Medical Student Education

Rotations

3rd Year Required Rotations (UF Students)

  • 6 weeks (2 weeks in Jacksonville)

4th Year Elective Rotations

Psychosomatic Medicine – Jacksonville (PSY E 16J)

Students will be involved in the psychiatric assessment of medically ill hospitalized patients. They will work directly under the supervision of the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry. Objectives of the rotation are to learn to perform a thorough Psychiatric patient evaluation, formulate a comprehensive differential diagnosis, coordinate care with primary teams managing patients, and provide recommendations from a psychopharmacologic and therapeutic perspective to manage psychiatrically ill patients in the course of their medical care.

Outpatient Child & Adolescent Psychiatry – Jacksonville (PSY E 17J)

Students will be involved in the psychiatric evaluation and management of child and adolescent patients in the outpatient setting at UF Health Psychiatry-San Jose. They will work directly under the supervision of the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Students will see a variety of psychiatric diagnoses in the child and adolescent population, including Depression and Mood Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, ADHD, Autism, OCD, Tourette’s Disorder, Disruptive Behavior Disorders, and occasional Bipolar Disorder and Psychotic disorders. Objectives of the rotation are to learn to perform a thorough psychiatric evaluation with child and adolescent patients and their families, formulate a biopsychosocial assessment and comprehensive differential diagnosis, and to provide recommendations addressing psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, family interventions, and school interventions.

Contact Us

For more information about our medical student programs, please contact our student liaisons below or visit Medical Student Education.

Lavetta Jones

Clerkship Administrator

(904) 244-8314
Lavetta.Jones@jax.ufl.edu

Daniel A. Lewis, M.D.

Clerkship Director

(904) 244-3990

Suzanne R. Yoder, M.D.

Associate Clerkship Director

Mailing Address

Department of Psychiatry
580 West 8th Street
6th Floor, Tower II, Suite 6005
Jacksonville, FL 32209