*0 (fi 2) (two terms, 0-1s-0). Restricted to Psychiatry Graduate Students

All graduate students are expected to do at least one short (20 minutes) presentation in the Department’s Grand Rounds lecture series during the academic year.  Each Grand Rounds addresses a specific topic (e.g., social phobia disorder) and the format is to offer two perspectives on each topic.  In most instances, a psychiatric resident will provide a clinical perspective on the assigned topic, while the graduate student assigned to that topic will assume a research-oriented perspective and summarize the relevant empirical literature.  These presentations will not be in the student’s own area of research interest or expertise; the objective is to have the student bring his or her analytic skills and critical thinking to a different area of study.  The presentations much adhere to the department Grand Rounds template and the final presentation must be submitted to the administrative assistant for the Grand Rounds (Angelita Campbell) at least one day prior to the actual presentation. The coordinator of the Grand Rounds series (Dr. Nicholas Mitchell) will meet with the graduate student to discuss the topic and mentor the graduate student in their presentation.  A review of what presenters have prepared must be submitted to the coordinator at least two weeks prior to the Wednesday noon-hour sessions.  Graduate students will be asked to evaluate the presentations made by their peers, and an award for the best graduate student presentation will be given out at the annual Research Day.

Graduate students who are preparing for their thesis defense will be asked to give a brief (20 minutes) Grand Rounds presentation on their research; an additional presenter will be scheduled the same day to comment on the clinical implications of the research.  The presentation of the thesis research in Grand Rounds serves as a rehearsal for the student’s actual defense; in turn, questions from the Grand Rounds audience serve as practice for questions during the defense.  For doctoral students, two presentations of their own work in Grand Rounds are being considered for the schedule:  one would offer the conceptual background and proposed methods for the research (earlier in the student’s program) and the second would be as described above (at the completion of the study prior to the defense). Contact Course Coordinator.