Billings Clinic Program

The Billings Clinic Psychiatry Residency Training Program aims to train psychiatrist-leaders to serve rural communities, particularly in Montana. The program provides a comprehensive training experience to address the mental health challenges prevalent in the state. Residents participate in various clinical settings, including inpatient, outpatient, and community-based care.

The program offers a unique training model with a focus on rural mental health care. It comprises a small cohort of three residents per year, totaling twelve across all four years, ensuring an individualized and intimate training experience. Residents have the opportunity to work in diverse clinical settings, including inpatient psychiatric units, youth psychiatry programs, and integrated behavioral health services.

Residents progress through structured training years, with PGY-1 including a medicine and neurology internship followed by inpatient psychiatry rotations. PGY-2 involves additional inpatient experiences and rotations in emergency psychiatry, addictions psychiatry, and more. In PGY-3 and PGY-4, residents focus on community-based and integrated care psychiatry, with elective opportunities to explore various aspects of psychiatric care.

The didactic curriculum provides residents with weekly sessions to enhance their knowledge on topics ranging from psychopathology to medication management and social determinants of mental health. Supervision is tailored to each resident's needs, progressing in responsibility and autonomy as they advance through training.

The program offers competitive salaries and benefits, including low-cost health insurance, reimbursement for Step 3 and DEA licensing, meal allowances, parental leave, and access to library resources. Residents have ample learning opportunities and resources to support their training.

Billings, Montana, offers residents a conducive living environment with a small-town feel and easy access to outdoor activities like hiking, skiing, and camping. The region's natural beauty and community-oriented lifestyle make it a desirable location to live and train as a psychiatrist.

If interested in applying to the program, applicants can obtain application details through ERAS. For further information or specific inquiries about the program, reaching out directly to the program may provide additional insights.