Program Curriculum


PGY1

  • 4 months of primary care
  • Inpatient IM at Osceola Regional Medical Center (ORMC) (3 blocks)
  • Ambulatory Medicine at UCF Student Health (1 block)
  • 2 months of neurology at Osceola
  • 4 months of Inpatient psychiatry at Osceola
  • 3 months of C/L psychiatry which includes 4 weeks at Osceola (including 4 weeks of Night Float at Osceola)

PGY2

  • 1 month of emergency psychiatry at Osceola
  • 1 month of Night Float at Osceola
  • 2 months of inpatient psychiatry at Orlando at Orlando VA
  • 2 months of addiction psychiatry at Orlando at Orlando VA
  • 2 months of child psychiatry at Nemours Children's Hospital
  • 2 months of community and forensic psychiatry at Aspire Health Partners
  • 1 month of geriatric psychiatry at Orlando VAMC
  • 1 month of elective
  • 1 month of VA C/L
  • Longitudinal psychotherapy clinics

PGY3

  • Longitudinal outpatient clinic throughout the year
  • Primary clinic site at Osceola
  • Orlando VA outpatient sites
  • Specialty clinics one day per week
  • Nemours Children's Hospital clinic for child psychiatry
  • Private practice office
  • Transgender clinic

PGY4

  • 4 months of inpatient psychiatry at at Osceola
    • The resident will function as a junior attending to medical students and interns
  • 3 months of C/L psychiatry at Osceola
    • The resident will function as a junior attending to medical students and interns
  • 1/2 1 day of longitudinal clinic throughout the year
  • 6 months of electives at Osceola,VA or other sites

Psychotherapy

Our program places a strong emphasis on psychotherapy training for all residents. Psychotherapy didactics begin from week 1 of PGY 1 year and continue for all four years. Beginning January of PGY 2, each resident is assigned to a VA psychotherapy supervisor to participate in half day psychotherapy clinic. In PGY 3, residents are assigned two psychotherapy supervisors: VA and Osceola. Therapy modalities taught include CBT, psychodynamic, DBT, supportive, ACT, PE, and combined med management and therapy. Senior residents are able to participate in one to two days intensive psychotherapy trainings offered by Orlando VA therapists. During AY 2022-2023 we’ll have a Psychotherapy Track as part of our curriculum.

Call Schedule

  • PGY1 and PGY2 residents will be doing all of the weekend call
  • PGY3 and PGY4 residents will be assigned backup call
  • PGY1 residents will have weekend call on 12/13 blocks
    • No call during outpatient medicine rotation (Study Step 3)
    • IM and Neuro call as per those rotations
  • On psychiatry rotations, residents will be assigned two, 12-hour shifts either Saturday or Sunday for a four-week block
  • PGY2 residents will have weekend call
    • No Call during their Elective block
    • VA inpatient and CL rotations will have weekend call 
    • Osceola weekend call- on other outpatient rotations at VA, Nemours or Aspire
    • Similar to PGY1, will be assigned two, 12-hour weekend shift over a 4-week block 
  • No call during their elective block
  • VA inpatient rotation will have weekend call at the VA
  • Osceola weekend call on other outpatient rotations at VA, Nemours or Aspire
  • Similar to PGY1, will be assigned 2 twelve-hour weekend shifts over a 4 week block

Call responsibilities may change (either increase or decrease) depending on hospital needs and other factors. Our residents are well under the 80-hour work rule.