Clinical Education on the MIPS units

Inpatient Medicine in Psychiatry (IMIP) Unit

The IMIP's Unit is actively involved in training future clinicians and offers clinical rotations to medical students, nursing students, social work students. In addition, IMIP is a training site for pharmacy residents and fellows, psychology doctoral students and psychiatry, internal medicine and family medicine resident-physicians and subspecialist physician fellows. 

• URMC Department of Psychiatry Residents. During the first year of their psychiatry residency training, interns spend 10 weeks working on the IMIP unit as part of their required internal medicine rotation
• Nursing Students. IMIP is a favorite capstone elective and group clinical rotation for many nursing students from schools throughout the region
• Pharmacy Residents and Fellows. IMIP hosts Pharmacists from area universities who are completing their clinical residencies and fellowships.
• Social Work Students. IMIP hosts social work students from area universities who are completing their BSW or MSW.
• University of Rochester Psychology Doctoral interns. Interns in the adult psychology track receive supervised training in integrated care on the IMIP unit, where they function as members of a multidisciplinary team and provide brief psychotherapeutic interventions, behavioral programming, psychological assessments, and didactics
• URMC Internal Medicine, Family Medicine and Med-Peds Residents. IMIPS services as an elective site for those interested in team-based care, medical-psychiatric integration and complexity interventions.
• URMC Medicine in Psychiatry Fellowship: This 1-year program is available to Internal Medicine or Family Medicine trained physicians with a strong interest in advancing their skills in caring for patients with co-occurring psychiatric and medical conditions, and substance use disorders. 
  Learn More about the MIPS Fellowship

Interested in learning more about IMIPS rotations?  Residents contact Dr. Bobeda.

Substance Use, Infection Treatment and Support (SUMMITS)

The SUMMITS unit is actively involved in training future clinicians and offers clinical rotations to medical students, nursing students, social work students.

In addition, SUMMITS is a training site for pharmacy residents and fellows, psychiatry, internal medicine and neurology resident-physicians, and physician fellows in the subspecialities of addiction psychiatry and adolescent medicine.

Fellowship Opportunity

Tailored Medical Care for Patients with Psychiatric Illness and Substance Use Disorders

MIPS offers a unique fellowship (non-ACGME) focused on providing specialized acute and primary medical care to individuals with psychiatric illnesses and substance use disorders. This fellowship offers hands-on experience in delivering comprehensive, compassionate care to a complex, underserved population.

Fellowship Highlights:

• Gain mental health expertise: Training opportunity is coupled with half-time attending-level work in the Medicine in Psychiatry Services (MIPS) Division
• Diverse Clinical Settings: Experience a variety of settings, including: Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, Inpatient Psychiatry and MedPsych Units, Addiction Psychiatry, Primary Care and Community Mental Health and Emergency Psychiatry and Mobile Crisis
• Tailored Training: Weekly didactics and hands-on experiences are tailored to individual interests at the intersection of medicine and psychiatry.
• Integrated Team Approach: Learn how to work effectively within an interdisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes.
• Mentorship & Collaboration: Supervision provided by experienced interdisciplinary faculty at a leading academic medical center.
• Research & Scholarship: Opportunities for involvement in quality improvement, clinical research and academic presentations.

Who Should Apply?

Internal Medicine or Family Medicine trained physicians with a strong interest in advancing their skills in caring for patients with co-occurring psychiatric and medical conditions, and substance use disorders. This fellowship is ideal for those passionate about serving this unique population and pursuing leadership roles in the field.

Program Duration: 1-year, half-time training accompanied by half-time clinical attending work in the division of MIPS (primary care, inpatient medpsych units)

For more Information, Contact MIPS Academic Chief, Marsha_Wittink@urmc.Rochester.edu

Training Opportunities

Overview of Multidisciplinary Clinical Training Opportunities Across MIPS division

Psychology Trainees

• Unit 1-9200 IMIPS - 5th year clinical PhD, 2/year in unit 19200 IMIPS

NP/PA Trainees

• Unit 1-9200 IMIPS - PA students LeMoyne  and NP students UR in unit 1-9200 IMIPS

Nursing Trainees

• Unit 1-9200 IMIPS - Psychiatry students: UR/Naz/SJF and Medical-Surgical nursing: FLCC Brockport 

Pharmacy Trainees

• Unit 1-9200 IMIPS - St. John Fisher Residents

Medical Students

• Unit 1-9200 IMIPS - 3rd year 1 week option in IM Block/ 4th year sub-I or elective option
• MIPS - 2nd year, 20 wk continuity option

Psychiatry Fellows

• Unit 1-9200 IMIPS - Consultation-Liaison (C-L) Psychiatry required 1/year
• Unit G-9200 Summits - Adolescent Medicine option & Addiction Psychiatry required

Physician Trainees - Residents