Program Details
Our Program
The goal of the Psychiatry Residency Program is to prepare future physicians with the knowledge, skills and attitude needed to provide exceptional patient care in Psychiatry.
Our four year educational program is geared toward preparation for a career in general Psychiatry with board certification. Residents will train in a variety of patient settings to provide optimal training experiences.
Resident rotations are divided into one month blocks to allow diversity in training sites and faculty members. There will be flexibility in the curriculum focus to allow the accommodation of each resident’s individual learning needs in order to maximize achievement.
“All of the people that I met during the interview just sold the program to me. Being a part of a new program and getting the chance to set the stage for future residents is a unique experience, and the faculty left no doubt that we would be well taken care of. ”
Program Leadership
Almary Ginory, DO, FAPA
Program Director
Tracy Foote
Program Coordinator
France Leandre, MD
Associate Program Director
Traci Wooden
GME Coordinator
Curriculum Schedule & Rotations
PGY1 Lecture Series
The curriculum for the first year will consist of the following lecture series:
Introduction to Interviewing
Introduction to the DSM 5
Psychopharmacology
Legal and Ethical Principle in Psychiatry
Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Introduction to Research
Introduction to Psychotherapy
Neuromodulation
PGY-3 Lecture Series
The curriculum for the third year will consist of the following lecture series:
Advanced Psychopharmacology
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Legal and Ethical Principles
Practice and Principles of Outpatient Psychiatry
Interpersonal Psychotherapy
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Neuromodulation
PGY-2 Lecture Series
The curriculum for the second year will consist of the following lecture series:
Psychopharmacology
Legal and Ethical Principle in Psychiatry
Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Neuromodulation
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Forensic Psychiatry
Psychosomatic Psychiatry
Emergency Psychiatry
Addiction Psychiatry
Geriatric Psychiatry
Research
PGY-4 Lecture Series
The curriculum for fourth year will consist of the following lecture series:
Advanced Research Topics
Psychiatric Practice and Principles
Board Review
Cultural Psychiatry
Epidemiology
Reproductive Psychiatry
Overview of several Psychotherapy modalities covered during psychotherapy didactics
Curriculum Schedule & Rotations
PGY-1
Primary Care (4 months)
Neurology (2 months)
Inpatient Psychiatry (4 months)
Consultation Liaison Psychiatry (1 month)
Psychiatric ER (1 month)
PGY-2
Inpatient Psychiatry (2 months)
Forensic Psychiatry (1 month)
Community Psychiatry (1 month)
Child Psychiatry (2 months)
Geriatric Psychiatry (1 month)
Addiction Psychiatry (1 month)
Consultation Liaison Psychiatry (1.5 month)
Psychiatry ER (0.5 month)
PHP/IOP(1 month)
PGY-3
Outpatient Continuity Clinic (12 months)
PGY-4
Inpatient Psychiatry/Consultation Liaison Psychiatry (2 months)
Northeast Florida State Hospital (1 month)
North Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center (1 month)
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (1 month)
Electives and/or Research (7 months)
Addition Psychiatry
Administrative Psychiatry (includes research objectives)
Community Psychiatry
Chief Resident elective
Child Psychiatry
ECT
Forensic Psychiatry
PHP/IOP
Northeast Florida State Hospital
North Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center (Forensic Mental Health Facility)
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
VA inpatient and consult
Training Sites
As a resident, you will be completing your training at several facilities affiliated with our Psychiatry Residency Program. Below are important features of each facility, as well as an overview of the rotations that will be performed there.
NFRMC (North Florida Regional Medical Center)
NFRMC is a 445-bed, full-service medical and surgical acute care center serving North Central Florida. The hospital offers comprehensive cardiovascular care, psychiatry, oncology, orthopedics, neurosciences, minimally-invasive laparoscopic and robotic surgery, weight loss surgery and treatment, women’s health and wound therapy, among other services. The Department of Psychiatry consists of a 33 bed inpatient unit, consultation liaison service, PHP/IOP clinic and ECT service.
Rotations:
Primary Care
Neurology
Inpatient Psychiatry
Consultation Liaison
Emergency Psychiatry
IOP/PHP
Elective
Meridian
Meridian is a private, non-profit organization that has been dedicated to helping people with mental illness and substance use disorders since the 1960’s. Meridian has changed thousands of lives by providing a safety net for those in crisis. Meridian offers residential/inpatient services, child/youth services and outpatient treatment.
Rotations:
Addiction
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Outpatient Psychiatry
Senior Electives
Forensics
Community Psychiatry
Northeast Florida State Hospital (NEFSH)
Since 1959, Northeast Florida State Hospital (NEFSH) has provided continuous service to people whose mental health needs cannot be met in community-based programs or whose assessed needs require a residential treatment environment with specialized programs and services that promote the successful return of these individuals to community living as soon as possible. This facility is the largest provider of civil service in the State of Florida, operating 633 beds and serves residents from 30 of the 67 counties in Florida.
Rotation: Northeast Florida State Hospital (State Hospital)
North Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center (NFETC)
Opened in 1976, this facility is operated as an evaluation and treatment center for people with mental illnesses who are involved in the criminal justice system. At present, NFETC has 193 beds open for the evaluation and treatment of residents who have major mental disorders. These residents are either incompetent to proceed to trial or have been judged to be not guilty by reason of insanity.
Rotation: North Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center (Forensic Mental Health Treatment Facility)