Hey guys,
I'm one of the interns at the UCLA -NPI program, and would be happy to answer any of your questions!
I'm one of the interns at the UCLA -NPI program, and would be happy to answer any of your questions!
UCLA psychiatry
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Do you guys get to do any work with the mindfulness program that Daniel Siegel runs??
There are opportunities to work with the program if you are interested, from research to clinical. We also offer drop-in mindfulness sessions one day a week at noon in the mindfulness center.
Complementary therapies are a particular interest of several of our residents. If you are going to come for an interview, drop me a PM and I can hook you up with one of them to discuss.
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I was just offered an interview at UCLA yesterday. I am very interested in flying to LA for the interview, but I wanted to discuss some things before making the arrangements. Is there a way I could contact you to talk to you?
Patrick D
Patrick D
Sure, will send you a PM now.
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How many people apply to UCLA each year? How many people are accepted each year? How many people are accepted that went to non-Cali med schools? Are the residents pretty happy at this program?
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I don't know the number of applicants, but I believe we interview approximately 100. We do interview most, if not all, the sub-interns who rotate here during the year. I'm a PGY-2 and most of us went to non-Cali med schools. I really love this program and sent you a PM so feel free to ask more details at your convenience.
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what is the psychotherapeutic training like? do most of the residents participate in their own therapy?
Didactic training begins in year two, with the option of taking on a therapy case if you can find time to do so; in year three you are either assigned or inherit an outgoing fourth year's therapy patients (I believe 2 total, though you can take more) and are expected to see them once a week, with supervision following later in the week.
We have the opportunity to have our own low-cost therapy, provided by the UCLA volunteer clinic faculty, starting day one of intern year. It's $25-40 per session, and you can use the time to experience first hand psychoanalysis (you can even break it down between Freudian and Jungian if you have a preference) vs psychodynamic vs supportive -- and it counts for a clinic credit beginning your third year.
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This is also in the Post-Interview Feedback thread on this forum, but I thought some people might find it helpful in this post as well!
1. Important questions I had meetings with the associate training director (Dr. Luo), another faculty member and a current resident. They asked about why I wanted to come to California, why psychiatry, what I was looking for in a program to be a good fit, and about my past experiences. One hard question that was posed was how one could navigate the interface between faith/spirituality and psychiatry.
2. Highlights All I can say is that UCLA is a very impressive program, where it seems like everything you could want is available as long as you are willing to be a self-starter and pursue after it. They are in the midst of opening the brand new Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center for Spring 2008, which will house 3 inpatient units (child/adolescent, adult, and geriatric) starting next year. It is a big program with 14 residents per year, but it seems like the residents are a very close bunch nonetheless. The programs big strengths are definitely research, child psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry and the vast faculty (both full-time and voluntary for supervision). Rotations occur mostly at the UCLA Medical Center located in the Westwood area, as well as the West LA VA located near Brentwood. Residents also spend a month at the UCLA/Harbor County Hospital during intern year working in the psych ER, and one month of outpatient medicine at Sulpeveda in North Hills.
3. Estimated Call Hours The call schedule is very reasonable due to the large number of residents in each class. As explained by the chief residents, the PGY-1s have q4 call on medicine, q6-7 during psychiatry rotations (protected time to sleep from 9:30pm-2am), and 2 blocks of 2 weeks each of night float at the VA. For PGY-2, q8 call (with protected time to sleep from 2-7am) with no weekends unless on call. PGY-3 have 2 calls/month from 5-11pm at UCLA. No call during PGY-4.
4. Friendliness This was one of the greatest assets to the program. It just seemed to me like the residents all came from very differing backgrounds and brought a lot to offer the program. There were over a dozen residents who showed up for the applicant lunch, and during the happy hour after the day, there were well over 10 residents attending as well. The residents are definitely well-rounded people with many interests outside of medicine.
5. Location, plusses and minuses Amazing location of the medical center in the Westwood Village area of LA, with plenty of shopping and restaurants nearby. Even the VA hospital is in a very nice area of town called Brentwood. The only thing is that housing is very expensive in the area, with many residents living in Santa Monica, West Hollywood, Brentwood, and the surrounding Westwood area.
6. Most positive aspects very friendly, many research opportunities, world-class faculty, great location, impressive facilities, strong child psychiatry program, exposure to many different clinics during PGY-3 (mood, anxiety, psychotic, PTSD, eating disorders, CBT, womens health, etc).
7. Most negative aspects expensive to live in LA, may be too large of a program for some people. Overall, I pretty much only have positives to say about the program as I really liked it.
1. Important questions I had meetings with the associate training director (Dr. Luo), another faculty member and a current resident. They asked about why I wanted to come to California, why psychiatry, what I was looking for in a program to be a good fit, and about my past experiences. One hard question that was posed was how one could navigate the interface between faith/spirituality and psychiatry.
2. Highlights All I can say is that UCLA is a very impressive program, where it seems like everything you could want is available as long as you are willing to be a self-starter and pursue after it. They are in the midst of opening the brand new Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center for Spring 2008, which will house 3 inpatient units (child/adolescent, adult, and geriatric) starting next year. It is a big program with 14 residents per year, but it seems like the residents are a very close bunch nonetheless. The programs big strengths are definitely research, child psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry and the vast faculty (both full-time and voluntary for supervision). Rotations occur mostly at the UCLA Medical Center located in the Westwood area, as well as the West LA VA located near Brentwood. Residents also spend a month at the UCLA/Harbor County Hospital during intern year working in the psych ER, and one month of outpatient medicine at Sulpeveda in North Hills.
3. Estimated Call Hours The call schedule is very reasonable due to the large number of residents in each class. As explained by the chief residents, the PGY-1s have q4 call on medicine, q6-7 during psychiatry rotations (protected time to sleep from 9:30pm-2am), and 2 blocks of 2 weeks each of night float at the VA. For PGY-2, q8 call (with protected time to sleep from 2-7am) with no weekends unless on call. PGY-3 have 2 calls/month from 5-11pm at UCLA. No call during PGY-4.
4. Friendliness This was one of the greatest assets to the program. It just seemed to me like the residents all came from very differing backgrounds and brought a lot to offer the program. There were over a dozen residents who showed up for the applicant lunch, and during the happy hour after the day, there were well over 10 residents attending as well. The residents are definitely well-rounded people with many interests outside of medicine.
5. Location, plusses and minuses Amazing location of the medical center in the Westwood Village area of LA, with plenty of shopping and restaurants nearby. Even the VA hospital is in a very nice area of town called Brentwood. The only thing is that housing is very expensive in the area, with many residents living in Santa Monica, West Hollywood, Brentwood, and the surrounding Westwood area.
6. Most positive aspects very friendly, many research opportunities, world-class faculty, great location, impressive facilities, strong child psychiatry program, exposure to many different clinics during PGY-3 (mood, anxiety, psychotic, PTSD, eating disorders, CBT, womens health, etc).
7. Most negative aspects expensive to live in LA, may be too large of a program for some people. Overall, I pretty much only have positives to say about the program as I really liked it.
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I was just curious about the following quote taken from Publisher's Weekly's review of Dan Siegal's "The Mindful Brain".
"Siegal took a sabbatical from med school after being reprimanded for empathizing with his patients, rather than objectifying them"
http://www.amazon.com/Mindful-Brain...bs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198591777&sr=1-1
My impression is that this was during his time at UCLA... but I could be wrong. Does anyone know if this is true?
"Siegal took a sabbatical from med school after being reprimanded for empathizing with his patients, rather than objectifying them"
http://www.amazon.com/Mindful-Brain...bs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198591777&sr=1-1
My impression is that this was during his time at UCLA... but I could be wrong. Does anyone know if this is true?
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Hey, I just popped in from the neurology board...I'm a 4th year med student too, and have an interview at UCLA coming up really soon. But unfortunately it looks like this year there is no prelim program for neurology, but there is one for psych?
I was interested in both, but ultimately chose neuro...I hope to combine them somehow later. UCLA sounds cool, but it would stink to have to move twice (or stay at my home school for prelim, and then do the 3 years of neuro there). Do you know anything about that?
Sorry, I know that's not your usual expertise! 🙂
