of residency training is learning from and
working with colleagues. Hear what our residents have to say about our program
Thank you for your interest in our programs.
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Michael Travis, M.D.
Director of Psychiatry Residency Training
Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic
University
of Pittsburgh
3811
O'Hara Street
Pittsburgh,
PA 15213
(412) 246-5320
Email: travismj@upmc.edu |
Abigail B. Schlesinger, M.D.
Director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training
Co-Director, Triple
Board Program
Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic
University
of Pittsburgh
3811
O'Hara Street
Pittsburgh,
PA 15213
(412) 246-5320
Email:
schlesingerab@upmc.edu
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