Overview

Adult Psychiatry Residency Program

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

The ETSU Quillen College of Medicine Department of Psychiatry Residency Program seeks to produce well-trained psychiatrists capable of working in academic, state, federal, private and rural sectors or alternatively, choosing to pursue further sub-specialty training.

Since 1985 our accredited residency has provided comprehensive training in a variety of sites including Mountain Home VAMC, Woodridge Psychiatric Hospital, and ETSU primary sites, along with current opportunities in ECT, Tele-psychiatry, VAMC Mental Health Intensive Care Management, VAMC Primary Care Mental Health consultations, Psychopharmacology, Sleep Medicine, Substance Use Clinics, Palliative Care, Pain Medicine, outpatient consultations to ETSU Psychology and Nurse Practitioner clinics as well as a Research elective.

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Mission Statement:

The mission of the ETSU Psychiatry Program is to train general psychiatrists who can provide safe, evidence-based, patient-centered, quality care to a diverse population, along with a focus on improving the mental health of Northeast Tennessee and the surrounding areas. Additionally, the program aims to develop physicians who embody professionalism and who can contribute to the future education of trainees (particularly residents and medical students) as well as advance the field of psychiatry through scholarship.

Program Aims:

To train general psychiatry residents who can provide ethical, compassionate, patient and family-centered, safe, cost effective care in any setting, including inpatient, outpatient, residential, community, or consultative to a diverse patient population.
To be a part of and lead interprofessional teams, including involvement in systems' improvement.
To implement life-long learning, including practice-based learning and improvement, that enhances up-to-date optimal care for patients.
To participate in teaching as well as improving and disseminating scholarship in the field at local, regional, and national levels.
To recognize the importance of well-being (including in oneself) and promotion of this to achieve best outcomes in education and service.
Diversity: Enhance diversity in the recruitment and retention of students, residents, faculty, and staff that can enrich the cultural milieu and boost cultural competence in providing improved care for our patients.