The first year emphasizes closely supervised training in the multifaceted diagnostic process in child and adolescent psychiatry and in various treatment techniques of the child and the family. With this preparation in the first year a variety of consultative, elective and research experiences can be meaningfully undertaken later in the residency. During the first year, each resident spends approximately ten months on a half-time basis working on child and adolescent inpatient units. In addition, each resident spends two months on a half-time basis in child and adolescent neurology clinics. During both years of the residency, residents work with both children and parents in various outpatient settings gaining experience in diagnosis and in a wide variety of therapeutic modalities.
All residents carry several long-term psychotherapy cases.
All residents have at least three hours of weekly supervision on their outpatient work. Residents have opportunities for elective experiences in a vast number of areas, such as research, autism, neuropsychiatry, various liaison experiences, school consultation, intensive long-term adolescent hospitalization, and community mental health to name a few. Night Call Night call is kept at a minimum which helps residents maintain the energy level needed to master the knowledge and skills they will need upon leaving the program. At present, first year child residents rotate in providing back-up emergency call from home. This call is relatively light with residents only occasionally receiving calls from their in-house general psychiatry resident colleagues.