Residency The Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, within the Department of Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, is fully accredited for eight residents, four residents in each of the two-years of the training program. The emphasis of our training program is acquiring multicultural competence, continuing endorsement of skill in psychotherapy, including play therapy skills, multidisciplinary training and experience in community and rural populations. Multicultural experiences are rich in the state of New Mexico and our program is committed to providing the residents with competency in this area. In addition, two long-term therapy patients are assigned.
Experiences are available with Native American pueblos through the community rotations.
Since the residency is based in an academic setting, residents, along with their faculty, have the opportunity to teach and supervise general residents in psychiatry, residents in family medicine and pediatrics, and medical students. Residents work with children and their families from infancy to adolescence in models emphasizing continuity of care. Developmental, family and multicultural orientations are also emphasized. Strategies reflecting evidence based on medicine are incorporated in the training. University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center School of Medicine University Hospital Copyright 1997 University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center.