The Psychiatry Residency program at Wake Forest University School of Medicine is a four-year ACGME accredited program that is designed to foster the development of highly skilled psychiatrists who will be well-prepared for successful professional careers in the future. With the use of evidence-based medicine, residents are given the unique opportunity to grow and learn while under the instruction of our expert, board-certified faculty.
Why Train at Wake?
Wake Forest offers a thorough, balanced training program that creates an excellent foundation for any type of psychiatric practice you wish to pursue or explore. Our faculty have spent decades honing their craft in various specialties and are dedicated to passing that knowledge on to the next generation of physicians.
Finally, we pride ourselves on not only the training that you will receive at Wake Forest but also the family-oriented environment. One reason residents stay on as faculty after graduation is because of the camaraderie that has defined our department since its inception. Our faculty and staff are dedicated to helping residents in their academic as well as personal pursuits. Our program encourages residents to have a healthy work-life balance and constantly strives to maintain open communication and a non-judgmental environment.
Our objective is for all of our residents to become well-rounded, expertly-trained, board-certified psychiatrists who are committed to a lifetime of honing and perfecting their craft. Wake Forest is proud of the clinical acumen that our residents achieve during their time in training from the extensive breadth of clinical opportunities. We employ carefully designed clinical and educational experiences to develop the core competencies of psychiatry as set out in the ACGME Milestones and far beyond!
We echo Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's Diversity Core Value to Honor Individuality and Protect the Dignity of All. Our program constantly works toward recruiting a diverse population of residents. We respect and appreciate all of the unique qualities that each of our residents, faculty, and staff bring to our family and will continue bringing people together from various cultures and backgrounds.
Here at Wake Forest Baptist, we understand the rigors and pressures of being a resident. Our program places emphasis on the physical and mental well-being of our residents, especially during intern year. Here are some of the ways we help our residents during this time of their academic careers:
- Resident wellness days, where the entire residency program gets time to focus on emotional well-being. In the fall, our residents get a one-half day off for self-wellness. During the spring, the program arranges a full day retreat where they have an outing together in order to build camaraderie
- Monthly resident meetings allow residents to voice their concerns directly to the program director
- Monthly meetings with the chief residents allow our residents to express their concerns regularly
- Mentorship from upper level residents as well as faculty
In addition to these features, our residency program is continually striving to improve the resident educational experience allowing you to enjoy a full and vibrant life during your time in Winston-Salem.
Residents who graduate from our Wake Forest Psychiatry residency training program will go into practice or go on to complete additional training in competitive subspecialty fellowships such as Addiction, Consultation-Liaison, Forensic, Geriatric, Neuropsychiatry and Sleep Medicine just to name a few.
Residents who are interested in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship (CAP) will fast-track at the beginning of the resident’s fourth year of training. The first year in CAP also count towards the fellow’s fourth year of training in Psychiatry earning them a certificate of completion in Psychiatry and qualified to sit for ABPN boards.
Our program has seen many PGY-4s transfer into Child and Adolescent Psychiatry that there are certain years where the number of fourth year residents is few.
Whether the resident goes into practice or fellowship, our residents leave our program competent to practice and having strong relationships with faculty, staff and each other. Many of our trainees will stay with or return to Wake Forest, or practice within the state of North Carolina.
To verify Post-Graduate Training in Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, email Sheila Leach.
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