It has given rise to a number of conferences published in the Western Journal of Medicine with residents and faculty as co-authors. A wide assortment of specialty rounds are available to the residents. PGY1 and 2 residents have the opportunity to present challenging cases to the chairman or other senior faculty in the forum of Professors Rounds. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Grand Rounds held at Children's Hospital offers a wide range of clinical and research presentations pertinent to child and adolescent psychiatry. The journal club format facilitates this process, and therefore, journal clubs are available all four years.
Residents learn how to read and critique current and classic medical and psychiatric literature.
Through this process, the resident develops an ongoing ability to critically weigh the relative merits of contemporary psychiatric practices. Meeting at least quarterly, this seminar covers both classical and contemporary literature, theater and other arts as they apply to modern psychiatry. All residents, fellows and faculty are invited. These are uniformly well attended and well received. This examination is designed to prepare residents for the written portion of the Psychiatry and Neurology Boards.