Student Supervision

Instruction and Supervision of the Student

Attending staff will take primary responsibility in supervising the student either directly or through the resident.  One attending staff will supervise between one and three students at a time.  Where residents are not available, the attending staff will provide the necessary day-to-day supervision, feedback, and role-modeling.  They will hear case presentations, counter-sign chart notes and patient orders, read and provide feedback to the student about work-ups, and meet regularly with the student to discuss case management.  They may also give lectures.  The attending staff will be responsible for assigning patients to the student for work-up and case management.

Psychiatric residents will be available to help supervise the medical student at teaching sites (except not at Anoka).  The resident will serve as a role model as the student watches him or her work with patients.  Although no formal supervising time is normally arranged between resident and student, the resident will provide supervision with feedback to the student on a day-to-day basis for the patients assigned to the student.  The resident can countersign student-written orders.

The student will have exposure to, and supervision by, other health professionals (including social workers, psychologists, and nurses) on an informal and individualized basis, usually only in conjunction with the needs of specific patients.  These personnel will usually be present during patient rounds.  Psychologists may lecture on psychological assessments.

Psychiatrists other than the attending staff may provide formal supervision or instruction to the student at the various sites.  They may supervise the weekly case presentations or provide pertinent lectures.

Feedback on Student Performance

Students will receive day-to-day feedback from supervising staff.

Each student should be observed doing at least one patient interview (preferably live, but possibly on videotape) by the attending staff and should be provided with feedback about his performance.

Evaluation by the Student

Each student will be asked to provide feedback about the teaching and general experiences during the clerkship to the attending staff (and residents) by completing an on-line evaluation through the web based CoursEval system.