As Banner Health Arizona's central referral facility and one of the largest teaching hospitals in the state, Good Samaritan provides state-of-the-art diagnostic capabilities and treatment resources for patients throughout the Southwest. Over the four years of training, our Psychiatry residents are exposed to patients with diverse economic and sociocultural backgrounds and every type of illness, level of acuity and age.

The core clinical rotations at Banner Good Sam include traditional inpatient, outpatient and consultation settings. Those experiences are broadened by other required and elective rotations including emergency psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, substance abuse, geriatrics, anxiety disorders, community psychiatry, forensics, sleep disorders, individual, group and family therapies. Good Samaritan's Psychiatry Residency Program also offers required and elective experiences at nearby clinical sites. Under experienced faculty supervision, our residents also work with patients at the nearby Veteran's Administration Medical Center (VAMC), Phoenix Children's Hospital (PCH), a community mental health clinic, forensic settings, Arizona State University and others.

PGY-1

• 3 months Internal Medicine
• 1 month Emergency Medicine
• 2 months Neurology
• 6 months Adult Inpatient Psychiatry

PGY-2

• Adult Inpatient Psychiatry
• Chemical Dependency (VAMC)
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (PCH)
• Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 
• Outpatient Psychiatry (continuous part-time at the Behavioral Health Center at BGSMC)

PGY-3

• Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
• Community and Emergency Psychiatry
• Geriatric Psychiatry
• Forensic Psychiatry
• Outpatient Psychiatry at the VAMC
• Outpatient Psychiatry (continuous part-time at the Behavioral Health Center at BGSMC)

PGY-4

• Outpatient Psychiatry (continuous part-time at the Behavioral Health Center at BGSMC)
• Employee Assistance Program at nearby Arizona State University
• Senior Resident Administrative Positions
• Elective experiences: Banner Alzheimer's Disease Institute and Memory Disorders Program, cross-cultural psychiatry, forensics, research, genomics, geriatrics, sleep disorders, and others