The University of Texas Medical Branch
301 University Blvd.
Galveston, TX
Program Description
Experience: The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The University of Texas Medical Branch – Galveston offers a one-year, PGY 5, fellowship in forensic psychiatry. This is a full-time training program with experience in forensic evaluations and consultations, correctional psychiatry, exposure to a variety of forensic issues in both criminal and civil law, and selected areas of research. The fellow will participate in seminars on forensic and legal psychiatry, and take an active role in teaching residents and medical students.
Supervision: Supervisors and faculty members include adult and child forensic psychiatrists, an ethicist, attorneys, an expert in victimology, and a clinical psychologist with expertise in disorders of aggression and impulse control.
Required Reading:
1. Selected case and statutory laws for the State of Texas.
2. Selected case law of national impact.
3. Selected readings in forensic, legal and correctional psychiatry.
Experience: The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The University of Texas Medical Branch – Galveston offers a one-year, PGY 5, fellowship in forensic psychiatry. This is a full-time training program with experience in forensic evaluations and consultations, correctional psychiatry, exposure to a variety of forensic issues in both criminal and civil law, and […]