Psychiatry Residency Program

Mission statement:

Our residency program aims to train clinically excellent, academically informed, and culturally competent next-generation psychiatrists to serve the State of Alabama and the Tennessee river valley. Our program emphasizes treatment in a community psychiatry setting and serving patients with mental illness. Through empathic treatment of mental health issues in our community, we aim to improve our patient population's overall health, wellness, and social support. These goals align with the North Alabama Medical Center's mission: "Making Communities Healthier."

Our training is based on an innovative curriculum, dedicated mentorship programs, establishing partnerships, and collaborating with affiliate institutions to utilize the resources to enhance existing infrastructure to support personalized educational experiences to facilitate the career goals of residents. Our program ensures that residents rotate through inpatient and ambulatory settings in psychiatry and specialty services to face the challenges and prepare them for their careers as independent physicians, healthcare leaders, teachers, and mentors to future generations of physicians and the healthcare workforce. To achieve work-life balance and prevent them from burnout and provide wellness and joy to perform optimally.

Program Aims

Overall aims of the program are Train residents to provide patient-centered care to our patients, families, and communities. To Use evidence-based tools to provide our patients the best possible quality healthcare. Show respect toward patients, families, interdisciplinary teams, and each other. To professionally and effectively lead interdisciplinary teams To Be mindful of the overall mental health needs of our community and region