Psychiatry Residency Program

Program Overview

Mission Statement

This program aims to develop skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to provide the highest quality diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive management of all psychiatric and related medical disorders in each of its residents for populations of all genders of all age groups, ethnicities, and social situations with a special emphasis on the psychiatric care of active duty members of the armed forces and their families.

Residency Aims

• Wellness
• Leadership
• Clinical Care
• Scholarship
• Education

Program Structure

• 28 Residents (projected 2022 – 2023)
• 8 PGY-1s
• 8 PGY-2s
• 6 PGY-3s
• 6 PGY-4s

PGY-1 Rotations

• Adult Inpatient Psychiatry (12 weeks)
• Child and Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry at Rady’s Children’s Hospital (4 weeks)
• Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation Program at Point Loma (4 weeks)
• Emergency Psychiatry Service (8 weeks) and Transitional Telehealth Program (2 weeks)
• Adolescent Medicine (4 weeks)
• Inpatient Internal Medicine (4 weeks)
• Ambulatory Care Medicine (4 weeks)
• Emergency Medicine (4 weeks)

Academics

• Over 50 courses
• Didactics one morning each week
• 100% psychiatry board pass rate
• Topics:

Research Opportunities

• National Center for Combat and Operational Stress Control
• Naval Health Research Center
• Many active psychiatry faculty
• Residents and faculty have presented at or published in:
  • American Psychiatry Association
  • AMSUS
  • Military Medicine
  • American Journal of Psychiatry

San Diego Cost of Living

• Dependent on desires or needs
• Little difficulty to live below BAH

San Diego Area

• Beaches – surfing, caves, wildlife
• Hiking and Skiing – deserts, mountains, alcoves
• San Diego Zoo and Safari Park – free to active duty
• Sea World – free admission once per year to active duty
• Petco Park and SDCCU Stadium
• USS Midway and Maritime Museum of San Diego
• Gaslamp, Little Italy, Hillcrest, etc.
• Balboa Park!​