Psychiatry

3^rd Floor Rorer Building
1200 Old York Road
Abington Hospital - Jefferson Health
Abington, PA 19001
Phone: 215-481-3494
Fax: 215-481-7570

Clerkship Director
Joseph W.
Danial , M.D.

Chairman
Mary Anne
Delaney , M.D.

For information contact:  Lerah Coleman, Administrative Assistant
Phone: 215-481-7594

Supporting Faculty

• Department of Psychiatry full time faculty
• Two DUCOM residents rotate at AMH every three months

3rd year Clerkship

• Students
  • DUCOM:  3-4 per 6 week block
  • DUCOM: 4th Year Subinternship 4 week Elective
  • PCOM:  1 per 4 week block
• Structure
  • Students participate in the care of inpatients on a 21-bed service, with daily rounds and conferences with one of three full-time faculty members and the DUCOM residents. 
  • Students participate in the consult service and ECT. They accompany “Crisis” workers as they see patients in the Emergency Trauma Center
  • The outpatient component consists of seeing patients in a preceptor model with an attending.
  • Students see private patients with individual attendings.
• Lectures
  • Noon conference every Tuesday
  • Monthly morbidity & mortality conference
  • Schwartz Rounds: 2nd Wednesday of every month except Dec., July & August
• Call and Weekends
  • No overnight call or weekend rounds

4th year Sub Internship

• Not available at AJH

4th year Electives

• Not available at AJH

Physician Assistants

• Arcadia University: 1 student per 4 week block
• Structure, lectures and call are generally the same as for 3rd year clerks.