Community Mental Health Concentration
Community Mental Health Concentration
Community Mental Health Concentration
Description
The Community Mental Health Concentration gives residents the opportunity to focus on serving patients who are unfunded, underfunded, underserved, and/or have severe and persistent mental illness.
Objectives
- Provide diverse clinical experiences within the community and with individuals who have severe and persistent mental illness.
- Provide diverse educational experiences through lectures and networking with individuals who currently work in the public sector.
- Provide resources and guidance to assist residents in the creation of an academic project and talk related to community mental health.
- Prepare residents for work in the public sector after graduation.
Academic Opportunities
Lectures
Mentorship
Clinical Rotations:
- Davis Behavioral Health
- Hartland Free Psychiatry Clinic (University Neighborhood Partners)
- Volunteers of America
- Magnolia Permanent Supportive Housing (Fourth Street Clinic)
- People’s Health Clinic
- Jacky’s Recovery Support Services (formerly Latino Behavioral Health Services)
- Summit County Outpatient Continuity Clinic
- Intensive Outpatient Care
- Navajo Tele-health Rotation
- Moab Free Health Clinic
Certificate Requirements
- Completion of additional community mental health rotations beyond the general residency program requirements.
- Completion of an academic project focused on Community Mental Health.
- Completion of a talk on Community Mental Health.
- Participation in concentration quarterly meetings and general further development of the concentration.
Contact Information
- Faculty Lead: Annalise Keen, M.D.
- Resident Lead(s): Baley Kynaston, M.D. & Monika Vloka, M.D.