Snapshots
About Harrison
PGY3 Call
PGY3 Clinical Rotations
Clinical Electives
About Harrison
Harrison was born far, far away in Seoul, Korea, but moved to the true dairy state, Wisconsin when he was a wee little kid. Having grown up in the hippy college town that is Madison, WI, he found himself unable to escape the so-called “fly-over states,” spending four years in St. Louis to attend college at WashU and the four years after that for medical school in Indiana at IU. He was blessed by the match process gods, however, and was able to escape the clutches of the Midwest and finally arrive to the beautiful sunshine (and amazing restaurants) of Southern California… and of course, the amazing training at UCLA. Though not knowledgeable enough to call himself a foodie, he is certainly gluttonous enough, and has been having the time of his life exploring all the amazing restaurants in Los Angeles. If he ever gets a little homesick for his motherland, there’s always the huge Koreatown to escape to as well.
Education:
M.D.: Indiana University
B.A.: Philosophy, Neuroscience, & Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis
PGY3 Call
- As a PGY3, we only take call at UCLA.
- The frequency of call is approximately q. 14 call.
- We do not take overnight call.
- We function as the team captain, primarily triaging consults, handling floor issues, and supervising junior residents.
PGY3 Clinical Rotations
- All clinical work in the PGY3 and PGY4 years occurs in the outpatient setting.
- In the PGY3 and PGY4 years, we must complete 3 of the following 4 core clinic requirements: 1. General Outpatient Clinic or Geriatric Evaluation Clinic. 2. Mood Disorders Clinic. 3. Psychosis Clinic. 4. Anxiety Disorders Clinic.
- In the PGY3 and PGY4 years, we must complete 1 of the following 2 specialty or consultation clinic requirements: 1. Specialty Populations Clinic, such as Women’s Life Clinic. 2. Consultation or Substance Abuse Clinic.
- In the PGY3 and PGY4 years, we must complete 1 community mental health clinic.
- There are several psychotherapy requirements in the PGY3 and PGY4 years including learning cognitive behavioral therapy, participating in a group therapy experience, and engaging in long-term therapy, usually psychodynamic psychotherapy, with at least 2 patients for at least 42 sessions each.
Clinical Electives
- Addiction Clinic
- Anxiety Disorders Clinic
- Asian Pacific Mental Health
- Assertive Community Treatment at VA
- Beit T’Shuvah Center
- Bipolar Clinic
- Borderline Personality Disorders Clinic
- CBT Clinic
- CBT for Schizophrenia
- Child Evaluation Clinic
- Couples Therapy Clinic
- Didi Hirsh Mental Health Center
- Eating Disorders Clinic
- Eating Disorders Group
- Edelman Mental Health Center
- Family Therapy Clinic
- General Outpatient Clinic
- Geriatric Evaluation Clinic
- HIV Clinic
- Hypnosis Seminar
- Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy Clinic
- Mental Health Intensive Case Management
- Mood Disorders Clinic
- Neurobehavior Clinic
- OCD Intensive Treatment Program
- Partial Hospitalization Program
- Post Deployment Clinic at the VA
- Primary Ambulatory Care Clinic
- Psychosis Clinic
- PTSD Clinic
- Schizophrenia Clinic
- Smoking Cessation Clinic
- St Joseph’s Homeless Outreach Program
- VA Day Treatment and Day Hospital
- VA Domiciliary
- VA Prolonged Exposure Therapy Clinic
- Venice Family Clinic
- Women’s Life Center
- Women’s VA Comprehensive Clinic
Follow Me For a Week
Morning and Afternoon
Every Monday morning and afternoon, I do external moonlighting at a county-contracted mental health clinic. This clinic does great work with the underserved population. The autonomy of practicing independently has been an invaluable experience.
Evening
Try to stay on top of self-care by going to the gym, and then relaxing at home for rest of the night with some readings on psychotherapy and refreshing myself on the status of my therapy patients.
Morning
Tuesday mornings are the dedicated, protected didactic time for the PGY-3 class. Some of the hits this year from our excellent faculty members have been lectures on treatment resistant mood and psychotic disorders, as well as management of severe personality pathologies. Grand rounds occur directly after didactic as well.
Afternoon
This is my dedicated block of time for seeing my long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy patients for the Resident Psychotherapy Clinic. With my patient’s permission, I videotape the sessions to use for supervision.
Evening
After hitting up the gym, I’m back at home winding down for the night with dinner and some high quality Netflix session!
Morning
This morning is spent at the UCLA CBT clinic, where I get in-depth training and direct observation supervision in cognitive behavioral therapy. Time to see two patients for CBT, discussion with my individual CBT supervisor, as well as group supervision are all built into the clinic.
Afternoon
I head over to the WLA VA campus to spend the afternoon in the VA Psychosis Clinic. I get to treat veterans with psychotic disorders in this clinic, and get great supervision on management of psychotic illnesses, including how to use long-acting injectables and clozapine.
Evening
Meet for an hour with my psychodynamic psychotherapy supervisor that’s been arranged via UCLA Psychiatric Clinical Faculty Association. We review the videos from the previous day’s sessions and am able to get direct supervision this way.
Morning
I head over to the WLA VA campus for Primary Care Mental Health Integration Clinic. This clinic serves as a bridge between the primary care teams and the rest of the mental health teams.
Afternoon
First part of Thursday afternoons is spent in Family Therapy Clinic. We watch videotaped therapy sessions by pioneers of the field, followed by lively discussions and role-plays. Later in the afternoon, I attend the Attachment-Based Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy clinic, which is similarly structured with videos of ISTDP sessions.
Evening
Head over to Santa Monica with a co-resident for our weekly group supervision with my second supervisor. It’s a mix of discussion about our therapy patients, as well as pharmacological treatments of various patients we see in our clinics and moonlighting jobs.
Morning
Friday mornings are my dedicated hours spent at the Clinical and Translational Research Center in Semel, where I see patients participating in the numerous clinical studies that are happening here at UCLA.
Afternoon
I then head over to the UCLA General Outpatient Clinic. This is a very busy and challenging clinic, but a place for excellent learning with lots of support from the supervising attendings. It’s great training for a busy outpatient practice.
Evening
After finishing up notes from GOC, I often head out to grab dinner and drinks with my fellow residents as a way to unwind for the week.
Morning
Sleep in! Make myself a hearty breakfast when I do manage to crawl out of bed, and then hit up the gym to burn it off.
Afternoon
Meet up with a good friend from college to go explore different sections of LA. Given that we’re both foodies, we love to hit up hole-in-the-wall places, ethnic restaurants, and new openings to satiate our gluttony.
Evening
Recover from the food coma caused by the afternoon by binge watching TV shows.
Morning
Meet up with a group of my co-resident friends for brunch.
Afternoon
Catch up on chores for the week, like laundry and grocery shopping.
Evening
Usually relaxing at home and resting up for the week ahead.