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Curriculum
The two-year residency in child and adolescent psychiatry normally begins after three or four years of residency in general psychiatry. If begun after three years, the first year of training in child and adolescent psychiatry also counts as a R-IV year in general psychiatry for purposes of board eligibility.
Year I (R-IV or V)
The goal of the first year is a comprehensive grounding in the essential skills of diagnosis, treatment and consultation required of all child and adolescent psychiatrists. The curriculum includes:
- inpatient and partial hospitalization psychiatry
- outpatient child, adolescent and family psychiatry
- community consultation psychiatry
Year II (R-V or VI)
During the second year, the resident develops subspecialty skills and further consolidates and expands knowledge relevant to all of child and adolescent psychiatry. Rotations include:
- senior chief residency and administrative psychiatry
- senior inpatient psychiatry
- community psychiatry, including school consultation, substance abuse, emergency and forensic psychiatry
- elective time
Throughout the year, residents conduct long-term outpatient treatment at Elizabeth Place.
Didactics
Child and adolescent psychiatry residents participate in much of the didactic curriculum of the general residency. In the first year, residents attend an orientation, a yearlong seminar in child and adolescent development, and courses in pathology and therapeutics and in family therapy. In the second year, residents attend a yearlong seminar in advanced topics in child and adolescent psychiatry. Residents in both years participate in a weekly psychotherapy and continuing case seminar, as well as a research conference and a journal club. Didactic conferences, case conferences, and team meetings are held at all training sites.
Residents use the following text during their focused studies in child and adolescent psychiatry
- Klykylo, W. M., & Green, W. H. (2014). Green's Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychopharmacology. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health.