• Instructor of record:  Lorin Scher, M.D. 
• Instructor(s):  Jaesu Han, M.D., Robert McCarron, D.O., John Onate, M.D. , Shannon Suo, M.D.
• Course duration:  4 weeks
• Quarters:  I, II, III, IV
• Units:  6
• Location:  Sacramento Primary Care Clinic 
• Distribution of student's time:  Clinical 80%, Discussion 20% 
• Prerequisites:  Psychiatry core clerkship and/or consent of clerkship director
• Course description:  Students will rotate through the county Primary Care Clinic under the supervision of dual-boarded psychiatry and internal medicine/family practice faculty to provide medical care for indigent and uninsured patients as well as primary care for psychiatry patients. 
• Enhancement modules:
  • Group psychotherapy  
  • Child psychiatry  
  • Cultural psychiatry 
  • Emergency psychiatry  
• Clerkship objectives:
  • Improve on psychiatric history taking and mental status exam
  • Improve on ability to treat acutely mentally ill patients
  • Learn to efficiently manage patients in a psychiatric inpatient unit
  • Effectively interact within a multidisciplinary treatment team
  • Gain exposure and understanding of the diagnosis and management of psychiatric disorders in a  primary care setting and in the indigent population.
• Commonly seen conditions:
  • Diabetes mellitus 
  • Mood disorders 
  • Co-morbid substance abuse disorders 
  • Anxiety disorders 

Naima Carter
Elective Course Coordinator
Phone (916) 734-2614
Fax (916) 734-3384
E-mail: naima.carter@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu