PsychSIGN

Think you might be interested in psychiatry?

Research at UT Health Science Center

Please visit PsychSIGN's curated listing of psychiatry and brain-related research here. Please check back often for new opportunities!

Scholarships and Fellowships

PsychSIGN has put together a list of fantastic scholarship and fellowship opportunities to enhance your CV or to broaden your exposure to a particular area of psychiatry. Please check back often as we will actively update this page with new opportunities! 

Shadowing

What does a day in the life of a psychiatrist look like? Email our faculty advisor Dr. Bastian for an outpatient psychiatry opportunity. If you are an M1 or M2, you can sign up to shadow Dr. Cowan at the Wellness and Stress Clinic in the Service section below.

Service

• Volunteering at the Memphis Crisis Center. Part of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Medical Students answer phone calls from persons in distress. This is great way to learn how to have out-of-the-ordinary conversations.
• Volunteering at the 'PsychSIGN Wellness and Stress Clinic.' UT Health Science Center PsychSIGN has partnered with the Wellness and Stress Clinic to see psychiatric patients for free in our own separate space. The preceptor for the clinic is the department's chair, Dr. Cowan.

Study Tools

PsychSIGN has compiled and reviewed all the best study resources so you don't have to! Here are our thoughts and recommendations.

Clinical Tools

Benzodiazepine Conversion Calculator

Young Mania Rating Scale

Perspectives Article: Dr. Hill's Approach 

McLean Screening Instrument

Bush Francis Rating Scale

 

Did you know that medical students can join the American Psychiatric Association for free?