Curriculum Components
Child 1
- 5 blocks: Inpatient child and adolescent psychiatry at Dell Children’s Medical Center mental health unit
- 1 block: Community inpatient child and adolescent psychiatry at Austin State Hospital on the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services, CAPS, unit
- 5 blocks: Consultation-liaison psychiatry at Dell Children’s Medical Center
- 1 block: Partial hospital program at Dell Children’s Medical Center North
- 1 block: Child neurology consultation at Dell Children’s Medical Center
- 13 blocks, 1 afternoon per week: Outpatient CAP at Texas Child Study Center
- 13 blocks: 2 hours per week of protected therapy patient appointment time
Child 2
- 13 blocks, 1 1/2 days per week: Outpatient CAP at Texas Child Study Center
- 13 blocks, 1/2 day per week: Psychotherapy
- 13 blocks, 1 day per week: Clinical selective (varies)
- 3 blocks, 1 day per week: School rotation and consultation with TCHATT
- 3 blocks, 1/2 days per week: Juvenile Justice System at Gardner-Betts Juvenile Justice Center
- 2 blocks, 1/2 day per week: Family therapy
- 2 sessions: Community psychiatry consultation at Community Partnership for Children
- 5 to 7 blocks, time varies: Electives
- 3 blocks, 1/2 day per week: Scholarly activity time
Class Curriculum
Child 1 & 2
- Getting the Framework: Development, Neuroscience and Cultural Competency including the Health Equity Curriculum
- Assessment: Interviewing Children and Adolescents; Crisis Intervention and Emergency Psychiatry; Psychological Testing
- Using Evidence: Evidence-Based Medicine, Research Principles, Journal Club and Scholarly Activity
- Psychopathology and Psychopharmacology: Every other year rotating curriculum A or B; Advanced Psychopharmacology; and Psychopharmacology Case Conference
- Psychotherapy: Psychodynamic, Family, Parent Management Training, CBT and Applications
- Being a Psychiatrist: Professionalism and Well-Being, Identity Development, Teaching, History, Practice Practicals and Career Development
- Systems-Based Practice: Educational System; Quality Improvement and Patient Safety; Ethics; and every other year rotating curriculum A or B (Models of Care, Policy, Leadership, Advocacy)
- Special Areas: Forensics, Consultation-Liaison and Pediatric Neurology
Conferences
- Departmental grand rounds
- Departmental patient safety conferences
- Morbidity and mortality conference
- Journal club
- Dell Med graduate medical education rounds
- Environment of inquiry rounds on core rotations
Electives
We offer a wide array of electives for the second year of fellowship within scholarly, systems, and clinical categories. Fellows can create their own elective experience based on their individual interests. Some current electives include:
Clinical
- Behavioral Parent Training
- Developmental Pediatrics
- Eating Disorders at Eating Recovery Center
- Meridell RTC
- UT Student Mental Health
Systems
- Human Trafficking
- Administrative Psychiatry
- Community CAP Resources
- Preparing for Practice
Scholarly
- Medical Education
- Teaching in MHU, CL or TCSC
- Reading
- Board study
Community Track
Child 1
- 4 blocks: Inpatient child and adolescent psychiatry at Dell Children’s Medical Center’s mental health unit
- 2 blocks: Inpatient child and adolescent psychiatry at Austin State Hospital on the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services, CAPS, unit
- 5 blocks: Consultation-liaison psychiatry at Dell Children’s Medical Center
- 1 block: Partial hospital program at Dell Children’s Medical Center
- 1 block: Child neurology consultation at Dell Children’s Medical Center
- 13 blocks, 1 afternoon per week: Outpatient CAP at Integral Care
- Advocacy curriculum with Department of Pediatrics
Child 2
- 13 blocks, 1/2 day per week: Outpatient CAP at Texas Child Study Center
- 13 blocks, 1/2 day per week: Psychotherapy
- 13 blocks, 1 full day per week: Outpatient CAP at community site
- 3 blocks, 1 day per week: School consultation with TCHATT
- 2 blocks, 1 1/2 days per week: Juvenile Justice System at Gardner-Betts Juvenile Justice Center
- 2 blocks, 1/2 day per week: Family therapy
- 2 sessions: Community psychiatry consultation at Community Partnership for Children
- 5 to 7 blocks, time varies: Electives including community electives