PSYCHTRY 445C
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Kristen Grace Shirey
Description from DukeHub
The Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison Service at Duke Medical Center offers a clinical clerkship in the evaluation and management of psychiatric disorders in the medical and surgical setting. The student performs psychiatric consultations for medical and surgical services under direct supervision of residents and senior staff. Topics in psychosomatic medicine, psychopharmacology and medico-legal issues are discussed. Unique issues in psychiatric presentations of medical illness and adaptation to illness are reviewed. Students may attend an outpatient psychiatric consultation clinic in addition, upon request and pending availability. Students attend the weekly MedPsych conference and Psychiatry Academic Half-day educational offerings. Hours are generally 8am-6pm M-F. Call the consult pager to arrange meeting place on first day (970-PSYC). Students need to check with Dr. Shirey in advance via email at (contact listed in DukeHub), or the secondary contact, Cathy Lefebvre, (contact listed in DukeHub), to confirm the availability of this rotation. Prerequisites: instructor approval and satisfactory completion of PSC-205C. Credit: 4. Enrollment: max 1. Kristen Shirey, MD
Skills
- clinicalSchool of Medicine clinical course
AI-resilient: 4 of 5
- Yes: Physical, lab or field work · "clerkship"
- Yes: Live work with people · "clinical"
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "legal"
- Yes: A craft you practice with your hands or body · "surgical"
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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