Adult Program

The Adult Psychiatry Training at the University of Minnesota is a traditional four-year program grounded in the medical identity of psychiatry and emphasizing the interplay of heredity and experience in producing mental disorders. The training is rigorous and clinical responsibility is graded over the four years. One afternoon a week is dedicated to didactics throughout the four years of training.

The primary training site is the Fairview University Medical Center (FUMC) located on the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis adjacent to the Twin Cites Campus of the Medical School and the University. The Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) – located approximately 5 miles south - is the major affiliate training site.

Year 1 is spent on inpatient units where neurology and primary care requirements are completed and general inpatient psychiatry training is begun. Typically the year is equally divided between FUMC and VAMC assignments. Residents choose either 2 months of Internal Medicine or 2 months of Pediatrics at FUMC in addition to 2 months of primary care at the VAMC.

Year 2 introduces specialty areas such as consultation-liaison, child-adolescent psychiatry, addiction and geropsychiatry. With the night float call and emergency psychiatry rotations located in second year the majority of call is located here. One half day a week is spent in outpatient psychotherapy training. The majority of this year is spent at FUMC.

Year 3 provides 12 months of continuous outpatient training as well as experiences in community mental health and group/family therapies. By the end of the third year all Residency Review Committee requirements have been completed. The core outpatient rotation takes place at FUMC. For a fraction of the year residents spend an afternoon a week at either the Community University Health Care Center or the Hennepin County Mental Health Center, both within 3 miles of FUMC.

Year 4 activities are available at a variety of sites according to a resident’s interests, the character of the educational experience and the capacity of a site to contribute to supporting a resident stipend. Opportunities include the Child-Adolescent fellowship (the only ACGME fellowship that can be begun in the fourth year of training) and a variety of outpatient practice settings (e.g. community mental health centers or private clinics). A chief residency slot and a research slot are also offered.