Our residency didactic curriculum reflects an educational program targeted to specific clinical and educational milestones and based on the different clinical settings residents rotate through each year. The following threads are represented throughout the four years of training. All four year of Didactics will be conducted in collaboration with UC Davis & Stanford psychiatry residency programs. First year didactics will be in person in Sacramento and years two through four will be a combination of in person and virtual experiences in Chico, CA.

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Psychopharmacology

PGY-1: Basic Psychopharmacology

PGY-2: Advanced Psychopharmacology for Inpatient Settings

PGY-3: Outpatient Psychopharmacology

PGY-4: Advanced Topics in Psycho­pharmacology

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Psychotherapeutic Tools and Psychotherapies

PGY-1: Empathic Interviewing, Evidence-based Tools for Acute Settings

PGY-2: Intro to CBT, Intro to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

PGY-3: Cross-cultural Psychotherapy, CBT, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Attachment Theory

PGY-4: DBT, Family Therapy, Mindfulness, Group Psychotherapy, Intimacy

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Cultural Psychiatry

Cultural Psychiatry Training for Residents

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Neuroscience and Neuropsychology

PGY-1: Neuroscience and the Mind

PGY-2: Psychological Testing

PGY-4: Neurology Review

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Forensics

PGY-1: Legal Issues in Psychiatry

PGY-4: Advanced Legal Issues in Psychiatry

Forensic Mock Trial each year

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Addictions

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Trauma

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Quality Improvement

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Other Rotation- and Professional Stage-Based Topics

PGY-1                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Crash Course

Psych CL

Suicide Risk and Safety

Integrating Psychiatry and Primary Care

Geriatric Psychiatry

Evidence-Based Medicine

PGY-2

Topics in Inpatient Psychiatry

Community Psychiatry

Evidence-Based Medicine

PGY-3

Introduction to Outpatient Psychiatry

Reproductive Psychiatry

Child Psychiatry

PGY-4

Transition to Career

Other Diagnosis-Based Topics
PGY-1

Affective Disorders

Schizophrenia

PGY-2

Personality Disorders

ADHD

Anxiety Disorders

PGY-3

Personality Disorders

ADHD