Undergraduate Programs

Directors:

Thomas McCullough, MD (Years I and II)
Dingell VAMC-11MH
Phone: 313.576.4911
Fax: 313.576.1091

Lisa Spurlock, MD (Years III and IV, Electives)
UHC-9B
Phone: 313.993.4109
Fax: 313.577.5900

The Medical Student Education Program consists of two components: a core curriculum (mandatory for all medical students at WSU), and an elective program. 

The core curriculum is further subdivided into three units:

• The Year I Unit consists of 8 hours of lecture on normal development, and is part of the Neuroscience course. 
• The Year II Unit consists of a 32 hour psychiatry course, composed of lectures and videotape vignettes. The primary focus of this course is to introduce students to psychopathology and prepare them for the third year clerkship. 
• The Year III Unit consists of a four-week clinical clerkship in psychiatry, with an emphasis on patient care. 

The elective component of the curriculum consists of a neuroscience research fellowship between Years I and II, clinical and research electives for Wayne State University medical students in Years III and IV, and elective opportunities in clinical care and research for visiting students who have completed a core clerkship in psychiatry. Electives must be arranged through the Office of Records and Registration at WSU SOM. 

For more information on electives in the clinical science curriculum:

http://www.med.wayne.edu/student_affairs/records_registration/electives/index.asp

Psychiatry electives include: Brain Imaging of Childhood Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Child and Adolescent Ambulatory Psychiatry, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry, Psychiatric Assessment of Medically Ill Patients, Psychiatry Consultation Liaison, Psychotherapy, Research and Practice in Addiction Psychiatry, and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders.

For details on elective offerings:
http://apps.med.wayne.edu/somsis/ccatalog.jsp

For Guest students:
http://www.med.wayne.edu/student_affairs/records_registration/electives/gueststu.asp

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