Pre-requisite: Open to Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, IM-Pediatrics, Pediatrics or Psychiatry residents at the PGY2 level or above. Also open to Child/Adolescent Psychiatry fellow.
Duration for Elective: 2 or 4 weeks
Rotation Director: Amy Madden, MD
Educational Objective
To provide the GME learner with clinical experience with the adolescent patient population, both in primary and psychiatric care, within a school-based health center (SBHC) in a rural community setting.
Experiences and Procedures
- Clinical experience working with adolescents in a SBHC setting
- Participate in group COPE (creating opportunities for personal empowerment, a CBT based program) sessions
- Psychiatric intake, assessment, and medication management of adolescents
- Exposure to communication and collaboration with district staff (social workers, guidance, alternative education program, school nurses) and with the patients PCP, DHHS and guardians.
Job openings
HealthReach has many rural physician opportunities. For more information on openings, please contact physician recruiter Brenda Bowden at brenda.bowden@healthreach.org.
Housing
HealthReach Community Health Centers does not offer learner housing. Interested residents may seek reimbursement for housing expenses through the MERGE Collaborative. See the MERGE Housing Reimbursement Policy for more information.
