What 4th year MS electives you found to be most useful as preparation for your residency? I have heard that it is good to take wide range of electives in all fields not just in psychiatry. Do you recommend any electives that you wish you have done prior to starting the residency?
For those who are in residency...
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Of course.
You're going to know psychiatry like the back of your hand by the time you graduate.
You ought to focus on fields that'll help you in psyche, but you don't get much exposure with.
E.g. Endocrinology, Neurology, Internal Medicine & primary care. Cardiology you might want to consider given that you should come out of it being able to read EKGs well, which is not very important in psychiatry, but is still a nice skill to have.
Consider radiology only if the hospital has extensive CT & MRI & PET scans of the brain being done on a frequent basis. Otherwise radiology is almost useless for psychiatry.
You're going to know psychiatry like the back of your hand by the time you graduate.
You ought to focus on fields that'll help you in psyche, but you don't get much exposure with.
E.g. Endocrinology, Neurology, Internal Medicine & primary care. Cardiology you might want to consider given that you should come out of it being able to read EKGs well, which is not very important in psychiatry, but is still a nice skill to have.
Consider radiology only if the hospital has extensive CT & MRI & PET scans of the brain being done on a frequent basis. Otherwise radiology is almost useless for psychiatry.
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