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Our Idaho track residents will spend one month during their PGY-1 in Pocatello to complete an Internal Medicine rotation and again during their PGY-2 year to complete a month of Inpatient Psychiatry.

Idaho Track, 4-Year Program

Year 1 (In SLC)


4 Months 2 Months 6 Months

Medicine
1 mo U of U Health
1 mo Idaho
1 mo VA IM
1 mo VA IM or U of U Ed

Neurology
1 mo U of U Health
1 mo VA

Inpatient Psychiatry
1-2 mo must be at VA
1 mo is addiction at UNI

Between medicine, neurology, and psychiatry, ID track residents must spend 4 months at VA

Year 2 (In SLC)

5 Months 1 Month 2 Months

Inpatient Psychiatry
2 mo at VA
1 mo Idaho

Geriatric
Psychiatry (VA)

Consult/Liaison Psychiatry (C/L)
1 mo at VA

2 Months 1 Month 1 Month

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Emergency Psychiatry

Night Float 

ID track residents must spend 4 months at VA
QI project will be completed this year

Year 3 (In ID)
Resident A

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Outpatient Clinic (VA)

Telepsych

Didactics

MHI/HW

Elective

Outpatient Clinic (VA)

C&L (Portneuf)

Didactics

MHI/ISU HC

Elective

Year 3 (In ID)
Resident B

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Elective

Outpatient Clinic (VA)

Didactics

Telepsych

MHI/HW

Elective

Outpatient Clinic (VA)

Didactics

C&L (Portneuf)

MHI/ISU HC

Year 3 (In ID)
Resident C

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

MHI/HW

Elective

Didactics

Outpatient Clinic (VA)

Telepsych

MHI/ISU HC

Elective

Didactics

Outpatient Clinic (VA)

C&L (Portneuf)

HW = Health West Clinics

Elective options:
Human Development Center
Private Practice
Reseach
ISU Student Heath Center (ISU HC)
VA CBOC
Telepsych (VA, Portneuf)
MHI Health West
Other possibilities: Women's prison, HIV clinic, crisis center, Blackfoot reservation clinic

Year 4 (In ID)

12 months

Outpatient Psychiatry 50% (includes VA Continuity Clinic, C&L, MHI),
Electives 50%

PGY 4 gets preference over electives
All residents must do 1 full day in VA outpatient (consider 2 afternoons instead of a full day to accommodate inpatient if you are interested)
All residents must do 1 month forensic psychiatry at ISH South
One resident must do C&L Monday afternoon

Elective options:
Human Development Center
Private Practice
Research
Crisis psychiatry (Portneuf ED)
MHI ISU Student Health Center (outpatient psychiatry)
Jr. Attending (General or Geriatric)- 3 to 6 month blocks
Telepsych
MHI Health West
VA CBOC

Other possibilities: Women’s prison, HIV clinic, crisis center, Blackfoot reservation clinic, child OP

Elizabeth Botts, MD

Assistant Professor (Clinical) of Psychiatry

Training Director, Idaho Rural Track

Message from the Co-Chiefs

Contact Us

Jaime Christensen Program Manager Phone: 801-585-5387 Email: jaime.christensen@hsc.utah.edu

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