Tracks
We offer several programs for those physicians who would like all of their training at UCLA. The California State Board of Medical Examiners accepts each of our programs as a fulfillment of the internship requirements for state licensure. The PG-1 choices include:
The Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences allocates two residency positions each year for trainees who have already demonstrated substantial promise as academic researchers, primarily M.D./PhD. or equivalent graduates.
During the period of training, research track residents will meet all requirements of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology to be eligible for board certification examinations. They will also receive training and experience individually designed to promote their proficiencies and potential for research careers, with a view toward preparing them for academic positions as independent investigators. Research track residents will be assigned mentors to help guide their research training and career development.
The Research Track Residency Program will include a minimum of five years of training, including the internship, clinical years, and the equivalent of a two-year research fellowship. Assignments throughout the clinical portion of training will be made with an appreciation for the research learning potential of those assignments. In PGY-3 1/6 of the standard clinical assignment (i.e., one half-day clinic) will be replaced with time for research or research preparation, in anticipation of a substantial allocation of dedicated research activity throughout the PGY 4 and PGY 5 year (typically 90% time in PGY-4 and 100% time in PGY-5). In selected cases funding will be available for an additional PGY- 6 research year.
The Research Track Residency Program is under the direction of David Krantz, M.D., who also chairs the selection committee. Other members of the Research Track Residency Program Executive Committee and selection committee are Erika Nurmi, M.D., Ph.D., Marissa Caudill, M.D., Ph.D., Bruce Kagan, M.D., Ph.D., Nelson Freimer, M.D., David Krantz, M.D., Edythe London, M.D. Robert Rubin, M.D., Michael Irwin, M.D., and Joel Braslow, M.D. The program is fully coordinated with the general residency program under the direction of James Spar, M.D.
