Didactic Curriculum

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SCHEDULE DIDACTIC SEMINARS

01. Summer Introductory Course, every year, July and August

• Required for 1^st year residents, recommended for 2^nd year residents
• Emily Frosch, M.D., Course Director.  Many faculty from the Division participate in this seminar.
• An intensive introductory seminar designed to prepare 1^st year residents for the transition to Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and to function with supervision in structured clinical settings. Topics include assessment of children, adolescents, and families, physical examination of children, basic pharmacotherapy, an overview of childhood psychiatric disorders, management of suicide and violence, crisis intervention, introduction to the allied professions, and a review of institutional practices and policies.
• Additional attendees may include general psychiatry residents, pediatric residents, and medical students on rotation.
• 1 hour/day, Monday-Friday x 8 weeks

The Curriculum that runs September – June is based on a 2-year cycle and alternates “Year A” and “Year B” and all courses are required for both 1^st and 2^nd Year residents.  This includes seminars 02-14 listed below.

YEAR A

02. Normal Development

• Required for 1^st and 2^nd year residents
• Emily Frosch, M.D., Course Director, other faculty from the Division participate.
• This seminar reviews normal development including different theoretical perspectives (Freud, Piaget, Erickson, Vygotsky, and others), developmental lines (cognitive, language, moral, emotional, physical, and sexual) and cross-sectional periods (infancy, early childhood, school age, and adolescence).  It is augmented by videotapes of normal children throughout the series.  Additional readings of both historical and current relevance are distributed and discussed throughout the series.  This seminar is the only section of the curriculum that residents are required to attend twice during training for solidification of their knowledge of normal development, particularly after spending a year working with disturbed youngsters and their families.
• Additional attendees may include general psychiatry residents, pediatric residents, and medical students on rotation.
• 1 hour/week x 8 weeks

03. Psychopathology

• Required for 1^st and 2^nd year residents
• Emily Frosch, M.D, Course Director.  Selected faculty from the Division present in their area of expertise.
• This seminar reviews the etiologies, epidemiology, phenomenology and diagnosis, treatment and prevention of psychiatric conditions that affect children and adolescents, including:  affective, attentional, disruptive, anxiety, psychotic, substance use, elimination, gender, traumatic, learning, and relational disorders.
• Additional attendees may include general psychiatry residents, pediatric residents, and medical students on rotation.
• 1 hour/week x 22 weeks

04. Cognitive Behavior Therapy

• Required for 1^st and 2^nd year residents
• Golda Ginsburg, Ph.D. and Mark Reader, Ph.D., Course Directors
• Topics in this seminar include general principals of cognitive behavior therapy and applications to children and adolescents, case formulation, clinical assignments, session preparation and review, and strategies for treating youth with mood and anxiety disorders.  A textbook, “Clinical Practice of Cognitive Therapy with Children and Adolescents: The Nuts and Bolts” is provided to all residents and used as a reference in addition to handouts and videos.
• Additional attendees may include general psychiatry residents, pediatric residents, and medical students on rotation.
• 1 hour/week x 10 weeks.

05. Family Therapy

• Required for 1^st and 2^nd year residents
• Stuart Tiegel, MSW, Course Director
• This seminar provides didactic instruction in a variety of family therapy techniques in combination with group supervision.
• No additional attendees
• 1.5 hours/week x 14 weeks

06.  Child & Adolescent Psychopharmacology

• Required for 1^st and 2^nd year residents
• Mark Riddle, M.D., Course Director
• This course reviews use of different classes of psychotropics, the literature on safety, efficacy, and effectiveness of different medications, reviews relevant research, and discusses adverse events, informed consent, and decision making in pediatric psychopharmacology.
• Additional attendees may include general psychiatry residents, pediatric residents, and medical students on rotation.
• 1 hour/week x 13 weeks

07.  Individual Therapy

• Required for 1^st and 2^nd year residents
• Emily Frosch, M.D., Course Director
• This course combines historical readings and case vignettes to illustrate a variety of aspects of individual psychotherapy.  Residents are required to complete a case formulation for review as part of the course.
• Additional attendees may include general psychiatry residents, pediatric residents, and medical students on rotation.
• 1 hour/week x 6 weeks

YEAR B

08. Normal Development  (See 02)

09. Influences on Development

• Required for 1^st and 2^nd year residents
• Emily Frosch, M.D., Course Director.  Selected faculty from the Division, Kennedy Krieger Institute, and the School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University participate and lead selected sections of the seminar.
• This seminar reviews Influences on development, including the impact of abuse, parental loss, chronic illness, substance abuse and HIV; Cross Cultural Issues examining cultural issues that impact on the understanding of mental illness, the presentation of psychiatric illness, and access to psychiatric care in the Hispanic community African American community, and the Native American community; Adjunct assessments, strategies about which a child & adolescent psychiatrist must be knowledgeable such as psychological testing (educational, cognitive, and projective), speech and language testing, neurological assessments, and the use of structured instruments.
• Additional attendees may include general psychiatry residents, pediatric residents, and medical students on rotation.
• 1 hour/week x 16 weeks

10.  Forensics

• Required for 1^st and 2^nd year residents
• Brian Zimnitzky, M.D., Course Director
• This course reviews the differences between forensic and clinical evaluations, the types of cases seen in forensic consultation (custody, CINS, criminal), and provides an orientation to the legal system for juveniles.
• Additional attendees may include general psychiatry residents, pediatric residents, and medical students on rotation.
• 1 hour/week x 4 weeks

11. Ethics

• Required for 1^st and 2^nd year residents
• Emily Frosch, M.D., Course Director
• This course reviews ethical issues in clinical care and research, and includes topics such as IRB, informed consent, and the best interests of the child, and often uses case-based examples to illustrate topics.
• Additional attendees may include general psychiatry residents, pediatric residents, and medical students on rotation.
• 1 hour/week x 4 weeks

12. Parent Management Training

• Required for 1^st and 2^nd year residents
• Margaret Schlossberg, Ph.D., Course Director
• Topics in this seminar include the background literature and empirical data regarding Parent Management Training, as well as specific case illustrations of clinical applications.
• Additional attendees may include general psychiatry residents, pediatric residents, and medical students on rotation.
• 1 hour/week for 10 weeks.

13. General Psychopharmacology

• Required for 1^st and 2^nd year residents
• Mark Riddle, M.D., Course Director
• This course reviews general principles of psychopharmacology and uses Stephen Stahl’s book “Essential Psychopharmacology” as a reference text supplemented by current journal articles.
• Additional attendees may include general psychiatry residents, pediatric residents, and medical students on rotation.
• 1 hour/week x 12 weeks

14. Consultation Process

• Required for 1^st and 2^nd year residents
• Emily Frosch, M.D. and John Walkup, M.D., Course Directors
• This course reviews a variety of issues in consultation work with an emphasis on defining the consultant’s role and relationship with the consultee(s). Vignettes are used extensively and residents prepare responses to cases.
• Additional attendees may include general psychiatry residents, pediatric residents, and medical students on rotation.
• 1 hour/week x 6 weeks

The following seminars are given every year:

15. Critical Journal Reading:  every year, November – April

• Required for 1^st years, recommended for 2^nd years
• Susan dosReis, Ph.D., Course Director
• Overview of critical journal reading with review of study design, methodology, and data analysis.  Resident reads journal articles as a group and rotate presenting to each other with faculty guidance.
• No additional attendees.
• 2 hours/month x 6 months

16.  Pharmacotherapy and Research Supervision:  every year, September – May

• Required for 1^st years residents, recommended for 2^nd year residents
• Mark Riddle, M.D., Director
• This seminar provides an overview of the research studies being conducted in the Division, discusses methodology/design, protocols, and ethical issues related to the research.  Residents are introduced to the role of a pharmacotherapist on the protocols, observe faculty working with research patients, and receive supervision on cases they follow.
• Additional attendees include other faculty involved in research (Dr. Walkup, Dr. Rodowski) and the senior research coordinators.
• 1 hour/week for 40 weeks

17. Research Seminar:  every year, September – May

• Elective for all residents
• Golda Ginsburg, Ph.D., Course Director
• Faculty and post-doctoral research fellows present research projects for discussion of design, methodology, feasibility, ethics, statistical analyses and other research questions.
• Attendees include faculty and post-doctoral research fellows from Hopkins, Kennedy, and Bayview Campus of Hopkins Medical Institutions, and include physicians and psychologists.
• 1.25 hours/weeks for 36 weeks.

18. Divisional Conference:  every year, September – May

• Required for 1^st & 2^nd year residents
• Mark Riddle, M.D., Director
• This is a weekly conference for all faculty, residents and students in the Division, and consists of 2 case conferences a month (resident presents a case followed by resident and faculty discussion) alternating with a guest speaker, (faculty, and invited speakers), and a “Hot Topics” session where a controversial issue or recent research finding is discussed (e.g. black box warning for SSRIs, Canadian ruling on Adderall, etc.).
• Additional attendees include staff from the Division, General Psychiatry residents and medical students on rotation.
• 1.25 hours/week for 36 weeks.

19. Departmental Grand Rounds:  every year, September – May

• Recommended for all residents.
• J. Raymond DePaulo, Jr., M.D., Director, selected faculty from the Department
• A resident presents a case, Dr. DePaulo interviews the patient and leads a discussion of the case.  The presenting faculty member then gives a lecture on a topic relevant to the case and to his/her ongoing academic activity.
• Open to all faculty, residents, staff, and students.
• 1.5 hours/week for 36 weeks.