OVERVIEW
The University of Arizona has joined with UPH Hospital to provide a new jointly sponsored, ACGME-accredited general psychiatry program.  This Program blends academic and community psychiatry experiences to form the best possible preparation for psychiatric practice.  The University of Arizona Psychiatry Department offers formal didactics, research opportunities, and access to faculty with a wide range of clinical and academic expertise.  UPH Hospital is a multi-service community hospital in Tucson and serves as the setting for inpatient psychiatry, consult-liaison, emergency psychiatry, and medical rotations.   Together, the University of Arizona and UPH Hospital provide residents with a rich exposure to community psychiatry and a strong foundation in academic psychiatry.

NUMBER OF RESIDENTS
The Program is currently undergoing a planned expansion. Starting with six residents in 2008 (three in the PGY-1 class and three in the PGY-2 class), the Program is recruiting six PGY-1 residents and one additional PGY-2 resident for 2010.  Plans are underway to increase the Program still further in subsequent years. The growth reflects the substantial clinical opportunities and large number of supervising faculty available to residents in the program. Residents have access to a wide range of supervisors and mentors from the UA Psychiatry Department with an excellent faculty to resident ratio.

LENGTH OF PROGRAM
The Program follows all ACGME requirements for accreditation for a four-year general adult psychiatry residency.  Residents planning to apply for additional training in Child and Adolescent Fellowship programs may arrange to meet all general psychiatry requirements in three years.  This permits residents to start a Child and Adolescent Fellowship in their fourth post-graduate year.

PHILOSOPHY AND ATMOSPHERE
The University of Arizona / UPH Hospital Psychiatry Program aims to train excellent, well-balanced psychiatrists.  The atmosphere at UPH Hospital and in the Psychiatry Department is relaxed, informal, and personal.  The Program places a strong emphasis on education through clinical experiences, individual supervision, didactics, and research.  Residents treat patients from diverse demographic backgrounds, receive substantial training in psychotherapy, and participate in multi-disciplinary community-based psychiatric care.  The blend of community and academic psychiatry, in an attentive and supportive learning environment, provides an ideal setting for this psychiatric training.

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