Specialty in Psychiatry

Introduction

The Specialty in Psychiatry (Psychiatry Residency) is part of the Medical Specialties Program offered by the School of Medicine in Mexicali. It is aimed at General Physicians who have an interest in academic improvement and professional specialization in Mental Health or Psychiatry.

Objetives

• Train medical specialists in the Psychiatry area, to have the theoretical-practical bases that provide them with the essential elements to be competent in the comprehensive medical care of individual, family and community health.


• To guide into the prevention, resolution and rehabilitation of the main individual and community health problems related to the area of Psychiatry.


• Promote the development of abilities, skills and attitudes necessary to be competent in teaching and research matters.


• Encourage an ethical and humanitarian attitude in the specialist.

Program Structure

The Specialty in Psychiatry lasts six semesters The academic course load is composed of subjects which contents provide the student with a conceptual, methodological and instrumental base as well as integration for the optimal development of the specialty. Clinical rotations provide the student with the required competence in becoming a specialized physician in the area.

Graduate Profile

Graduates at the end of the specialty will achieve a profile that allows them to:

• Use the knowledge needed for practicing the specialty, including prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of patients.


• Solve major community health issues that require specialized management.


• Collaborate with the training of human resources at the undergraduate level by implementing the teaching skills acquired during training.


• Implement basic knowledge on research methodology to collaborate on research projects.


• Reaffirm its vocation of service to the community, as well as bioethics and adherence to regulations, essential to health care.

Curriculum

Structured in 6-month cycles, with subjects whose contents meet the standards established by the university itself and health institutions requirements.

• Semesters I-II: Anatomy and Physiology of the Central Nervous System, Psychopathology I-II, Clinical Neurology, Emergencies in Psychiatry, Bibliographic Review I-II, Clinical Case Session I-II, Research Methodology, Genetics in Psychiatry, Clinical Neuropsychopharmacology.


• Semesters III-IV: Child Psychiatry, Images in Psychiatry, Bibliographic Review III-IV, Clinical Case Session III-IV, Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy I, Forensic Psychiatry and Criminology, Psychological and Neuropsychological Tests.


• Semesters V-VI: Biology of Mental Functions, Substance Abuse, Psychotherapy II, Bibliographic Review V-VI, Clinical Case Session V-VI, Psychogeriatry, Thesis Seminar, Sexuality-Related Problems.


• Semesters VII-VIII: Rehabilitation of the Psychiatric Patient, Family Psychotherapy, Bibliographic Review VII-VIII, Clinical Cases Session VII-VIII, Mental Health Systems, Group Psychotherapy.

Application Requirements

• Turn in all the documentation listed in the following link: (To be published).


• Medical and psychometric examination.


• Interview with the associate professor of the Psychiatry academic course.


• Comply with the enrollment requirements set by UABC Graduate and Research Coordination and Student Services and School Management Coordination.

Selection Process

• The applicant for the Psychiatry Specialty must present the ENARM test at the location designated by the Inter-institutional Commission for Human Resources Training and Health Research (CIFRHS), once the requirements set out in the call are met.


• Applicants will enter the process of internal selection in hospitals, through the announcement issued by the School of Medicine in Mexicali in coordination with health institutions (ISESALUD and IMSS). This call is published on an annual basis on the Mexicali School of Medicine and ISESALUD websites.


• Those selected by the ENARM test and the hospitals call are required to hand in the required documentation in person at the Mexicali School of Medicine and at the Health Institution hospital. Interviews, medical and psychometric tests will be conducted there to determine the selected candidates for the specialty in Psychiatry. Consult all required documentation in the following link: (To be published).


• The scholarship for the selected students will be in charge of the hospitals of the corresponding Health Institution.


• There are student exchange support programs for academic programs recognized in the CONACyT National Postgraduate Registry available through the corresponding invitations issued on the CONACyT website.

Graduate Requirements

• Having successfully completed the credits indicated by the curriculum for the specialty in Psychiatry.


• Present a final project to obtain the Specialty Diploma.


• Take the final exam of the specialty.


• Clearance Certificate stating no outstanding loans or fines on bibliographic material from the library of the Mexicali School of Medicine and the Central Library of the UABC.


• Clearance certificate form the university's Treasury.

Process for Obtaining The Diploma

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