The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences offers medical students a number of psychiatry electives. The core clinical electives are tailored toward fourth year medical students. These experiences range from inpatient acting internships at the UC Davis Medical Center and forensic units to outpatient experiences in community, child, combined medicine and psychiatry, and combined family medicine and psychiatry settings. Students also meet weekly with the electives program director in small group discussions that focus on clinical skills building, leadership, and professional development.
For detailed information, please refer to the course catalog and filter the Department to “Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences”.
Please apply via eFlight. UC Davis medical students interested in doing a rotation at an outside institution should apply via the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Visiting Student Learning Opportunities (VSLO) to complete your off-campus elective registration. Once you have been accepted with the outside institution, it is very important to contact the Department’s elective course coordinator, Chris Eisenlauer (cseisenlauer@ucdavis.edu) at least two weeks prior to the start of your rotation in order to receive credit.
Please note: If the Department’s elective course coordinator is not notified prior to taking the away elective, you will not receive credit.
Please apply via VSLO. Note that applicants should upload their USMLE and/or COMLEX scores to the “departmental requirements” portion of the application, where applicable. For more information on the visiting student application process, please visit the UC Davis School of Medicine website.
Due to the faculty and staff demands of accommodating UC Davis medical students and visiting students from around the nation, we are unable to accept students from international medical schools at this time.
For more information, please contact:
Chris Eisenlauer
Elective Course Coordinator
Fax: 916-734-3384
Email: cseisenlauer@ucdavis.edu