Tracks for Psychiatry Residents
We offer a several tracks to help our residents’ tailor their training to align with their long-term professional interests and goals. Please let us know when you interview if you’re interested in any of these tracks and we’ll be happy to share more information.
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Track
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This track is designed to give residents with an interest in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry additional exposure to the field early in their clinical training.
Elements of the Track:
- As a PGY-1, residents in this track may elect to complete one block of inpatient Pediatrics in lieu of adult Internal Medicine and one block of Emergency/Ambulatory Pediatrics in lieu of adult Emergency/Ambulatory Medicine.
- As a PGY-2, residents in this track may elect to complete one block of Pediatric Neurology in lieu of adult Neurology and to pursue elective experiences within Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
In PGY-3 and PGY-4 years (if not fast-tracking into Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship), residents in this track have access to expanded opportunities in outpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
- Leadership in Medical Education Track
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The Psychiatry Residency program, in collaboration with Internal Medicine, Neurology, Pediatrics, and Emergency Medicine, offers a “Leadership in Medical Education (LME)” track that commences in the PGY-2 year of training. Residents typically apply during PGY1, but may be able to apply during PGY2, depending on projected length of adult residency (i.e., fast-tracking to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship) as track is designed to be three years in length.
Elements of the Track:
- Participation in a monthly seminar series on educational principles, curricular strategies, adult learning theory and other aspects of medical education.
- Involvement in IQ and/or IQ+ at the medical school.
- A scholarly component that would need to be completed by the time of graduation or transfer to a fellowship program (could be an educational research project, development of a curricular series, or other educationally focused project).
- Engagement in teaching: Psychiatry Residency, Block 6, teaching to other department residency programs (e.g., Internal Medicine, Neurology, Family Medicine).
- Participation in one “outside” CME program related to education/leadership.
- Participation in the GME and the SOM Education Retreats (submissions strongly encouraged; attendance required).
- Participation in four day-long programs at the Weatherhead School of Management; completion of these programs will earn the participant a Certificate in Leadership in Medical Education from Weatherhead.
- Completion of CREC training for IRB (whether or not an IRB protocol is submitted).