Specialty program

Objectives

To enable psychiatry residents, understand principles of, and conduct clinical practice in an ethical and respectful manner.
To enable psychiatry residents conduct comprehensive psychiatric assessments in children, adults and the elderly competently, with sensitivity to cultural and gender issues in clinical settings.
To enable psychiatry residents, provide high quality psychiatric care to patients with diverse mental health conditions including those who are receiving treatment from non-psychiatrists.
To enable the psychiatry residents conduct psychiatric risk assessment and manage psychiatric emergencies effectively.
To enable the psychiatry residents to communicate professionally with other medical specialties and to offer liaison psychiatry services.
To enable the psychiatry residents, develop research skills so that they design and conduct relevant clinical and community based mental health research.
To provide the psychiatry resident with the knowledge, skill and attitude necessary for teaching psychiatry to medical students, residents, and others in health professions
To enable the psychiatry residents to develop mental health service programs for primary care and to enable them to install and supervise such programs
To enable the psychiatry residents to liaise and cooperate with other agencies who are directly or indirectly involved in mental health issues. (e.g. NGOs, schools, prisons (forensic), self-help groups, patient and relatives organizations, social welfare, old age homes, rehabilitation centers)
To improve the human resource capacity of the Department of psychiatry, Jimma University in terms of education, clinical service provision and research.

Entry Requirements:

The applicant must have successfully completed Doctor of Medicine (M.D) or equivalent degree training from a medical school recognized by the Federal Ministry of Health/Education Ethiopia.
The applicant must have successfully completed an accredited rotating internship
The applicant shall hold a license to practice medicine in Ethiopia
The applicant must pass theoretical as well as practical entrance examinations, which will be prepared by the department of psychiatry.
The applicant must fulfil the criteria set by the Jimma University’s Senate Legislation for graduate admission.

Duration of Study: _

The residency program in psychiatry shall take three academic years to complete.

Graduate Profile:

After successful completion of the psychiatry residency training, the graduate should be able to:

Elicit a comprehensive psychiatric, sociocultural and medical history, and conduct a psychopathological investigation to establish a diagnosis
Formulate and implement a treatment plan effectively in collaboration with the patient, his/her family and other health professionals, and utilize the appropriate therapeutic skills;
Apply relevant medical technologies whenever necessary
Appreciate and investigate the determinants of mental health and mental problems in a given society
Conduct research and document epidemiological changes in psychopathology
Develop cost effective treatment plans and mental health services as well as utilize resources effectively.
Abide by ethical principles of the profession;
Respect patient rights and broader human rights as well as respect the patient’s culture, beliefs and values

Graduation Requirements:

A candidate who abides by the academic and disciplinary regulations of Jimma University, and whose progressive assessment and final examination results are judged to be of sufficient merit shall be recommended to the university senate for the award of Certificate of Specialty in Clinical Psychiatry.

Degree nomenclature:

Certificate of Specialty in Clinical Psychiatry shall be awarded to the trainee upon successful completion of the residency training program and approval by the Jimma University Senate.

List and semester breakdown of courses:
First year residency
*One credit hour is equivalent to 16 -20 hours of lectures or 24 -30 hours of seminars/ tutorials/ practical sessions.

	Course name	Course code	Credit hours
1.	Clinical Psychiatry – I	Psyr 721	44 weeks
2.	Consultation Liaison Psychiatry	Psyr 731	4 credit hrs
3	Research Methods	ComH 731	2 credit hrs

Second year residency
	Course name	Course code	Credit hours
1.	Basic Sciences relevant to Psychiatry	Psyr 801	3 credit hrs
2.	Introduction to statistical soft-wares	Stat??801	1 credit hr
3.	Medical Pedagogy		2 credit hrs
4.	Psychotherapy	Psyr 811	3 credit hrs
5.	Clinical psychiatry II	Psyr 822	31weeks
6.	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry	Psyr 831	8 weeks

Third year residency
	Course / Attachment	Course code	Credit hours^*
1.	Clinical Addiction Psychiatry	Psyr 931	8 weeks
2.	Forensic Psychiatry	Psyr 932	8 weeks
3.	Neurology	Neur 931	8 weeks
4.	Clinical Psychiatry III	Psyr 923	16 weeks
5.	Research Thesis	Psyr 901	4 credit hrs