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An Alternative Proposal for Teaching Medical Students About Psychiatry: Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Rotations That Consult to Medical and Surgical Services

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  1. White River Junction VA Medical Center/Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, White River Junction, VT, USA

    James K. Rustad

  2. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center/Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, NH, Lebanon, USA

    Steven C. Schlozman

  3. New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Justin Chen

  4. Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Theodore A. Stern

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Drs. Rustad and Chen report no conflicts of interest related to the subject of this article. Dr. Schlozman is an associate editor for Academic Psychiatry; manuscripts authored by a member of the editorial board undergo the same review process applied to all manuscripts, including anonymous review. Dr. Stern receives royalties from Elsevier and the Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy and payment for lectures from the Nevada Psychiatric Association.

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Rustad, J.K., Schlozman, S.C., Chen, J. et al. An Alternative Proposal for Teaching Medical Students About Psychiatry: Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Rotations That Consult to Medical and Surgical Services. Acad Psychiatry 48, 81–85 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-023-01834-1

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