How are peds and psych integrated?
• Great working relationships among the leadership • TB chief residents who serve as liaisons to both programs • 5 years of pediatrics continuity clinic • 2 years of child/adolescent psychiatry outpatient clinic that focuses on children/adolescents with medically complex histories • Weekly psych lectures while on pediatrics rotations, starting intern year till graduation • A natural part of training as you go through rotations on both sides, esp. in GI, palliative care, child development, transplant, consults, oncology, endocrine, hematology, oncology, neurology, and child/adolescent psych where both skill sets are heavily utilized • Kids are becoming more and more medically complex as breakthroughs are made. As a result, there are more and more children with severe health issues that have far reaching psychiatric implications for the children and families. The TB program allows residents to obtain training in both disciplines.
