Didactics
Didactic Training
Numerous seminar series are available to Interns throughout the training year. Seminars are sequential, building upon previous knowledge and skills, and organized around achievement of the core competencies.
The following is a description of seminars usually attended by interns:
- Psychology Seminar. This required department-wide seminar series meets weekly and is open to the entire Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Seminars are organized into training modules related to a common theme. Faculty, trainees, and outside speakers take responsibility for conducting seminars that are highly interactive.
- Training Proseminar. This required seminar series meets monthly and is designed to educate interns about professional issues pertaining to clinical practice, working with families of diverse backgrounds, collegial relationships, ethics, professional standards, professional development, and career development
- LEND Seminar Series. Interns are required to attend weekly seminars (three to four hours total) on a variety of topics related to neurodevelopmental disabilities and the development of leadership skills within the healthcare environment.
- Rotation Specific Seminars. Many clinical rotations sponsor ongoing seminars, staff meetings, or research meetings that are required or offered to interns on the rotation.
- Case Supervision Seminar. This seminar meets monthly and is designed to provide experience in case presentation as well as additional faculty and peer consultation on pediatric psychology intervention cases.
- Interdisciplinary Case Presentation. This required series of case presentations is related to the care of medically underserved populations, and includes interns as well as trainees from related disciplines (e.g., psychiatry, developmental pediatrics). The case presentations are supported by assigned readings from the relevant professional literature.
- Additional multidisciplinary seminars may be scheduled.
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