Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Program Curriculum

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First Year
3 months Inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Shoal Creek Hospital
3 months Inpatient CAP at Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Services/Austin State Hospital
3 months Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at Dell Children's Medical Center
3 months 90% Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at Dell Children's Medical Center with 3 months 10% Child Neurology at Specially for Children Clinic

Second Year
12 months 37.5% time Outpatient CAP at Texas Child Study Center
12 months 12.5% time Outpatient CAP at Austin-Travis County Integral Care
2 months 50% School Consultation/Observation
2 months 50% Forensics at Gardner-Betts Juvenile Justice Center
2 months 50% Outpatient CAP and Consultation at Austin Children's Shelter
2 months 50% Scholarly Activity
4 months 50% Elective

Class Curriculum for CAP

CAP Yr 1

Assessment: Crisis Intervention and Emergency Psychiatryz Assessment: Interviewing Children and Adolescents
Psychotherapies A: CBT
GPE (includes Family Therapy/Cultural Competence/Integrated Healthcare Systems/Research Methods)
SBP: Educational System
Evidence Based Medicine
Professional Identity: History of CAP

CAP Yr 2

Assessment: Psychological Testing
Psychotherapies B: Play, Psychodynamic, Group, IPT, DBT
Advanced Psychopharmacology
Pediatric Neurology
Professional Identity: Teaching
Professional Identity: Practice Practicals and QI
Forensic Psychiatry

CAP 1 and CAP 2 Combined in Two Year Rotating Curriculum

SBP A: JJ/CW Systems
SBP B: Pub Ment Health Syst, Health Care Policy, Advocacy
Neurosciences (Developmental Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology) A/B
Development A/B
Psychosomatics A/B
Psychotherapy Case Conference
Ethics
Psychopathology/Psychopharmacology A: ADHD, ODD/CD, PDDs, LD, MR(ID), Tic D/O, Elim D/O, Comm D/O
Psychopathology/Psychopharmacology B: Psychosis, Mood D/O, Anxiety D/O, GID, Eating D/O, Sleep D/O, Other

Conferences

Grand Rounds
Morbidity and Mortality Conference
CAP Outpatient Case Conference
CAP Group Supervision
CAP Journal Club
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