Curriculum
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Track & Fellowship Program
Curriculum
Our philosophy at TTUHSC Department of Psychiatry is to provide you with a fundamental knowledge base and to equip you with the skills and tools you need to pursue a journey of lifelong learning. We facilitate an adult learning model with a mix of lecture-based material and group interactive learning through seminars and problem-based learning cases. This model requires the learner to engage in reading and investigating prior to the designated didactic time in addition to preparing questions for discussion.
A child and adolescent psychiatrist is a unique and valuable resource, and it is important that you become proficient in both diagnosis and treatment planning in straightforward and complex presentations. To facilitate your education, we will engage a multidisciplinary team of experts.
Tuesday afternoon didactics are designed to incorporate longitudinal seminar learning, where your knowledge will build over time, disease-based lectures, and special topics. You will be exposed to each disease-based lecture twice over the two-year fellowship curriculum. Some special topics are reviewed twice, and some just once over the course of the two-year fellowship learning period.
| Hour | 1st Week | 2nd Week | 3rd Week | 4th Week | 5th Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-1 PM | PeriPAN Grand Rounds | ||||
| 1-2 PM | General Psychiatry Case Conference | Reproductive Psychiatry Seminar or Child Case Conference | Professional Development | Child Research Groups | Program Director Meeting |
| 2-4 PM | Disease Specific Diagnosis, epidemiology, etiology | Disease-Specific Brief Treatment | Disease-Specific Deep Dive treatment | Disease-Specific PBL | Team building/wellness/community engagement |
| 4-5 PM | Development Series | Child Journal Club | Complex Case Conference | Special Topic | Team building/wellness/community engagement |
| Hour | Friday Afternoon Didactics |
|---|---|
| 1-2 | Connections, Professional Development, Grand Rounds Invited Speaker, Departmental Meetings, Wellbeing activity |
| 2-3 | Grand Rounds Invited Speaker, Wellbeing activity, Training Meeting |
| 3-4 | Individual Supervision |
| 4-5 | Individual Supervision |
Supervision
Supervision Goals: Personal growth to support professional development. A space to discuss clinical, system, and interpersonal challenges that affect health and happiness in medicine. Additional clinical supervision is provided during clinical activities.
- Supervision will run from August through May
- Friday afternoons from 3 to 5 PM are reserved for supervision time. Your supervisor may choose a different time during the week as long as it works with your schedule.
- FY1 receives 1 hour of supervision weekly from a psychology supervisor and 1 hour of supervision weekly from a psychiatry supervisor. Supervisor changes at the 6-month mark.
- FY2 receives 1 hour of supervision weekly from a psychology supervisor and 1 hour of supervision weekly from a psychiatry supervisor. Supervisor changes at the 6-month mark.