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Curriculum Components

Child 1

  • 5 blocks: Inpatient child and adolescent psychiatry at Dell Children’s Medical Center mental health unit
  • 1 block: 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 Texas Child Study Center


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 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
  • 1 block, time varies: Youth Addiction Rotation at University Sober High School
  • 4 sessions: Community psychiatry consultation at Community Partnership for Children
  • 5 to 7 blocks, time varies: Electives

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

  • Grand rounds
  • Morbidity and mortality conference
  • Journal club
  • Dell Med GME medical rounds
  • Environment of inquiry rounds on MHU, CL and TCSC

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
  • Public Mental Health Policy

Scholarly

  • Medical Education
  • Teaching in MHU, CL or TCSC
  • Reading
  • Board study