Psychosomatic Medicine Fellow Experiences

A. Clinical Rotations

1. Inpatient Consultation Service at the Washington Hospital Center —Karen Johnson, MD and Martin Chin, MD
2. Inpatient and Outpatient Consultation Service at NIH— Maryland Pao, MD
3. Outpatient Psychosomatic Medicine Clinics at Georgetown University Hospital —1/2 day clinic per week
   1. Medical Illness Program —Drs. Hicks, Alter, Epstein
   2. Transplant Psychiatry —Drs. Hicks, Epstein
   3. Psycho-Oncology—Dr. Alter and Kim Davis, Ph.D.

B.  Supervision

1. Inpatient Consultation Rounds
2. Individual Inpatient Consultation Supervision (weekly)—Dr. Chin
3. Didactic Seminar (weekly)—all faculty
4. Administrative Supervision and Evaluation (monthly)—Dr. Epstein
5. Research Supervision (biweekly)—faculty

C. Didactic Seminar Topics

Seminars are taught by Georgetown faculty with expertise in each topic area.  Readings will be from the core text and supplemented by additional references.

Overview/ History of Psychosomatic Medicine/Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Anxiety in the Medically
Chemical Dependence in the Medical Setting
Child/Adolescent
Cultural Issues
Delirium
Dementia
Depression in the Medically
Eating Disorders
Ethics
Factitious Disorders and Malingering
Gastrointestinal Disorders
Heart Disease
HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease
Legal
Lung Disease
Neurology/Neuropsychiatry
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Oncology
Organ Transplantation
Pain
Palliative Care
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Psychopharmacology in the Medically
Psychosomatic Medicine Research Methods
Psychotherapy for the Medically
Renal Disease
Sleep Disorders
Somatization and Somatoform Disorders

Core Text:  Levenson JL (Ed.):  Textbook of Psychosomatic Medicine.  Washington, DC:  American Psychiatric Publishing, 2005.

Fellow’s Schedule—Block A

Fellow’s Schedule—Block B

D.  Scholarly activity

Each fellow will be required to complete a scholarly project during the course of the fellowship year.  This project may include contribution to the active research of department faculty, conduct of ones own research project, literature review, or report on case series.  The fellow will be expected to present the topic formally to faculty by the conclusion of the fellowship year.  Faculty mentorship will be provided for all projects, and the Program Director must approve all projects.  In some cases, it is expected that projects will lead to publication or presentation at a regional or national meeting.