University of Kansas School of Medicine

About the program

Five-year KU Medical Center combined internal medicine/psychiatry residency leading to dual board certification, jointly sponsored by the departments of internal medicine and psychiatry. Residents train in an integrated Med-Psych clinic staffed entirely by dual-trained attendings, starting in PGY-4.

Summarized from the program’s official website. Confirm details with the program.

Program highlights

• PGY-1 is six months of IM (including ICU and ER), three months of psychiatry and three more of IM; PGY-2 and 3 alternate every three months; PGY-4 is twelve months of outpatient psychiatry; PGY-5 returns to alternating blocks with electives.
• Protected didactics include lectures, small groups, flipped classroom, simulation, morning report, board review, ethics conferences and journal clubs; residents meet with both program directors twice a year.
• Graduates have entered fellowships in integrative medicine, pulmonary/critical care, geriatrics, GI, psychosomatic psychiatry, palliative care and cardiology.
• Benefits include 20 vacation days, 10 sick days, up to eight weeks of paid parental leave, a $1,000 education fund, UpToDate and BoardVitals, and ACP and APA dues.
• ERAS with program signaling; interviews by invitation from October through February; the program prefers at least six months of US clinical experience and graduation within five years; J-1 sponsored, H-1B case by case.

Program leadership and contact

Program director

Laura H. Heckert, MD

Program coordinator

Stacy E. Buckley

Associate Program Director

Kurt Wall, MD, MPH

Address

University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Mailstop 4015, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160

Email

sbuckley2@kumc.edu

Phone

913-588-6412

Program and application links

Review the official program page for training sites, curriculum, eligibility, required documents, deadlines, interview policy, visa sponsorship, and current openings.