Our mission is to train fellows to become exemplary psychiatrists who will pursue leadership roles in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry throughout their careers.
Courses, seminars, and conferences
The principal didactic units during the two-year fellowship are:
- Advanced Psychiatry and Psychopharmacology
- Child Development
- Clinical Pearls of Wisdom
- Culture and Inclusion
- Executive Functioning
- National Neuroscience Curriculum Initiative (NNCI)
- Patient Safety / Quality Improvement
- Practice of Medicine / Professional Development
- Psychotherapy
- Reading the Literature
First-year fellows take part in a summer introductory series, Nuts & Bolts, which covers fundamental topics. Second-year fellows attend a summer leadership series designed to prepare them for post-fellowship roles. Weekly conferences are held throughout both years as part of the rotations.
In addition, the department offers a range of weekly seminars including Grand Rounds, Research Rounds, Advanced Resident Seminars, as well as conferences focused on developmental neuroimaging, genetics, and epidemiology.
Faculty interaction
In addition to supervision from the rotation director and faculty attendings, fellows have weekly supervision dedicated to discussing fellows’ well-being, including work-life balance, interpersonal communication, the secondary trauma of our work, and conversations around ongoing stressors.
Tracking your progress
Faculty complete fellow competency evaluations after each rotation, or quarterly for year-long rotations. Fellows meet with the training director twice yearly to review this feedback and to review the fellows’ self-assessments on the CAP Milestones. In addition, fellows take the Adult PRITE, Child PRITE, and complete the required clinical skills exams.