Didactic Lectures
Fellows have protected educational time for learning in a socially engaged and supportive manner, with flexibility to meet learning needs.
Weekly:
- Departmental Grand Rounds
- Weekly Wednesday afternoon Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Didactic Series (see below)
- Research Didactic, Supervision and Support Meeting
- Multidisciplinary Therapy and Medication Management Didactic and Case Conference
- Early Childhood and Parent Child Interactional Therapy Didactic (during the second year)
- Substance Use Disorder Treatment Didactic and Case Conference (during the second year)
- Core Psychiatry Program Friday Noon Meeting (PRITE Review and additional topics)
Monthly:
- Fellowship Case Conference
- Child PRITE Review
- Fellowship Journal Club
- Orange and Silver Journal Rapid Review
- Business and Administration Lecture Series, as scheduled by our GME
- Diversity, Inclusion and Healthcare Disparities
- Wellness
- Clinical Vignettes
Longer Lecture Series:
We have a 2-year rotating series for remaining lectures, provided in 2-hour blocks within our Wednesday afternoon didactics. One year has enhanced focus on child and adolescent development and the other year has enhanced focus on psychopathology. Topics include but are not limited to:
- Emergency Psychiatry and Crisis Intervention
- Diagnostic Interview for Different Ages
- Case Formulation
- Documentation and Regulations
- Quality Improvement
- Patient Safety
- Child Psychiatric Genetics
- Epidemiology
- Forensic Psychiatry in Pediatrics
- Child Abuse and Neglect
- Medical Ethics
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Family Therapy
- Group Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Play Therapy
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
- Other Therapies
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Historical Literature
- Advanced Psychopharmacology
- ADHD
- ODD
- DMDD
- Behavioral Management of Disruptive Behaviors
- Depression
- Bipolar Disorder
- OCD
- PTSD
- Reactive Attachment Disorder
- Substance Use Disorders
- Psychotic Disorders
- Integration of Mental Health Services in General Medical Settings
- Delirium
- Chronic Disease and Pain
- Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
- Grief
- Gender Dysphoria
- Sleep Disorders
- Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- Eating and Feeding Disorders
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- ADOS
- Movement Disorders
- Elimination Disorders
- Neurology/Neural Tracts
- Neuroimaging
- Headaches
- Conversion Disorders
- Psychosomatic Treatments
Fellows are also encouraged to attend the monthly meeting of the Program Evaluation Committee, which enables voice in program growth as well as learning opportunities with respect to academic medicine.
Fellows facilitate a monthly child and adolescent case conference for residents with faculty support, as both didactic and teaching opportunity. Fellows have additional regular teaching opportunities with medical students, general psychiatry residents and learners in other fields.
Fellows have a yearly scholarship retreat with associated lectures. Fellows are welcome to attend the yearly core program scholarship weekend retreat held in a beautiful location in the WV mountains.
Note: As we are an ever-growing program, all didactics and rotations are subject to change.