The UC Davis departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Internal Medicine enthusiastically support the newly developed combined internal medicine/psychiatry residency program.  This program includes components of both internal medicine and psychiatry residencies (32.5 four week blocks or 30 months in each specialty) which are accredited respectively by the Residency Review Committee for Internal Medicine and by the Residency Review Committee for Psychiatry, both of which are under the auspices of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.  Residents in this five-year program will complete training requirements for both internal medicine and psychiatry with resultant board eligibility in both specialties.

Internal medicine/psychiatry residents will be trained in psychiatry, internal medicine and areas that integrate these two fields, with a strong focus on treating the patient and not just a disease.  In addition to dedicated staff from both departments, we currently have six dually-trained faculty members in general medicine and psychiatry, all of whom are full-time internal medicine/psychiatry supervisors and mentors.  Our county and private internal medicine/psychiatry clinics, as well as our 25-bed special population inpatient unit, are unique and essential for a top notch internal medicine/psychiatry training experience.

We successfully matched two outstanding residents to start the 2007 academic year and we look forward to meeting with applicants for our next interview season.  If you would like to get a preview of the program by meeting the residents and staff, we offer a one month internal medicine/psychiatry elective rotation. If you have an interest in combined internal medicine and psychiatry training, please do not hesitate to contact me directly with any questions.

Robert McCarron, D.O.
Internal Medicine/Psychiatry
Program Director
E-mail:  robert.mccarron@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu