Standard Service Hours are Monday through Friday from 7:30am to 4:30pm
- Psychiatry Didactics are Monday & Wednesday from 1:00pm to 3:00pm.
- PGY-4 residents each have one day of clinic per week, completed at one of the Outpatient Community Clinic.
- Weekday call is from 7:00am to 7:00pm.
PGY-1
Each year consists of 13 blocks each lasting four weeks. The first eight months is comprised of one block of inpatient psychiatry, four blocks of internal medicine, one block of neurology, one block of psychiatry consult-liaison. Internal medicine is split between Inpatient and Outpatient. Outpatient internal medicine blocks are completed PHC of Pinellas in St. Petersburg, Florida. Inpatient internal medicine and neurology blocks are done at HCA Florida Largo Hospital's 14th Street campus.
During your neurology and psychiatry consult-liaison, you will do one inpatient psychiatry call weekend to introduce and help prepare for inpatient psychiatry. The last five months of PGY1 are all inpatient psychiatry blocks done at HCA Florida Largo West Hospital campus.
The HCA Florida Largo West Hospital campus includes three behavioral health units, one medical behavioral unit and an electroconvulsive treatment suite. The largest behavioral health unit is 2 South, which is a 33-bed adult unit filled with the more acutely agitated and/or psychotic patients with diverse pathology.
Retreat is a 14-bed adult step-down unit typically reserved for higher functioning patients. The third behavioral unit is a 24-bed geriatric unit where you will see multiple different major neurocognitive disorder diagnoses including dementia and TBI-related injuries. You will also see multiple comorbid medical conditions.
A large percentage of patients treated in the behavioral units also have comorbid substance use disorders.
PGY-2
During your second year, you will have seven blocks of inpatient psychiatry and geriatric psychiatry, as well as one to two blocks of consult-liaison psychiatry. During both PGY1 and PGY2, residents will work with therapists to facilitate patient groups and improve their knowledge of psychotherapy.
As PGY2 residents begin to gain more experience, there will also be more autonomy in patient care. The next three months consist of one block of partial hospitalization program and intensive outpatient program, which is an opportunity to be involved in the care of the patient as they step down from inpatient psychiatry.
One block will be Community Psychiatry and the other block is psychiatry consult-liaison.
PGY-3
All 13 blocks are outpatient psychiatry. You will train at multiple different outpatient sites to gain experience with a diverse population of patients. This uninterrupted year provides continuity of care, presenting the opportunity to track patients’ progress.
Residents will also work closely with therapists to learn various therapy modalities and also utilize both psychopharmacology and psychotherapy to improve mental health.
PGY-4
During the last year of training, blocks consist of a variety of both inpatient and outpatient experiences. You will receive two to three blocks of addiction psychiatry, one block of forensic psychiatry at the Pinellas County Jail, one block of neurology, one to two blocks of consult-liaison psychiatry, one to two blocks of inpatient and/or geriatric psychiatry and at least two elective blocks.
Our program has a variety of elective rotations available, including ECT, PHP/IOP, geriatric psychiatry, quality, neurology and emergency psychiatry.
Additionally, all fourth-year residents complete a “Junior Attending” supervisory rotation where you will assist PGY1 and PGY2 residents during their early inpatient rotations, acting as resident leaders and mentors.