Our program
University Hospital and Medical Center Psychiatry Residency is a 4 year, ACGME Accredited, Psychiatry resident training program. We are located at University Hospital and Medical Center in Tamarac, FL. University Hospital and Medical Center is a 317 bed Acute Care hospital including 60 inpatient psychiatry beds with 4 inpatient psychiatric units, including a specialized Child and Adolescent unit and Geriatric unit. The residency program was founded in 2012 and currently has 32 total funded positions.
Opportunities at our residency include but not limited to; experience in Geriatric Psychiatry, Child and Adolescence Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, Consult Liaison, Electric Convulsive Therapy, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Ketamine and Emergency Psychiatry. The programs’ goal is to create well trained Psychiatrist’s with a variety of education training opportunities to prepare residents for the evolving and challenging field of Psychiatry.
The training program includes robust didactic education including, Psychopharmacology, Neurobiology, Psychotherapy, Forensics, DSM review, PRITE review, Journal club, Case presentations, Simulation lab, and weekly live interview for first year resident’s to interview patients in front of our Program Director, peers receiving feedback on the interview of the patients and their treatment plan creation.
Curriculum and rotation schedule
1st Year
- Inpatient Medicine (3 Months)
- Emergency Medicine (1 Month)
- Neurology (2 Months-Cleveland Clinic Florida)
- Partial Hospitalization Program/ECT
- Child and Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry
- Geriatric Inpatient Psychiatry
- Adult Inpatient Psychiatry
2nd Year
- Emergency Psychiatry- Days
- Emergency Psychiatry- Nights
- Adult Inpatient Psychiatry
- Partial Hospitalization Program/ECT
- Consult Liaison Psychiatry
- Child and Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry
- Continuity Clinic
3rd Year
- Outpatient Clinics- Adults/Geriatrics/Child and Adolescent/Substance Abuse/TMS
4th Year
- Junior Attending
- VA Electives
- Electives
Salary and stipend
1st Year
- $52,770
2nd Year
- $54,270
3rd Year
- $55,770
4th Year
- $57,270
Other benefits
- 20 Days PTO
- Free Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner in Hospital Cafeteria
- Cell Phone and Service
- Laptop
- Educational Expense Reimbursement
- ACLS/BLS Training
- Training License paid by Program
- Access to purchase HCA Medical/Dental/Vision/Disability/Life Insurance with employer assistance
- 401k Matching
- HCA Stock Purchase Program
- The Hospital will provide worker’s compensation insurance, consistent with the hospital’s benefit program.