Psychiatry Sub-I guidance needed.

[kagman]

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Hi, I'm an IMG and have been accepted for Sub-Internships in Inpatient Division Psychiatry and Adolescent Psychiatry at a US hospital. Could you suggest to me what materials to read prior to this clerkship as well as during ,so that I perform well in this clerkship ? What I've gathered is I gotta read FA for the Psych clerkship. I saw this book and its very basic. Psychiatry Mentor seems to be a better book. Wiley's Manual of Inpatient Psych seems good too.

What do you guys suggest ? Any better books ?

 

[shan564]

Case Files is a good med student-level book. More importantly, read about how to do a good thorough detailed mental status exam.

But doing a good job isn't mostly about knowledge. You're a student - they don't expect you to know too much, and usually don't really care if you do. It's more important to be hard-working, efficient, and reliable. Spend a lot of time with your patients, get patients to like you, be nice to the residents, volunteer to do extra work, and write detailed notes for your patients. The best feature in a sub-I (or any student, for that matter), is if they actually make my life easier. They can do that by eliciting all of the necessary/relevant findings in their pre-rounds and by writing a note that doesn't need much extra stuff from me. Make sure to make an extensive problem list on your note.

 

[kagman]

Thanks for your valuable advice.I'll definitely do my best in taking histories,mse's and go through case files as well. I want to do a residency in psych and if I could get a great LOR from the dept that would be just awesome .

Case Files is a good med student-level book. More importantly, read about how to do a good thorough detailed mental status exam.

But doing a good job isn't mostly about knowledge. You're a student - they don't expect you to know too much, and usually don't really care if you do. It's more important to be hard-working, efficient, and reliable. Spend a lot of time with your patients, get patients to like you, be nice to the residents, volunteer to do extra work, and write detailed notes for your patients. The best feature in a sub-I (or any student, for that matter), is if they actually make my life easier. They can do that by eliciting all of the necessary/relevant findings in their pre-rounds and by writing a note that doesn't need much extra stuff from me. Make sure to make an extensive problem list on your note.