CoRE Curriculum

In addition to a block schedule, this program offers the Cornerstones of Resident Education (CoRE) – a three-year longitudinal curriculum which engages residents across all programs.

Learn about CoRE

CME Events

All of our residents are invited to participate in regular Continuing Medical Education opportunities, including Journal Clubs, Grand Rounds, and Lecture Series.

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Rotation Block Schedule

  • 6 months Inpatient Psychiatry
    Laurelwood Inpatient Behavioral Health (NGMC Gainesville)
  • 2 months Family Medicine Inpatient Service
    NGMC Gainesville
  • 2 months Neurology
    NGMC Gainesville
  • 2 months Family Medicine Outpatient
    NGPG Family Medicine (Med Park 2)
  • Wednesday afternoons are protected Psychiatry didactics:
    • Includes regularly scheduled active learning lectures, process/T-groups, residency townhalls, class wellness meetings, simulation activities, journal clubs, case conferences, ethics/professionalism seminar, and morbidity and mortality conferences.
    • Laurelwood Inpatient Behavioral Health (NGMC Gainesville) for 3 weeks each month.
    • NGHS Center for Simulation and Innovation for 1 week each month.
  • 1 month Emergency Psychiatry
    NGMC Gainesville Emergency Department
  • 2 months of Night Float
    NGMC Gainesville Emergency Department
  • 1 month Community Psychiatry
    Avita Community Partners
  • 1 month Inpatient Hospitalist Psychiatry (7 on, 7 off schedule)
    Laurelwood Inpatient Behavioral Health
  • 2 months Consultation Liaison Psychiatry
    NGMC Gainesville Emergency Department & F Area
  • 1 month Addiction Psychiatry
    Lanier Treatment Center, Gainesville, GA
  • 1 month Adolescent Psychiatry
    Laurelwood Inpatient Behavioral Health
  • 2 months Child Psychiatry
    Peachford Hospital, Atlanta, GA
  • 1 month Geriatric Psychiatry/ECT
    Peachford Hospital, Atlanta, GA
  • Residents will also gain experience working in Good News Clinic
  • Wednesday afternoons are protected Psychiatry didactics:
    • Includes regularly scheduled active learning lectures, process/T-groups, residency townhalls, class wellness meetings, simulation activities, journal clubs, case conferences, ethics/professionalism seminar, and morbidity and mortality conferences.
    • Laurelwood Inpatient Behavioral Health (NGMC Gainesville) for 3 weeks each month.
    • NGHS Center for Simulation and Innovation for 1 week each month.
  • 12 months Outpatient Psychiatry
    • NGPG Psychiatry clinics in Gainesville, Buford, Braselton and Dawsonville.
    • 2 days adult continuity clinic
    • .5 days child continuity clinic (residents interested in child psychiatry can opt for a full day)
    • .5 days didactics
    • 1 full day for psychotherapy cases and supervision
    • 1 day for residents to rotate through various specialized ambulatory experiences including TMS, women’s mental health, neurology, addictions and integrated family medicine/collaborative care, partial hospital and intensive outpatient programs, and our county’s safety-net, Good News Clinic.
  • Wednesday afternoons are protected Psychiatry didactics:
    • Includes regularly scheduled active learning lectures, process/T-groups, residency townhalls, class wellness meetings, simulation activities, journal clubs, case conferences, ethics/professionalism seminar, and morbidity and mortality conferences.
    • Laurelwood Inpatient Behavioral Health (NGMC Gainesville) for 3 weeks each month.
    • NGHS Center for Simulation and Innovation for 1 week each month.
  • 2 months of a capstone junior attending administrative rotation at Laurelwood, 10 months of electives:
    • Child & Adolescent
    • Consultation Liaison
    • Medication Assisted Treatment for opiate addiction
    • ACT Team
    • Rural
    • Chief Resident
    • Addiction
    • Community
    • Diversity
    • Residential
    • PTSD
    • Quality Improvement
    • Developmental Disability
    • Research
    • Eating disorders
    • Administrative psychiatry
    • Forensics
    • Neuro Modulation
    • Pain
    • Geriatric/Nursing Home
  • All year, PGY-4s have a 1/2 day for didactics and a 1/2 day for their continuity outpatient and psychotherapy clinic.
  • Wednesday afternoons are protected Psychiatry didactics:
    • Includes regularly scheduled active learning lectures, process/T-groups, residency townhalls, class wellness meetings, simulation activities, journal clubs, case conferences, ethics/professionalism seminar, and morbidity and mortality conferences.
    • Laurelwood Inpatient Behavioral Health (NGMC Gainesville) for 3 weeks each month.
    • NGHS Center for Simulation and Innovation for 1 week each month.

Complete a Graduate Degree While You Train at Northeast Georgia Medical Center

The Psychiatry Residency program at NGMC is committed to helping you grow—not just as a clinician, but also as a leader, advocate and scholar. That’s why we offer a unique tuition reimbursement partnership with the University of Arizona Global Campus (UAGC), empowering our residents to pursue fully online graduate coursework while completing their residency training. Courses are delivered in flexible 6-week blocks, designed to be manageable outside of business hours—ideal for busy professionals like our residents. Whether you're looking to deepen your expertise, broaden your leadership potential, or explore new facets of mental health care, this partnership makes it possible—without putting your career on pause.

Popular graduate degree options for psychiatry residents include:

  1. Master of Arts in Psychology
  2. Master of Science in Criminal Justice
  3. Master of Public Health (MPH)
  4. Master of Arts in Health Care Administration
  5. Master of Business Administration (MBA)
  6. Master of Arts in Education

This opportunity is especially valuable for residents interested in academic psychiatry, public and community mental health, forensic psychiatry, medical education, or health care leadership. We’re here to prepare you not only for today’s challenges—but for the future of psychiatry and wherever your career may take you. You can learn more at NGHS + UAGC Partnership and UAGC Online Degree Programs.

Note: The partnership with the University of Arizona is a supplement to the NGHS Tuition Reimbursement benefit that allows student tuition to be covered 100% after eligible employees have received $5,250 in tuition reimbursement in a calendar year (lifetime maximum of $21,000).

Requirements to be eligible: relevant degree program from an accredited school, director’s approval, 6 mo FT or PT employment, (pro-rated for PT, PRN not eligible), C or higher in classes, meets or better on last evaluation. Participants are able to go to UAGC or a variety of other schools, as long as they are accredited and the program is relevant to a career at NGHS.