Residency in Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry
Today's child and adolescent psychiatrist faces
special challenges brought on by an explosion of knowledge about mental
illness in children and a shortage of resources. We are committed to
the education of physicians who will thrive and become leaders and role
models in this environment. Our division's scientific and scholarly pursuits
are enriched by a humanistic perspective. Informed by Pellegrino's dictum
that "The greatest inhumanity is incompetence," we pursue clinical
excellence as a duty.
Trainees acquire a scholarly appreciation of the history and literature
of our discipline and how it has been enriched by associated disciplines.
They will be clinicians with skill in both the traditional strengths
of psychiatric practice and in 21st century technology. They become scientifically
sophisticated, with an appreciation of research methods and a healthy
skepticism for all dogma and common practice. They participate as principal
investigators and collaborators in clinical research. Residents are taught
by psychiatric faculty as well as professionals from other disciplines
in an extensive and organized teaching program.
Our program is interactive in a larger social sphere, preparing our
graduates to serve and lead in a wide range of settings. We function
within the community, at multiple clinical, social and educational institutions,
such as The
Children's Medical Center, Good
Samaritan Health Center, Kettering
Hospital Youth Services, Butler Behavioral Health Services, The Rocking Horse Center and the USAF
Medical Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. We enjoy a direct
affiliation with the Montgomery
County Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health Services Board. Within Wright
State University we interact in a scholarly and clinical fashion
with the Department
of Pediatrics and the rest of the Boonshoft
School of Medicine, as well as with other colleges.
Curriculum
The two-year residency in child and adolescent psychiatry normally begins
after three or four years of residency in general
psychiatry. If begun after three years, the first year of training
in child and adolescent psychiatry also counts as a R-IV year in general
psychiatry for purposes of board eligibility.
Year I (R-IV or V)
The goal of the first year is a comprehensive grounding in the essential
skills of diagnosis, treatment and consultation required of all child
and adolescent psychiatrists. The curriculum includes:
- inpatient and partial hospitalization psychiatry
- outpatient child, adolescent and family psychiatry
- community consultation psychiatry
Throughout the year, residents conduct long-term outpatient treatment
at Elizabeth Place.
Year II (R-V or VI)
During the second year, the resident develops subspecialty skills and
further consolidates and expands knowledge relevant to all of child and
adolescent psychiatry. Rotations include:
- senior chief residency and administrative psychiatry
- senior inpatient psychiatry
- community psychiatry, including school consultation, substance abuse, emergency and forensic psychiatry
- elective time
Didactics
Child and adolescent psychiatry residents participate in much of the didactic
curriculum of the general residency. In the first year, residents
attend an orientation, a yearlong seminar in child and adolescent development,
and courses in pathology and therapeutics and in family therapy. In
the second year, residents attend a yearlong seminar in advanced topics
in child and adolescent psychiatry. Residents in both years participate
in a weekly psychotherapy and continuing case seminar, as well as a
research conference and a journal club. Didactic conferences, case
conferences, and team meetings are held at all training sites.
Application Information
All applications are reviewed by the Residency Selection Committee.
Qualified applicants are invited for interviews with faculty, and are
afforded the opportunity to visit the Department's clinical
facilities and to spend time with current
residents.
The Wright State University Department of Psychiatry participates in
the National Resident
Matching Program and abides by all its regulations. The university
is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Our program participates in the Electronic
Residency Application Service (ERAS) and application may be made
on-line.
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Resources
Autism and PDD Resources
LD and ADHD Resources
For more information, contact:
William Klykylo, M.D., Director
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division
Department of Psychiatry
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
627 S. Edwin C. Moses Blvd.
Dayton, Ohio 45408-1461
Phone: (937) 223-8840
Fax: (937) 223-0758
E-mail: william.klykylo@wright.edu |
