Wellness Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 (edited) I plan on taking a job in the outpatient psychiatry setting working full-time when I graduate. I'm concerned that I'll lose my general medical knowledge and skills, and I won't be able to switch out of psychiatry if I ever decide to in the future. I would love to spend 4 days in outpatient psychiatry and 1 day a week in an urgent care or walk-in clinic to stay up on my medicine, but I'm not convinced any practice would hire a new grad for 1-2 days/week. Does anyone else work part-time/prn in another setting to maintain their skills? Edited January 16, 2020 by Wellness 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I am wondering about this as well and have a friend who is actually considering a 2-year psych residency/ training program. Hoping to hear more replies to this. I'm sure there are folks who have specifically worked in psych for a few years then switched to another specialty or started dividing up their schedule. Any first hand accounts of this out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDCtoPA Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 What Psych residency is 2 years? I am almost done with the VA Psych residency which is a year. I have really enjoyed it and the pay for the VA residencies is much better than any other Psych residencies I looked into. As for keeping up the general medical knowledge. I plan to alternate conferences, psych one year and medicine the other. I will also continue to do general medicine CME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshySlashy Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) On 3/8/2020 at 2:06 PM, IDCtoPA said: What Psych residency is 2 years? I am almost done with the VA Psych residency which is a year. I have really enjoyed it and the pay for the VA residencies is much better than any other Psych residencies I looked into. As for keeping up the general medical knowledge. I plan to alternate conferences, psych one year and medicine the other. I will also continue to do general medicine CME. There are two that I know of. One in Missouri and one that is more of just a graduate training program in Michigan/Iowa (Pine Rest). I'm 90% certain I'm going to angle for psych after graduation. I've also had some concerns about losing my general medicine skills. Edited September 10, 2020 by AshySlashy Correction: Pine Rest not Pine View. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiovolffemtp Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Is the VA psyche residency you're in at the VA in Chillicothe, Ohio? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedTailedHawk Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 I am also wondering about this topic. I would love to work in an outpatient psychiatry clinic after I graduate, but have an urgent care job 1 - 2 days out of the week on top of that. I do know of an older PA with 40+ years experience who works concurrently in emergency medicine and an outpatient psychiatry clinic, however he worked in emergency medicine many years before transitioning to a psychiatric position. Therefore, I am unsure if a new graduate would be able to work part time in an urgent care upon graduation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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