Postgraduate course in
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
for foreign doctors
Purpose:
The purpose of the course is to provide an overview of common psychiatric and behavioral disorders of children and adolescents to overseas medical practitioners.
Description:
- The course will run for one year full-time.
- It will be open to qualified psychiatrists and pediatricians with proficiency in English.
- It will focus on teaching clinical skills including phenomenology; differential diagnosis and treatment.
- Selected trainees will be given the opportunity to join ongoing research projects.
- They will be sponsored by their home countries and expected to return home after completion of their training.
- Up to two trainees will be accepted at any one time.
- The course fee is $10,000. Applicants are expected to arrange their own funding. They will also be responsible for their accommodation and other expenses.
- They will work under supervision as observers and will not be responsible for direct patient care.
Rotations:
The following rotations will be offered. Duration of the training may vary.
- Autism Spectrum Disorders Program: 3 months
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Clinic: 3 months
- Child development and psychosocial clinic: 3 months
- Psychopharmacology and inpatient psychiatry: 2 weeks
- Depression and Mood Disorders: 2 weeks
- Electives (Research; Forensic Psychiatry; Behavior Disorders etc.): 2 months.
Didactics:
- Didactic core: one day a week (8.30 AM to 2.30 PM)
- Journal club: one day a week
- Grand rounds and case presentations: one day a week.
Assessment:
Trainees will be assessed on the basis of their day-to-day performance. They will be required to take a written and an oral examination at the completion of their training.
Certification:
On satisfactory completion of the course, the trainees will receive certificates stating that they were Visiting Fellows in the Department of Psychiatry (Child) with the details of their training.
Director of Training:
Mohammad Ghaziuddin, M.D.
Director, Residency Training in Child Psychiatry mghaziud@umich.edu
Contact person:
Karyn Kitchen
Training Coordinator, UM Child Psychiatry
ksk@med.umich.edu