Q: Where do most residents live?
Our residents choose
to live in various locations based on such issues as cost, commute, proximity to
the coast or to family/friends, or school district for children. Current
residents live throughout the area in the City of Orange, Fullerton, Irvine,
Huntington Beach, Long Beach, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Mission Viejo, etc.
Given the history of travel along the 22 Freeway from Orange to Long Beach from
UCIMC to the Long Beach VA - some residents have chosen to live closer to one or
the other, coastal or inland.
Q: What are the strengths of this program?
A program is only as
strong as the people it retains and the people it selects. There is strength in
the stability and dynamics of our leadership. Dr. Barry Chaitin, Chairman
overseeing education/training and recent President of the California Psychiatric
Association with over 10 years as chairman has provided strong and consistent
leadership. Our program is known for good morale, camaraderie, and cohesion
among the residents; it is easy to state that and not too difficult to show it
on an interview day, but it takes a serious group effort to keep it up year
after year.
Our residents are
well trained, as evidenced by excellent PRITE and board scores and the diversity
of career choices they pursue. Whatever you foresee as your focus of interest,
be it pharmacology, therapy, research, or some combination thereof, you can rest
assured that there is ample access and training available at UCI.
Q: How do residents at UCI fair on the PRITE and on the boards?
Very well. Our
residents' PRITE scores over the past five years have averaged in the top 10
percentile nationwide, and board scores are well above average.
Q: What do graduates do? What are the typical career choices?
Our graduates'
choices, it may be argued, reflect the breadth of our program. Recent graduates
have pursued the full gamut of academics, private practice, community
psychiatry, child & adolescent or forensic fellowship, research, and all of the
above in various combinations.
