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Psychiatry Residency

Millcreek Community Hospital Psychiatry Program

Program Director: Richard Herrick, D.O.
Telephone: (814)868-8278
Email: rherrick@mch1.org

Mission

The mission of the MCH Psychiatry Residency Program is to provide Residents with a comprehensive structured cognitive and procedural clinical education in both inpatient and outpatient settings that will enable them to become competent, proficient, and professional Osteopathic Psychiatrists.

Program Overview

The Osteopathic Psychiatry Residency rotation schedule represents a multifaceted approach which thoroughly accommodates the official requirements for residency as put forth by the American Osteopathic Association. A significant degree of flexibility allows each resident to individualize their rotation schedule to satisfy personal interests as well as satisfy residency requirements. Residents enjoy the opportunity to gain profiency of practice in a variety of clinical settings, including but not limited to work in the public, private and rural sector. Also, the entire patient spectrum is represented in terms of working with children/adolescents, adults and the elderly.

The Call Schedule is formulated by the Senior Residents and reflects a fair approach to Call distribution which allows for less time on call as each resident progresses through the program. The most intense call schedule involves one weeknight of call per week and one weekend of call per month. The resident on-call has around the clock access to an attending psychiatrist functioning as a back-up for discussion of complicated cases or special circumstances.

Rotations

PGY 2

  • Adult Inpatient Psychiatry - 6 months
  • Child/Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry - 4 months
  • Drug & Alcohol Inpatient Detox - 2 months
  • Neurology is recommended in Intern Electives.

PGY 3

  • Community Outpatient Psychiatry
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Forensic Psychiatry
  • Partial program Psychotherapy

PGY 4

  • Continued Community Outpatient Psychiatry
  • Continued Psychotherapy Cases
  • Crisis Services and Case Management
  • Electives that may include:
  • Geriatric Inpatient
  • Medical/Psychiatric Inpatient
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy
  • Child/Adolescent Residential

With the largest Psychiatric Inpatient Facility in Northwestern Pennsylvania, you will be exposed to multiple facets of Psychiatry that will allow the Resident to be well rounded in the field. We also are active in the multiple supportive services of mental health such as Crisis and Case Management.

Didactics include lectures in Psychopharmacology, DSM IV Diagnosis, Psychotherapy, Mental Health Services, and History of Psychiatry and much more.

(l-r)Dr. Mathew Sipple, Dr. Dennis Borczon, and Dr. Belinda Stillman

Affiliates

Millcreek Community Hospital in conjunction primarily with Stairways Behavioral Health, Safe Harbor Behavioral Health, Presque Isle Psychiatric Associates, and many other agencies of Erie County, participates in the education of Psychiatry Residents by offering specialty rotations to enhance the scope, volume, and variety of cases for both core and elective rotations.

American Psychiatric Association www.psych.org
Deerfield Behavioral Health www.dbhn.com
Gaudenzia Erie www.gaudenzia.org/facilities/eriecross.shtml
Presque Isle Psychiatric Associates(PIPA) www.presqueislepsych.com
Safe Harbor Behavioral Health www.safeharborbh.org
Stairways Behavioral Health www.stairwaysbh.org

Message from Senior Resident, Meghan McCarthy, D.O.

The psychiatry residency at Millcreek Community Hospital has equipped me with the skills to practice in a wide variety of clinical settings. As a senior resident, I can speak to the comprehensive learning process from which I have benefited, including high-yield didactic programming as well as a “learn-by-doing” approach in the clinical setting. I feel the Psychiatry Residency at Millcreek Community Hospital represents the perfect medley of academic study, real-world clinical practice and routine supervision with skilled attending psychiatrists. At this point, I feel confident not only with successfully taking the upcoming board examinations, but also with embarking on a lifelong career in the field of psychiatry.

Please contact the following Psychiatry Residents for further information:

  • Meghan McCarthy, D.O., mmccarthy@mch1.org
  • C. J. Rush, D.O., crush@mch1.org

(l-r)Dr. Holland with Dr Chapman and Dr Behan


Dr Eberly during a consult

To apply to MCH's Internships, OGME1 Programs, log onto the ERAS Website: www.aamc.org/audienceeras.htm.

Students need to register with National Matching at: www.natmatch.com.

For More Information, Contact:

Marilyn Tracy,
Medical Education Coordinator
Medical Education
Millcreek Community Hospital
5515 Peach Street
Erie, PA 16509
(814) 868-8217
mchmeded@mch1.org


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