Rotations
The first two years of training consist of various month-long rotations at both UCLA and the VA, with a few months spent at the Sepulveda VA and the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center intern year.
PGY-1 Rotations
PGY-2 Rotations
PGY-1 Rotations
- The year consists of 13 blocks.
- 6 blocks are spent doing non-psychiatry rotations, which include the following: 1 block of Inpatient Medicine at the VA, 1 month of Emergency Medicine at the VA, 2 months of Ambulatory Medicine at the Sepulveda VA, 1 month of Neurology at the VA, and 1 month of Neurology (Epilepsy Unit) at UCLA.
- Residents with an interest in child and adolescent psychiatry can substitute one month of Ambulatory Medicine for Pediatric Urgent Care.
- 6 blocks are spent doing psychiatry rotations, which include the following: 2 months of inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry at UCLA, 2 months of inpatient Psychiatry at the VA, 1 month of Emergency Psychiatry at Harbor, and 2 blocks of 2 weeks of Night Float at UCLA, each of which is paired with 2 blocks of 2 weeks of vacation.
Sample Schedule
PGY-2 Rotations
- The year consists of 13 blocks.
- All blocks are spent on psychiatry rotations.
- Rotations include 3-4 blocks of UCLA Adult Inpatient Services, 3 blocks of Consult-Liaison and ER Psychiatry at UCLA, 2 blocks of UCLA Child and Adolescent Inpatient Services, 3 blocks of Inpatient Psychiatry at the VA, 1 block of Night Float, and 1 Elective block.
- The Elective block allows residents to gain experience in various areas of psychiatry at an early stage of their training. Options for the Elective block include, the Olive View-DMH Urgent Care Center, The People Concern Skid Row Clinic, Palliative Care, Neuromodulation (TMS, ECT, DBS, ketamine, and more), Neurobehavior, Child CL/ER, MHICM (VA Mental Health Intensive Case Management Program, VA’s version of Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)), VA Domiciliary (dual diagnosis), UCLA-Kern Inpatient Psychiatry, Child/Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program.
- Half of your vacation (10 days) is pre-scheduled based on your block schedule. The remaining 10 vacation days may be scheduled flexibly throughout the year.
Sample Schedule
