Doctor of Philosophy (Psychiatry)

Program Core Competencies

The following are the program-specific requirements to satisfy the FoMD’s Program Core Competencies (See Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Program Core Competencies ).

PhD students are required to complete 3 units of graduate level coursework in Critical Reading/Thinking and Background Knowledge core competencies (total 6 units).

1. Professional Development and Ethics

See GPS Ethics and Academic Citizenship Requirement and Professional Development Requirement .

2. Communication

Students are required to attend Psychiatry Grand Rounds seminars and participate in Psychiatry Research Day (PRD) on an annual basis. Seminar attendance and participation in PRD is reported annually to the Graduate Program Administrator.

3. Critical Reading/Thinking

Students are required to develop competency in this area by taking PSYCI 603 or an approved directed reading course.

4. Background Knowledge

The list below includes courses that have been pre-approved. Students wishing to take a course not listed must receive approval prior to registration by emailing the Director of Graduate Studies for the program (and copying their supervisor and the Psychiatry Graduate Program Administrator). The email should include the course description and a rationale for how the course fits the research program of the student.

Additional courses offered by other departments that are deemed relevant to the student’s research interests may be approved on an individual basis.

PhD Thesis Proposal

See FoMD PhD Thesis Proposal and Thesis Proposal Meeting .

Candidacy Exam

See FoMD Doctoral Candidacy Examination .

Thesis

Registration in 900-level THES. Students are required to prepare and defend a thesis on a topic approved by their supervisor and supervisory committee.

Length of Program

See FoMD Minimum Length of Time in Program .

See GPS Time Limit for Completion of Graduate Programs .