Didactics
Year 1 courses
1. Orientation
2. Clinical and Clinical Research Assessment
3. Community Issues Including Schools
4. Diversity and Cultural Competence
5. Psychological Testing Part I
6. Essentials of Psychopathology
7. Psychopharmacology
8. The Psychotherapies Including Family Therapy
9. Research Literacy: Practice Parameters and Related Literature (Year 1 Journal Club)
10. Normal Development
11. Family-Based Clinical Process
12. Forensic and Ethical Issues in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Part 1
13. Clinical Neuropsychiatry
14. Trauma Assessment and Treatment with Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
15. Review of Clinical Skills Exams (CSEs) and Biopsychosocial Formulation
Year 2 courses
I. Advanced Family Therapy Seminar
II. Advanced Psychopharmacology (Including Review of Influential Studies)
III. Career Development and Business Aspects of Medicine
IV. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
V. Psychological Testing Part 2
VI. Research Literacy (Year 2 Journal Club)
VII. Forensic and Ethical Issues in Child Psychiatry Part 2
Combined year 1 and year 2 courses
A. Administration and Systems, Including Emergency Care Systems
B. Psychodynamic Dilemmas in Psychotherapy
C. Multidisciplinary Case Conferences
D. Virginia Tarlow, M.D. Grand Rounds at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
E. Warren Wright Adolescent Center Lecture Series
F. Pediatrics Grand Rounds (optional)