Baker, Paul

Paul Baker

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Clinician Educator

Overview

Dr. Paul Baker is an Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and currently serves as an assistant director of psychotherapy training for the adult psychiatry residency. His teaching interests include psychotherapy education as a core component of psychiatry training.

Dr. Baker completed undergraduate study at The University of Georgia with a degree in psychology, followed by medical school at the Medical College of Georgia / University of Georgia Medical Partnership, where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha and Gold Humanism honor societies. He then completed residency in Psychiatry at Brown University. During residency, he also completed a one-year training in psychodynamic psychotherapy with the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. He is currently an attending psychiatrist at Butler Hospital, working in the Young Adult Partial Hospital Program as well as the outpatient department. His teaching roles include supervision in psychopharmacology as well as psychotherapy for the adult psychiatry residency and preceptor for the medical school's Clinical Neurosciences Clerkship.

Brown Affiliations

Psychiatry and Human Behavior

Background

Education and Training

Year	Degree	Institution
2014	MD	University of Georgia
2010	BS	University of Georgia

Postdoctoral/Other Training

Residency

Brown University - Alpert Medical School, Psychiatry

2014-2018

Honors and Awards

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society member - elected 2013 (MS3)
Gold Humanism Honor Society member - elected 2013
Dean's Excellence in Teaching Award recipient 2016 - Alpert Medical School
Positive Champion of the Learning Environment designee 2020 - Alpert Medical School
Outstanding Teaching Award in General Psychiatry 2024 - DPHB, Alpert Medical School

Teaching

Teaching Overview

2015-2018: Course Lecturer, Clinical Neurosciences Clerkship, Alpert Medical School.
Didactic lectures to MS3 students as part of the clinical neurosciences clerkship. Included topics “Depression” and “Personality Disorders & Psychotherapy.”

2017-2020: Clinical Teaching Coordinator, Resident as Teacher initiative, Alpert Medical School
Developed and implemented a new curriculum to enhance clinical teaching skills of PGY1-2 residents working with MS3-4 students on inpatient psychiatry units.

2018-present: Series Leader, “Clinical Pearls” series, Brown Adult Psychiatry Residency
A weekly session for PGY2 residents covering common topics in outpatient psychiatry.

2020-2023: Course Lecturer, Brown Adult Psychiatry Residency
Invited by PGY3 & PGY4 residents to give presentations on mentalization-based treatment as part of psychotherapy didactic sessions.

2023-present: Module Co-Leader, “Psychotherapy,” Brown Adult Psychiatry Residency
Weekly series as part of PGY2 didactics providing a foundational introduction to the practice of psychotherapy.

2023-present: Module Co-Leader, “Psychodynamic Psychotherapy,” Brown Adult Psychiatry Residency
Weekly series as part of PGY3 didactics covering principles of psychodynamic/psychoanalytic psychotherapy, including Classical Theory, Ego Psychology, Object Relations Theory, Self Psychology, Relational Theory, Intersubjectivity and Mentalization-Based Treatment.

2023-present: Series Co-Leader, “Tolerating Uncertainty in Psychiatry” Brown Adult Psychiatry Residency
Developed a new curriculum for a recurring seminar for PGY1-4 residents addressing common pitfalls in professional development for psychiatrists-in-training.

2023-present: Assistant Director of Psychotherapy Training, Brown Adult Psychiatry Residency
As a member of the psychotherapy leadership team, worked to support residents in the process of outpatient psychotherapy supervision. Ongoing review of residency-wide psychotherapy curriculum and experiences. Held recurring faculty development meetings for psychotherapy supervisors.

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