The Psychiatry Residency Training Program at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences is dedicated to the training of well-qualified psychiatrists for a diverse and ever-changing practice environment. Established in 1980, our program has evolved into a small (16 residents total), strong program in which residents and faculty get to know each other well and which, as our residents attest, allows for residents to be treated as individuals with their needs addressed flexibly.
As a community-based training program, we offer residents experience in public, private, university, community, state, and federal settings. The program is fully accredited and provides a full complement of clinical training and didactic opportunities.
Resident participation in research is available and encouraged, among several possibilities, through our affiliation with the Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, an endowed organization devoted to world-class eating disorders and substance abuse research. Other research opportunities are available through the Eating Disorders Institute in Fargo and through collaboration with researchers from four area academic institutions.
Our resident group is diverse in age, gender, culture, and previous medical experience. Our graduates are practicing successfully in the Upper Midwest and throughout the country.
Comments from the Residents:
UND Psychiatry residency program is like a Jewel hidden in the rough. I gathered thorough information about all the psychiatry programs I interviewed at before deciding on UND as my top choice. What impressed me the most was the warm and inviting atmosphere. The residents all appeared to be happy in the program and the camaraderie amongst the residents, attendings and the management officials is excellent. Simply put, "It is like one big family.” I have been very pleased with the approachability of the faculty and their commitment to teaching. Attendings treat residents as colleagues for the most part and are very accessible. The program puts a lot of emphasis on academics. It undoubtedly has an extremely supportive environment. Clinical training is solid, well-balanced, with experience in a variety of settings, and exposure to an amazingly diverse patient population. The program stresses the importance of integrating both psychopharmacology and psychotherapy and makes it a priority to spend equivalent time teaching both. When it comes to life outside the work place, the people of Fargo are amazing, the living cost is affordable, wide range of cuisines are available at surprisingly low prices and UND offers one of the highest paying salaries compared to any residency program in the country. I am proud to be a UND Psychiatry resident and with hard work and little bit of luck, you can be one too.
~ PGY-1 Resident
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The program director and the faculty are very approachable and helpful. The curriculum is well rounded, and evidence based medicine is emphasized. The program is very receptive to feedback from residents and actually encourages it. Moreover, Fargo is a great place to live and the people here are very friendly.
~ PGY-4 Resident
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I have been to three places for a living or a training – Washington, DC, New York City and Fargo. I would like to say to our candidates, if you are interested in politics, go to Washington, DC; if you are interested in recreational activities, go to New York City; if you are interested in medical training in psychiatry, join in this program. You will learn what you want to learn and you will have a lot of fun!
~ PGY-3 Resident
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This is a program emphasizing learning both clinically and didactically. It provides residents with rotations that are based on well-related and well-connected community-based both in- and out- patient care services facilitated by a highly developed IT network. Both clinical and academic staff members are dedicated to teaching and helping residents with their career developments.
~ PGY-3 Resident
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This is a small integrated residency program that will give you plenty of experience on a broad range of cases. It helps cater to individual needs with very close supervision and develops emotionally competent well-weathered and well rounded psychiatrists.
~ PGY-3 Resident
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This is a small program with a friendly atmosphere. There is a good exposure to all kind of patient population. MeritCare is the main hospital where we rotate and it has excellent electronic medical record system. It gives opportunity to have ECT elective rotation during final year. Good didactic lectures and grand rounds. Being a small program, we get one-to-one attention and supervision from faculty. I am fortunate to be part of this program.
~ PGY-4 Resident
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This program provides an excellent environment from which to learn. The small size of the program allows for a great deal of one-on-one teaching from attendings.
The didactic work is viewed with significant importance and is excellent at aiding in the gaining of knowledge in the numerous areas of importance in psychiatry.
The program is very family friendly -- with psychiatry call only being about one weekend a month for the 2nd and 3rd year residents. It is very manageable to gain all the experience necessary for working on-call while still having the time available for family during the month.
~ PGY-4 Resident
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