department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science

Clinical Teaching Sites

Episcopal Hospital (TUHS)

100 E Lehigh Ave.

Philadelphia, PA 19125-1098

Length of Rotation (in months): Year 1: (6) Year 2: (3) Year 3: (12) Year 4: (6)

Here, the residents rotate in inpatient, outpatient, and emergency psychiatry. Residents get extensive psychiatric experience at the Temple Episcopal campus which is a 118 bed psychiatric hospital with an extremely active psychiatric emergency department (CRC). There are 74 acute and 44 extended acute beds.  Residents have the opportunity to function as junior faculty members in their senior year of training.  The 12 months of psychiatric outpatient experience, which includes adults as well as child and adolescent patients, takes place on the 1st floor of the Temple Episcopal campus in the Outpatient Department

Temple University Hospital

3401 N Broad St.

Philadelphia, PA 19140

Length of Rotation (in months): Year 1: (6) Year 2: (3) Year 3: (0) Year 4: (2)

Psychiatry interns rotate in Internal Medicine and Neurology at Temple University Hospital during their first six months of training.  PGY 2-4 residents train on a busy consultation liaison psychiatric service. The resident will see patients in consultation who are admitted to the hospital medical or surgical ward, including transplant evaluations.  Experience will be provided in assessment, diagnosis, and liaison with the treating team and management of psychiatric illness in individuals who are medically ill.  Administrative and legal issues relevant to Consult-Liaison Psychiatry are discussed. Residents gain invaluable experience by having contact with the over 500 residents in all specialties in the hospital.

Crozer-Chester Medical Center

One Medical Center Blvd.

Professional Office Bldg., #1 Suite 302

Upland, PA 19013-3995

Length of Rotation (in months): Year 1: (0) Year 2: (3) Year 3: (3) Year 4: (1)

Crozer-Chester Medical Center has 32 adult and 12 child & adolescent beds. Residents spend 3-4 months at Crozer-Chester fulfilling their Geriatric, Child and Adolescent and Addiction requirements. These rotations provide residents with the opportunity to work with a different socioeconomic population from their primary rotation site and they have the opportunity to experience programs with multiple levels of care. Additionally, they participate in the psychiatric care of patients in a community hospital setting. All residents are supervised by clinical faculty who are ABPN certified in their respective subspecialties.

Brooke Glen Behavioral Hospital

7170 Lafayette Ave.

Fort Washington, PA 19034

Length of Rotation (in months): Year 1: (0) Year 2: (2) Year 3: (0) Year 4: (2)

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Residency Program Information

Temple Episcopal Campus

Ste. 301 Medical Arts Bldg.

100 E. Lehigh Avenue

Philadelphia, PA 19125

T: 215-707-0060