George Christison, MD Clinical Professor, Psychiatry School of Medicine

Other LLU Classes Outside Of Schedule 

Lecture
	5/2006 MS1 Medical Neuroscience Two hours of lectures on the Neural Substrates of Behavior 5/2006 MS2- Pharmacology Two one hour lectures: 1)Antidepressants and 2)Antipsychotics 1/2006 - 5/2006 MS1 Course: Understanding Your Patient I direct this 30 hour lecture course and contribute 14 hours of direct teaching plus course oversight and examination preparation and administration. 11/2005 Social Work Students Three hour presentation on the Biological Basis of Behavior 9/2005 - 12/2005 MS2 Course Psychopathology I direct this course and contribute 37 hours of direct teaching plus course oversight and examination preparation and administration. 6/2005 Second-Generation Antipsychotic Drugs Lecture to LLU Family Medicine Residents 5/2005 Medical Neuroscience Two one-hour guest lectures to first-year medical students on the topic of the Neural Substrates of Behavior 5/2005 Pharmacology Two one-hour guest lectures in the Pharmacology course for 2nd year medical students. Topics: (1)Antidepressants, (2) Antipsychotics 10/2004 Social Work Curriculum One 3-hour lecture to social work students on the topic of the Biological Underpinings of Behavior 9/2004 - 12/2004 Psychopathology SOM course PSYT 514; 23 2-hour lectures Role: Course Director, principle lecturer Students: 2nd-year medical students This course covers all of the major psychiatric syndromes and provides an introduction to their treatment. 9/2004 - 12/2004 Understanding Your Patient SOM course PSYT 511; 16 2-hour lectures Role: Course Director Students: First-year medical students This is an survey course covering a wide range of behavioral science topics relevant to compassionate medical care and the MD-patient relationship 5/2004 Antidepressants Guest lecture in the Pharmacology course for 2nd year medical students 5/2004 Antidepressants One-hour guest lecture in the Pharmacology course for 2nd year medical students.
Interactive Teaching
	8/2006 Psychiatry Residents One hour small group seminar on Practical Points in Teaching Medical Students 2/2006 Psychiatry R3 Residents Four one-hour small group interactive seminars on topics in Administrative Psychiatry 7/2005 - 6/2006 Psychiatry Clerkship MS3 Seminars I teach the following small group seminars 8 times a year (every 6 weeks) in the Psychiatry Clerkship: Interviewing (1 hour), Case Formulation (1 hour), Suicide (1 hour), Depressive Disorders (2 hours) and Psychotic Disorders (1 hour) 7/2005 - 6/2006 Psychiatry Clerkship OSCE I direct and participate in the Psychiatry Clerkship OSCE, which takes 3-4 hours every six weeks. 4/2005 Administrative Psychiatry Four one-hour interactive semimars with R-3 psychiatry residents 12/2004 - 6/2005 Resident journal club Weekly readings, preparation and implmentation of a one-hour resident journal club 12/2004 - 6/2005 Resident Supervision in Assertive Community Treatment 10 hours per week of direct resident supervision and discussion of cases encountered together in an Assertive Community Treatment program in San Bernardino 7/2004 - 6/2005 Outpatient clinic resident supervison Weekly one-hour sessions supervising an individual resident's cases 7/2004 - 6/2005 Psychiatry Clerkship Seminars 12 hours of case-based interactive seminar teaching to 3rd-year medical students on their Psychiatry clerkship. This repeats 8 times a year. Topics include: Orientation to Psychiatry Clerkship, MSE and General Interviewing, Case Formulation, Assessing Suicidality, Depressive disorders. Psychotic disorders, two journal clubs and a review of the in-house final exam
Administrative Teaching Roles
	7/2005 - 6/2006 Course Director, Psychopathology I direct this MS2 course which covers serves as an introduction to the nature, diagnosis, pathophysiology and treatment of psychiatric conditions. 7/2005 - 6/2005 Course Director, Understanding Your Patient I direct this MS1 course which covers a wide variety of behavioral science topics relevant to medical practice. 7/2005 - 6/2006 Course Director, Understanding Your Patient I direct this MS1 course which covers a wide variety of behavioral science topics relevant ot medical practice. 7/2005 - 6/2006 Director, Behavioral Sciences Curriculum I direct, and coordinate with other courses, the teaching of behavioral science topics in the first and second years of medical school. 7/2005 - 6/2006 Director, Psychiatry Clerkship and Senior Electives I direct all activities of the MS3 Psychiatry clerkship and MS4 Senior electives in Psychiatry. 7/2004 - 6/2005 Director, Medical Student Teaching in Psychiatry Course Director, SOM first-year course, Understanding Your Patient Course Director, SOM second-year course, Psychopathology Director, SOM 3rd-year Psychiatry clerkship (May 05-present) Director, Psychiatry Department Medical Student Senior Electives
Instructional Prep of New Material
	11/2005 - 1/2006 New and revised lectures in the course, Understanding Your Patient I prepared or substantially revised the following lectures for this course: Entering the World of Your Patient, Partnering Around a Plan, Introduction to CAM,Boundaries in the MD- Patient Relationship. 5/2005 - 6/2005 Addiction Sublerkship - revision of readings and exam All readings for the one-week Addictions Subclerkship were updated and a new Addiction exam written 5/2005 - 6/2005 Psychiatry Clerkship - Revision of seminar readings and exams Readings for all 12 psychiatry clerkship seminars were updated and a new set of quizzes and a new final exam written 7/2004 - 12/2004 Behavioral Sciences course material update Updated lectures in the courses Understanding Your Patient and Psychopathology