{"id":5886,"date":"2018-09-13T10:46:22","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T14:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/?page_id=5886"},"modified":"2026-06-12T10:13:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:13:19","slug":"resident-rotations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/","title":{"rendered":"Resident Rotations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bu-slideshow-container psychiatry-residents autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-5737\" data-slideshow-name=\"psychiatry-residents\" data-slideshow-delay=\"5000\" style=\"width: auto; \"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-slide\" id=\"bu-slideshow-5737\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-5737_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/psychiatry\/files\/2023\/10\/391236825_702116765128463_3558085793612041488_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-5737_1\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/psychiatry\/files\/2023\/10\/361935457_118362324658372_2987070584210944169_n-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-5737_2\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/psychiatry\/files\/2023\/10\/386163252_1105059400464004_9157775482304316268_n-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-5737_3\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-center\"><img src=\"\/psychiatry\/files\/2022\/08\/Interns-2022-298x300.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation-container\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation nav-icon\" id=\"bu-slideshow-nav-5737\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-1\" class=\" active\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-2\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-3\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-4\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>4<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<style>\np {<br \/>font-family: sans-serif;<br \/>font-size: 0.875em;<br \/>line-height: 1.4;<br \/>}<br \/>div.a {<br \/>font-family: sans-serif;<br \/>font-size: 0.875em;<br \/>line-height: 1.4;<br \/>}<br \/>a:link {<br \/>color: #0000ff;<br \/>}<br \/>table, th, td {<br \/>width: 100%;<br \/>border: 1px solid black;<br \/>padding: 1px;<br \/>text-align: center;<br \/>vertical-align: middle;<br \/>}<br \/>th {<br \/>background-color: #5f71c7;<br \/>}<br \/><\/style>\n<div class=\"a\">Below is an overview of the four years of training here at the Boston University Psychiatry Residency. Unless otherwise specified, one block is 4 weeks long. Click on each individual PGY year or rotation to read more.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #5f71c7;\" colspan=\"4\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/pgy1rotations\/\">PGY-1<\/a><\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 12.5%; background-color: #a8a8a8;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/pgy1rotations\/#bmcmedicine\">BMC Internal Medicine (2 blocks)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>BMC Night Float and Swing (1 block)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.5%; background-color: #a8a8a8;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bedford Medicine (1 block)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/pgy1rotations\/#bedfordinpt\">Bedford VA Inpatient Psychiatry (2 block)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.5%; background-color: #a8a8a8;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/pgy1rotations\/#jpurgentcare\">Jamaica Plain VA Urgent Care (1 block)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.5%; background-color: #a8a8a8;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/pgy1rotations\/#bmcneuro\">BMC Neurology (2 blocks)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 12.5%; background-color: #a8a8a8;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/pgy1rotations\/#best\">BMC Psych ED (1 block)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.5%; background-color: #a8a8a8;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/pgy1rotations\/#bournewoodadult\">Bournewood Adult Inpatient Psychiatry (1 block)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.5%; background-color: #a8a8a8;\">BMC Brockton (1 block)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.5%; background-color: #a8a8a8;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/pgy1rotations\/#brocktoninpt\">Brockton VA Inpatient Psychiatry (1 block)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1\/2 day Didactics on Thursday afternoons (except when on Medicine &amp; Neurology rotations)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #a8a8a8; text-align: center;\" colspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #5f71c7;\" colspan=\"4\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/rotations-pgy-2\/\">PGY-2<\/a><\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; background-color: #a8a8a8;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/rotations-pgy-2\/#cl\">BMC C\/L (1 block)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; background-color: #a8a8a8;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/rotations-pgy-2\/#cl\">West Roxbury VA C\/L (1.5 blocks)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; background-color: #a8a8a8;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bedford VA Addiction (1 block)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; background-color: #a8a8a8;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/rotations-pgy-2\/#bedfordinterprofessional\">BMC Brockton (1.5 blocks)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; background-color: #a8a8a8;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/rotations-pgy-2\/#forensic\">Department of Mental Health Forensic Psychiatry (1.5 blocks)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; background-color: #a8a8a8;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/rotations-pgy-2\/#bournewoodadol\">Bournewood Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry (1.5 blocks)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; background-color: #a8a8a8;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/rotations-pgy-2\/#bedfordgeri\">Brockton VA Geriatric Psychiatry (1.5 block)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; background-color: #a8a8a8;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/rotations-pgy-2\/#best\">BMC Emergency Psychiatry (1 block)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #a8a8a8; text-align: center;\" colspan=\"4\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Elective (1 block)<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"4\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/rotations-pgy-2\/#bmcclinic\">1\/2 day BMC Adult Psychiatry Outpatient Continuity Clinic on Thursdays<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #a8a8a8; text-align: center;\" colspan=\"4\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1\/2 day Didactics on Thursdays<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\" colspan=\"4\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/rotations-pgy-2\/#nightfloat\">Nightfloat (2 week blocks, 3 times\/year) at West Roxbury VA and BMC<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #5f71c7;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/rotations-pgy-3\/\">PGY-3<\/a><\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #a8a8a8;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/rotations-pgy-3\/#bmcclinic\">1 &#8211; 1 1\/2 day BMC Outpatient Adult Psychiatry Clinic<\/a><a style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1\/2 day (for 3 months) BMC Elective Specialty Outpatient Clinic<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #a8a8a8;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/rotations-pgy-3\/#vaclinic\">2 &#8211; 2 1\/2 days Jamaica Plain VA Outpatient Dual Diagnosis Clinic<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/rotations-pgy-3\/#vaclinic\">1\/2 day CARD CBT Clinic for 6 months<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/rotations-pgy-3\/#childclinic\">1\/2 day BMC Outpatient Child and Adolescent Clinic for 6 months<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #a8a8a8;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/rotations-pgy-3\/#call\">Nightfloat (1 week block, 3 blocks\/year) and 24-hour calls at West Roxbury VA and BMC<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1 day Didactics on Thursdays<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #5f71c7;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/rotations-pgy-4\/\">PGY-4<\/a><\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #a8a8a8;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/rotations-pgy-3\/#clinic\">1\/2 day BMC Outpatient Adult Psychiatry Clinic<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/rotations-pgy-3\/#clinic\">1\/2 day Jamaica Plain VA Outpatient Dual Diagnosis Clinic<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #a8a8a8;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/education-2\/residency-2\/resident-rotations\/rotations-pgy-3\/#electives\">3 Days of Electives<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1 day Didactics on Tuesdays<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is an overview of the four years of training here at the Boston University Psychiatry Residency. 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