Child and Adolescent Fellowship Program

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Educational Objectives

Required Rotations

Year 1 (PGY-I): Adult Psychiatry Residency

1 monthVA House Internal Medicine
2 monthsOutpatient Pediatrics
1 monthEmergency Medicine
2 monthsNeurology (1 month adult and 1 month child)
2 monthsEmergency Psychiatry / Crisis Management
3 monthsInpatient Adult Psychiatry
1 monthOutpatient Child Psychiatry

Year 2 (PGY-II): Adult Psychiatry Residency

½ day per week child outpatient clinic
3 monthsInpatient Adult Psychiatry
1 monthGeriatric Psychiatry
3 monthsChild Psychiatry (Inpatient and C/L)
2 monthsAdult Consultation-Liaison
2 monthsEmergency Psychiatry / Crisis Management

Year 3 (PGY-III): Adult Psychiatry Residency

12 months
½ day per week child outpatient clinic
1 – 1½  days per week in Behavioral Health Specialty Clinics (BHSC)
1 – 1½ days per week in Veteran’s Administration Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic (VAOPC)
½ day per week in Insight Oriented/Supportive Psychotherapy Clinic
3 months½  day per week of Community Mental Health (CMH)
6 months½ day per week of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) Clinic
3 months½ day per week of Forensic Psychiatry

Year 4 (PGY-IV): Child Fellowship

12 months
Didactics  10%
Outpatient  20% 
UMMC (Highland Bluff)
3 monthsChildren's Inpatient PsychiatryUMMC
2 months Adolescent Inpatient PsychiatryMSH
1 monthAdolescent Addiction Intensive Outpatient ProgramHinds Behavioral Health
3 monthsConsultation Liaison & PESChildren's of Mississippi/UMMC
1 monthResearch FoundationsUMMC
1 monthSchool ConsultationUMMC
1 monthPediatric NeuroUMMC

Year 5 (PGY-V): Child Fellowship

12 months
Didactics  10%
Outpatient  20% 
UMMC (Highland Bluff)
2 monthsConsultation Liaison & PESChildren's of Mississippi Hospital / UMMC
3 monthsCenter for the Advancement of Youth (CAY)
2 monthsCommunity PsychiatryHinds Behavioral Health
2 monthsForensicMS Children's Safe Center
1 monthElectivesUMMC/Non-UMMC
2 monthsChildren's Inpatient PsychiatryUMMC