Undergraduate Medical Student Education Program

Overview

The Medical Student Education Program consists of two components: a core curriculum (mandatory for all medical students at WSU), and an elective program.

Core Curriculum

The core curriculum is further subdivided into two units: the Pre-Clerkship Unit and a Clerkship Unit.

The Pre-Clerkship Unit consists of a two-month psychiatry course, taken during the second year of medical school. The course is composed of interactive lectures, videotape vignettes, and a patient panel. The primary focus of this course is to introduce students to normal developmental processes and psychopathology. This course is also intended to prepare medical students for the Year III psychiatry clerkship and future work as physicians.
The Clerkship Unit consists of a four-week clinical clerkship in psychiatry, with an emphasis on patient care as well as weekly, interactive didactic instruction. Students have the opportunity to work with psychiatry faculty and residents on interdisciplinary teams and participate in clinical work with supervision. The focus of the clerkship is to build clinical knowledge and skills upon the fundamentals of the psychiatry course.

Elective Program

The elective component of the curriculum consists of clinical and research electives for Wayne State University medical students in Years III and IV, and elective opportunities in clinical care and research for visiting students who have completed a core clerkship in psychiatry. Electives must be arranged through the Office of Records and Registration at WSU SOM.

Guest student application policies

Psychiatry electives include:

Adult Outpatient and Inpatient Psychiatric Services
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services
Geriatric Psychiatric Services
Emergent and Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry
Research opportunities per student interest

Program Contacts

Director, Medical Student Education in Psychiatry: Mary Morreale, M.D. (mmorreale@med.wayne.edu)

Psychiatry Course and Clerkship Director: Hayley Getzen M.D. (hgetzen@med.wayne.edu)

Program Assistant: Yolanda Pitts (ypitts@med.wayne.edu)

Tolan Park Medical Building
3901 Chrysler Service Drive
Suite 5-A
Detroit, MI 48201
Phone: (313) 577-3130