The Psychiatry Residency integrates a wide variety of clinical training with exposure to different approaches to help residents understand and treat individuals experiencing mental illness. Note that the curriculum is unique compared to other psychiatry residencies in that the outpatient experience begins in the PGY-2 year, leading to more long-term and in-depth outpatient practice experiences.
The program also offers a research track for residents who seek in-depth experience in research.
Curriculum Components
13 blocks of 4 weeks:
- 1 block: Pediatrics inpatient
- 1 block: Internal medicine inpatient
- 1 block: Family medicine
- 1 block: Emergency medicine
- 2 blocks: Inpatient neurology
- 6 blocks: Adult inpatient psychiatry
- 1 block: Child and adolescent inpatient psychiatry
- General adult outpatient psychiatry
- Child and adolescent outpatient psychiatry
- Geriatric outpatient psychiatry
- Community outpatient psychiatry
- Psychotherapy
- Adult inpatient psychiatry
- Consultation-liaison psychiatry
- Emergency psychiatry
- Electroconvulsive therapy
- Forensic psychiatry
- Chemical dependency
- General adult outpatient psychiatry continuity clinic
- Psychotherapy
The program offers 30 electives including:
- UT Health Austin’s subspecialty programs:
- Bipolar disorders center
- Women’s reproductive mental health
- Comprehensive Memory Center
- Continuity general adult outpatient psychiatry and psychotherapy
- Medical student teaching
- Advanced rotations in community, consultation-liaison, emergency, inpatient and outpatient psychiatry
- UT Austin Counseling and Mental Health Center
- Private practice
- Cognitive processing therapy
- HIV psychiatry
- Substance use disorders
- Psychopharmacology
- Clinical trials
Didactics take place 1/2 day per week for all PGY classes.
Annual Lecture Series & Grand Rounds
The Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Lecture Series occurs weekly and is comprised of grand rounds, program trainings, patient safety conferences, division clinical updates and more.
Request to view the 2026-2027 Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Lecture Series schedule.