Fellowship in Consultation Liaison Psychiatry

1. Completion of an eligible general Psychiatry Residency.
2. Meet the fellowship's clinical training and appointment requirements.
3. Demonstrate an interest in consultation-liaison psychiatry and the psychiatric care of medically ill patients.
4. Applications are accepted through the Electronic Residency Application Service.
5. The program participates in the National Resident Matching Program.

The Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship at Yale School of Medicine provides advanced training in the psychiatric care of patients with medical and surgical illnesses. The program combines supervised inpatient consultations, outpatient clinical experience, academic seminars, research opportunities and multidisciplinary team-based learning. Training is primarily conducted at Yale New Haven Hospital and the Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System. Fellows generally spend approximately nine months at Yale New Haven Hospital and three months at the Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System. The program includes inpatient consultation experience, outpatient clinics and structured academic teaching. Clinical exposure includes psychiatric assessment and management of delirium, agitation, substance withdrawal, mood disorders, decision-making capacity, pain, dementia and psychiatric complications associated with medical conditions. Fellows also receive experience in transplant psychiatry, human immunodeficiency virus care, palliative care, addiction services and reproductive psychiatry.

1. Submit the application through the Electronic Residency Application Service.
2. The program participates in the National Resident Matching Program.
3. Applications are generally received during August and September.
4. Interviews are generally conducted from September through November.
5. Interviews are conducted virtually.
6. Applicants should contact the fellowship coordinator for current application dates and requirements.