The fact that I loved my psychiatry rotations is
unsurprising, but I would like to highlight the non-psychiatry rotations that were incredible, throughout. I am surprised at how much I enjoyed my time in internal medicine at MGH.
Although this is the patient population that I wish to work with, I did not anticipate enjoying
medicine as much. The team dynamics and immersive learning experience were fantastic and
have led to opportunities to continue to work with the department in following years. The
neuropsychiatry and neurology rotations were also great and served to deepen my
understanding of neuropathology, imaging, and semiology, and to continue to think about how
we as psychiatrists can be curious, thoughtful, and helpful in the interface of our specialty with
all others.
As a PGY-2, I am looking forward to a full immersion in psychiatry. I know that my time in the
Acute Psychiatric Service (APS) will be exciting, in learning more about crisis intervention and
acute management in a fast-paced environment. I am also very eager to spend more time at
the various units at McLean since my wonderful experience at the CEC. Clinically, though, I am
most excited about starting clinic and having dedicated time for psychotherapy and
pharmacology supervision as I begin to take ownership of a panel of patients. Besides clinical
pursuits, I am so thrilled to have more research/elective time next year where I will be working
on some of my research interests and projects. I will continue to work on a Med-Ed project,
incorporating more psychiatric care into the internal medicine in-patient floors. I will also begin
to work on my core research project with the cardiac psychiatry research program and having ½
day a week to begin to gather data and develop and intervention will be very exciting. I am also
so glad that I’ll be able to see more of my residency class next year and connect and work with
my co-residents more closely, as well as getting to know more of the faculty at both campuses.
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