We offer several programs for those physicians who would like all of their training at UCLA. The California State Board of Medical Examiners accepts each of our programs as a fulfillment of the internship requirements for state licensure. The PG-1 choices include:

3030400C0: "Regular" track:

14 positions in the regular track begin with a PGY-1 year that includes rotations in medicine, neurology, and psychiatry. At least 4 months of internal medicine or pediatrics is required in PGY-1, but additional months can be elected on a case-by-case basis.

3030400C1: "Research" track

The Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences allocates two residency positions each year for trainees who have already demonstrated substantial promise as academic researchers, primarily M.D./PhD. or equivalent graduates.

During the period of training, research track residents will meet all requirements of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology to be eligible for board certification examinations. They will also receive training and experience individually designed to promote their proficiencies and potential for research careers, with a view toward preparing them for academic positions as independent investigators. Research track residents will be assigned mentors to help guide their research training and career development.

The Research Track Residency Program will include a minimum of five years of training, including the internship, clinical years, and the equivalent of a two-year research fellowship. Assignments throughout the clinical portion of training will be made with an appreciation for the research learning potential of those assignments. In PGY-3 1/6 of the standard clinical assignment (i.e., one half-day clinic) will be replaced with time for research or research preparation, in anticipation of a substantial allocation of dedicated research activity throughout the PGY 4 and PGY 5 year (typically 90% time in PGY-4 and 100% time in PGY-5). In selected cases funding will be available for an additional PGY- 6 research year.

The Research Track Residency Program is under the direction of David Krantz, M.D., who also chairs the selection committee. Other members of the Research Track Residency Program Executive Committee and selection committee are Erika Nurmi, M.D., Ph.D., Marissa Caudill, M.D., Ph.D., Bruce Kagan, M.D., Ph.D., Nelson Freimer, M.D., David Krantz, M.D., Edythe London, M.D. Robert Rubin, M.D., Michael Irwin, M.D., and Joel Braslow, M.D. The program is fully coordinated with the general residency program under the direction of James Spar, M.D.

3030400C2: "Harbor" track:

The Harbor track is a unique opportunity for one UCLA resident per class to spend their first year of training at the LA County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.  This resident then joins the regular track residents for their PGY2-4 years at UCLA.  The Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is a 500 bed acute general hospital located approximately 20 miles south of the Ronald Regan UCLA Medical Center.  This is an extremely popular option for those applicants who want to receive training at UCLA but wish to receive a greater emphasis in community psychiatry, treating underserved populations, or obtaining experience working within a county system.
     The LA County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center provides public mental health care to more than two million people in LA County. The Harbor-UCLA Medical Center has its own psychiatry residency program which is a separate residency program from the main UCLA program. The Harbor-UCLA residency program has an intimate class size of about 7 residents per class, and is often described as a program with a highly personal, family feel to the residency culture.  The services areas and treatment teams are directed by faculty from the David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine. 
     The UCLA resident who matches into the Harbor track spends their entire internship year at the Harbor campus. During this time the UCLA resident essentially becomes a part of the Harbor-UCLA psychiatry residency, rotating through the same services and taking part in the same didactics as the residents in the Harbor-UCLA training program.  The UCLA residents who have matched at the Harbor track find this unique, year-long experience an essential component of their education and training, and finds that it adds a dimension to their training not easily available through the regular UCLA residency track. To hear more about the Harbor track, please contact the UCLA psychiatry residency coordinator, Ron Lopez at rlopez@mednet.ucla.edu; he can put you in touch with former Harbor track residents currently training at UCLA.
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