The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston

Educational Overview
Child Residency Program

Please note that these are the current or anticipated rotation schedules and sites. The schedules change somewhat from year to year.

First Year

Rotations

3 Months Devereux Inpatient & Residential Treatment Center 90%	6 Months HCPC Forensic & Inpatient Psychiatry 90%	3 Months M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Consultation/Liaison 90%
12 Months UT Continuity Clinic 10%

Didactics

Siminars/Problem-Based Learning
3 hours per week

Psychoanalytic Case Conference
1 hour per week

Grand Rounds
1 hour per week

Supervision
2 hours per week

Other

Resident Meeting

Second Year

Rotations

6 Months

80%
Memorial Hermann C/L
(includes 10% didactics)

3 Months
10%
Pediatric Neurology

3 Months
10% Weight Management
Program/Adolescent Medicine Clinic

10%
MHMRA M.R. Services

20-30% MHMRA Community

10% Didactics

10%
Children's Assessment Center (sexual abuse)

10%
HCPC Outreach/School Consultation

10%
Preschool Consultation

10%
UT Continuity Clinic

10%
UT Continuity Clinic/ Outpatient

Didactics

Siminars
2-3 hours per week

Psychoanalytic Case Conference
1 hour per week

Grand Rounds
1 hour per week

Supervision
2 hours per week

Other

Resident Meeting

Seminar Information

FIRST YEAR CHILD PSYCHIATRY RESIDENTS SEMINAR SERIES
July-September: 1 hour/week	July-September 2 hours/week
Introductory Seminars (interviewing, psychopharmacology, teaching, cultural competance, evidence-based medicine)	Psychotherapy (individual, family, psychodynamic, CBT, DBT, supportive)

SECOND YEAR CHILD PSYCHIATRY RESIDENTS SEMINAR SERIES
July-September: 1 hour/week	July-September 1 hour/week
Consultation/Liaison (medical, school, forensic)	Transition to Practice/Administrative Psychiatry

Combined Seminars for First and Second Year Child Residents

October-May

YEAR I:

A. Infant and Preschool Development, Psychopathology, Developmental Assessment and Related Psyschological Theories.
B. Preschool Problem-Based Learning Cases
C. Field trips to include experiences with normal children in this age group
D. Neurobiology series

YEAR II:

A. School-Age Child Development and Psychopathology, related psychological theories, psycho-educational assessment
B. PBL cases for school-age children
C. Adolescent Development and Psychopathology, related psychological theories, projective testing
D. PBL cases for adolescent children
E. Field trips to include experiences with normal children of this age group; special education classrooms, etc.