The seminar component of the Fellowship in Public Psychiatry is organized as a set of seminar sequences that run throughout the year.
This sequence is a series taught by the Fellowship faculty.
Unit I: The
American Welfare State and Public Mental Health
Unit II: Introduction to Psychosocial Interventions
for the Severe and Persistently
Mentally Ill
Unit III: The
Role of the Psychiatrist in Community Based Services
Unit IV: Introduction
to Program Evaluation
Unit V:
The Structure of Public
Mental Health Services
Unit VI:
Alcoholism and
Substance Abuse
Unit VII:
Psychiatric
Rehabilitation for the SPMI
Unit VIII: Housing Policy
and Homelessness
Unit IX:
Public Mental Health
Managed Care
Unit X:
Public Mental Health
Advocacy
This sequence is made up of presentations by the Fellows. (Additional description of these presentations is provided on pg. 3a. ).
Series
I: Residency Training Program
Presentations, Using Congruence Model
Series II: Field
Placement Presentations, Using Congruence Model
Series III: System-Oriented
Clinical Presentations
Series IV: Fiscal
Presentations
Series V:
Program Evaluation
Presentations
Series VI: Final
Field Placement Presentations
A series of approximately 30 guest speakers currently active in public
psychiatry will begin in September and continue for the rest of the
Fellowship year.
The
fall speaker series is sponsored by an unrestricted educational grant from the
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.
Field Trips
Field Trips to sites of special interest in New York City will include the following:
Fountain
House, Family Court, Phoeniix House, Lincoln Hospital Acupuncture
Program, St. Francis Residence, El Rio
Residence, Rikers Island Mental Health
Services.
Practicum in Mental
Health Administration
The Practicum in Mental Health Administration consists of a 12 week unit in which conceptual materiel is developed in relation to a series of management case presentations by former Public Psychiatry Fellows. It may also include a continuous management case presentation by a former Public Psychiatry Fellow presented at
6-8 week intervals over the course of the year.
II.
Two of the above sequences start during July.
The Academic Seminar
During July there will be three separate units:
Unit I: The American Welfare
State and Public Mental Health
Steve Rosenheck
Unit II: Introduction to Psychosocial
Interventions for the Severe and Persistently
Mentally Ill
Jules Ranz and Sue Deakins
Unit III: The Role of the Psychiatrist in
Community Based Services
Sue
Deakins, Sara Kellermann, Jules Ranz
During July we will complete the first set of Fellow presentations
Series I: Residency Training Program
Presentations, Using Congruence Model
III.
During the month of July the Fellowship presents an intensive introduction to public psychiatry. Fellows spend Tuesday and Thursday morning and all day Wednesday at the Psychiatric Institute. They spend Monday, Thursday afternoon, and Friday at their field placements.
The seminar schedule for the days spent at the Psychiatric Institute is organized as follows. Precepting meetings usually occur on these days as well but are scheduled with the faculty individually.
Tuesday
9:00 - 10:30 Seminar
11:00 ‑ 12:30 Seminar
Wednesday
9:00 ‑ 10:30 Seminar
11:00 ‑ 12:30 Seminar
2:30 –4:00 Seminar
Thursday
9:00 ‑ 10:30 Seminar
11:00 12:30 Seminar
REGULAR
SCHEDULE
Starting in September the seminar schedule for the days spent at the Psychiatric Institute is as follows:
Wednesday
9:00 - 10:30 Seminar
11:00 ‑ 12:30 Seminar
2:30 - 4:00 Seminar
Thursday
9:00 ‑ 10:30 Seminar
11:00 - 12:30 Seminar
I. Seminar Sequences
II. Summer Seminars
III. Summer Schedule & Regular Schedule
ORGANIZATIONAL
PRACTICUM
Jules Ranz with case presentations by Alumni
Sara Kellermann - Discussant
Note: Most
readings are from Managing Organizations, ed., Nadler, Tushman, Hatvany
(NTH). Little Brown, 1982. Some
additional readings are from The Handbook of Mental Health Administration (HMHA),
ed. Austin and Hershey; Jossey-Bass, 1982; The Handbook of Leadership (HoL), ed. Bass, The Free Press, 1990
Sept.
6: Case
Presentation 1: The
Young Adult Institute. Peter Della Bella, Medical Director (PP
Fellow ’92-‘93).
Sept.
7: Case
Presentation 2: Integrated Psychiatric
Services, St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital. Laurie Dalheim, Director (PP Fellow
’96-’97).
Sept. 13: The Role of the
Manager - Managing Interdisciplinary Teams
Readings: HMHA chapters 9 (pp. 170-177) and 10;
NTH chapter
18, Leaders: Their Behavior and Development (pages 239-42);
Silver M,
Akerson, D, and Marcos, L; Preferred management styles among
psychiatrist-administrators, Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 1990,
41:321-3; HoL, Ch. 23. 474-94.
Sept.
14: Case
Presentation 3: The Morrisania Neighborhood Family Care
Center. Hector Coll-Ruiz, Director (PP Fellow ’88-‘89)
Sept.
20: Case Presentation 4: Ulster County Mental Health Services. Mary Barber, Acting Director (PP Fellow ’96-’97).
Sept.
21: Organizational Design I - Information, Control
and Coordination
Readings: NTH chapter 23
Sept.
27: Case
Presentation 5 — The Ft. Washington Men’s Shelter —
Elizabeth Oudens, Associate Medical Director,
Project Renewal (PP Fellow ’99-‘00)
Sept.
28: Organizational
Design II —
Readings: NTH chapters 22, 27
Oct
4: Case
Presentation 6 – The Greenhouse, Bellevue Hospital. Steven Lee, Unit Chief (PP
Fellow ’99-’00).
Oct.
5: Organizational
Change
Readings: NTH chapters 33, 34 (pp.456-59), 35 (pp. 462-67). Other sections of chapters 34 and 35 are optional
Oct 12: The
Political Perspective - Organizational Conflict and Group Decision-
Making
Readings: NTH chapters 16, 20; HMHA, Ch. 8.
Oct.
19: Summary
of Management Course and Cases
Oct.
26: Boundary Spanning - Dealing with Governing Boards, Financial Resources and
Certifying Agencies
Sara Kellermann
Reading: Re-read HMHA chapter 8; Talbott,
Textbook of Psychiatric Administration, chapter 7, pages 196-204
WORKSHOPS
IN PROGRAM EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT
Consultation
for Evaluation Projects
Anne Steuve, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Columbia University School of Public
Health
Nov. 11, Dec 16, Jan 13