As Banner Health Arizona's central referral facility and the largest teaching hospital in Arizona, Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix is an academic medical center that provides state-of-the-art diagnostic capabilities and treatment resources for patients throughout the Southwest.

Over the four years of training, our Psychiatry residents are exposed to patients with diverse economic and sociocultural backgrounds and every type of illness, level of acuity and age. The core clinical rotations at Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix include traditional inpatient, outpatient and consultation settings. Those experiences are broadened by other required and elective rotations, including emergency psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, substance abuse, geriatrics, community psychiatry, forensics, individual, group and family psychotherapies.

Although the majority of training occurs at Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix, several required and elective experiences are at nearby clinical sites. Under experienced faculty supervision, our residents also work with patients at the nearby Veteran's Administration Medical Center (VAMC), Phoenix Children's Hospital (PCH), a community mental health clinic, Arizona State University and other clinical sites.

Rotations by Year

*Sample Clinical Assignments (PDF)

PGY1

  

Internal Medicine at Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix and Veteran's Administration Medical Center (one month of Pediatrics may be substituted at Phoenix Children's Hospital)

3 months

Emergency Medicine at Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix

1 month

Neurology at Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix

2 months
Adult Inpatient Psychiatry at Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix

5 months
Chemical Dependency at Veteran's Administration Medical Center

1 month

PGY2

  

Adult Inpatient Psychiatry at Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix

5 months

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Phoenix Children's Hospital

3 months

Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix

3 months

Emergency Psychiatry, Outpatient, Quality Improvement (EPOQ) at Banner Behavioral Health Hospital - Banner Psychiatric Center

1 month

Outpatient Psychiatry at Behavioral Health Center at Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix

Continuous part-time

PGY3

  

Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix

3 months

Community Psychiatry at a local community health clinic

3 months

Geriatric Psychiatry at Banner Alzheimer's Institute

2 months

Outpatient Psychiatry at Veteran's Administration Medical Center

4 months

Outpatient Psychiatry at the Behavioral Health Center at Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix

Continuous part-time

PGY4

  

Outpatient Psychiatry at the Behavioral Health Center at Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix

Continuous part-time

Employee Assistance Program at nearby Arizona State University

 

Senior Resident Administrative Positions

 

Clinical, Administrative and Research Electives