4th Year Electives: Child &
Adolescent Psychiatry -- High-Intensity Treatment Programs at the IOL
Clerkship Number:
409-025
Location:
The Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital
Clerkship Director:
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Faculty
Duration:
One month, full-time
Months Offered:
September through June
Number of Students:
One per rotation
Prerequisite:
Third Year Curriculum, including Clinical Psychiatry
Rotation
Contact Info:
Nora Hanna M.D.,
Acting Assistant Training Director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Residency Program, Phone: (860)545-7648 or
Alison Wellman, Administrative Program Coordinator,
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Program
Phone: (860)545-7746 Fax: (860)545-7661, Email:
awellman@harthosp.org
Program Description:
At The Institute
of Living campus, the student will have the opportunity to work with children in a
variety of high-intensity therapeutic settings, including inpatient
units, partial hospitalization programs, and the Grace S. Webb School.
The student will spend the majority of time on the inpatient unit which
provides services for children who are between the ages of 5 and 13 and
who have a variety of behavioral and emotional
diagnoses including: conduct disorder, ADHD, dysthymia, PTSD, separation
anxiety, etc. The student will actively participate in initial
assessments, observe family admission interviews, work with a
multidisciplinary staff regarding diagnosis and treatment planning, and work
with one or two children actively in individual therapy, all under the
supervision of the attending child and adolescent psychiatrist. The
student will be expected to attend daily rounds as well as other
clinical meetings.
Goals and Objectives:
Students will gain familiarity with commonly
encountered psychiatric disorders of childhood. They will hone their
skills in child and family interviewing, and enhance their abilities to
diagnose children and adolescents with psychiatric illness.
Proposed Activities and
Responsibilities:
With support of close supervision:
To conduct interviews of the patient and family.
To develop an assessment and working diagnosis.
To develop and follow-through with a treatment plan that is brief and focused on the
solution of a specific problem.
To enhance the skill of physician self-observation.
To participate in individual supervision with child and adolescent faculty.
To choose a topic of interest as the focus of a literature search and brief
presentation.
Formal Teaching:
In addition to clinical case supervision, one-to-one teaching will be provided during scheduled hours each week. Weekly teaching conferences will
also be available at CCMC and The Institute of Living and include
grand rounds and case conferences.
Amount and Type of Supervision:
One-to-one supervision will be
provided on a daily basis and on a selective basis. This intensive format
is designed to provide each student with the opportunity to learn at his/her own pace. Supervision will focus on two major areas: concrete
clinical skills and the more elusive task of physician self-observation.
Didactic courses are provided on Wednesday and Friday mornings to review interviewing
skills, developmental theory, childhood psychopathology,
psychopharmacology, etc.
Revised 01/08
Child Psych IOL High-Intensity Program 409
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