CoRE Curriculum

In addition to a block schedule, this program offers the Cornerstones of Resident Education (CoRE) – a three-year longitudinal curriculum which engages residents across all programs.

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CME Events

All of our residents are invited to participate in regular Continuing Medical Education opportunities, including Journal Clubs, Grand Rounds, and Lecture Series.

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Rotation Block Schedule

  • 6 months Inpatient Psychiatry
    Laurelwood Inpatient Behavioral Health (NGMC Gainesville)
  • 2 months Family Medicine Inpatient Service
    NGMC Gainesville
  • 2 months Neurology
    NGMC Gainesville
  • 2 months Family Medicine Outpatient
    NGPG Family Medicine (Med Park 2)
  • Wednesday afternoons are protected Psychiatry didactics:
    • Includes regularly scheduled active learning lectures, process/T-groups, residency townhalls, class wellness meetings, simulation activities, journal clubs, case conferences, ethics/professionalism seminar, and morbidity and mortality conferences.
    • Laurelwood Inpatient Behavioral Health (NGMC Gainesville) for 3 weeks each month.
    • NGHS Center for Simulation and Innovation for 1 week each month.
  • 1 month Emergency Psychiatry
    NGMC Gainesville Emergency Department
  • 1 month of Night Float
    NGMC Gainesville Emergency Department
  • 1 months Community Psychiatry
    Avita Community Partners
  • 1 month Inpatient Psychiatry
    Laurelwood Inpatient Behavioral Health
  • 2 months Consultation Liaison Psychiatry
    NGMC Gainesville Emergency Department & F Area
  • 2 months Addiction Psychiatry
    Lanier Treatment Center, Gainesville, GA and Laurelwood Inpatient Behavioral Health
  • 2 months Child Psychiatry
    Peachford Hospital, Atlanta, GA
  • 2 months Geriatric Psychiatry/ECT
    Peachford Hospital, Atlanta, GA
  • Residents will also gain experience working in Good News Clinic
  • Wednesday afternoons are protected Psychiatry didactics:
    • Includes regularly scheduled active learning lectures, process/T-groups, residency townhalls, class wellness meetings, simulation activities, journal clubs, case conferences, ethics/professionalism seminar, and morbidity and mortality conferences.
    • Laurelwood Inpatient Behavioral Health (NGMC Gainesville) for 3 weeks each month.
    • NGHS Center for Simulation and Innovation for 1 week each month.
  • 12 months Outpatient Psychiatry
    • NGPG Psychiatry clinics in Gainesville, Buford, Braselton and Dawsonville.
    • 2 days adult continuity clinic
    • .5 days child continuity clinic (residents interested in child psychiatry can opt for a full day)
    • .5 days didactics
    • 1 full day for psychotherapy cases and supervision
    • 1 day for residents to rotate through various specialized ambulatory experiences including TMS, women’s mental health, neurology, addictions and integrated family medicine/collaborative care, partial hospital and intensive outpatient programs, and our county’s safety-net, Good News Clinic.
  • Wednesday afternoons are protected Psychiatry didactics:
    • Includes regularly scheduled active learning lectures, process/T-groups, residency townhalls, class wellness meetings, simulation activities, journal clubs, case conferences, ethics/professionalism seminar, and morbidity and mortality conferences.
    • Laurelwood Inpatient Behavioral Health (NGMC Gainesville) for 3 weeks each month.
    • NGHS Center for Simulation and Innovation for 1 week each month.
  • 2 months of a capstone junior attending administrative rotation at Laurelwood, 10 months of electives:
    • Child & Adolescent
    • Consultation Liaison
    • Medication Assisted Treatment for opiate addiction
    • ACT Team
    • Rural
    • Chief Resident
    • Addiction
    • Community
    • Diversity
    • Residential
    • PTSD
    • Quality Improvement
    • Developmental Disability
    • Research
    • Eating disorders
    • Administrative psychiatry
    • Forensics
    • Neuro Modulation
    • Pain
    • Geriatric/Nursing Home
  • All year, PGY-4s have a 1/2 day for didactics and a 1/2 day for their continuity outpatient and psychotherapy clinic.
  • Wednesday afternoons are protected Psychiatry didactics:
    • Includes regularly scheduled active learning lectures, process/T-groups, residency townhalls, class wellness meetings, simulation activities, journal clubs, case conferences, ethics/professionalism seminar, and morbidity and mortality conferences.
    • Laurelwood Inpatient Behavioral Health (NGMC Gainesville) for 3 weeks each month.
    • NGHS Center for Simulation and Innovation for 1 week each month.