Education Components

Board Prep Review:(Monthly) We are using Board Vitals to augment didactic sessions. Fellows review board prep questions as well as chapter review presented by faculty. These conferences are meant to provide the residents with the essentials of child and adolescent psychiatry. These sessions help to prepare students for the yearly ABPN in training exam and subsequent ABPN board examination.

Grand Rounds: This multispecialty conference is held monthly. A combination of faculty and visiting professors present on a topic of their choice.

Journal Club: These conferences occur monthly during didactics. Articles will be chosen from the current literature with articles from related subspecialty journals.

Case Discussion Conference: Will be held monthly. Fellows, Residents and attendings discuss complicated cases encountered in the psychiatry service lines. Focus is on improving outcomes and critical decision making.

Presentations: Fellows as teachers will be held frequently during didactics weekly where fellows will be teaching junior residents on Child psychiatry topics. Guest Lecturers will present on the topic of the month. Fellows are required to actively participate in at least one Quality Improvement project before they graduate.

Fellows attend the Campbell University School of Medicine (CUSOM) research night where they present their QI projects and other research projects. Fellows are encouraged to present at the annual North Carolina Psychiatric association Meeting. Additionally, Fellows are encouraged to attend annual AACAP (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) and any meeting in the US where they will be presenting their own research. Funding from the department of Graduate Medical Education covers the cost of the yearly meeting including travel, hotel accommodations, and meals.

Research Meetings: Monthly meetings to go over research is currently ongoing to discuss opportunities for students and residents, as well as a forum to discuss and collaborate. A research month is overseen by Cape Fear Valley GME Research Director to provide ample time to become published during residency.

For Medical StudentsIf you are interested in rotating on the Dorothea Dix adolescent inpatient unit as a third or fourth-year student interested in pediatrics or psychiatry, please contact Program administrator by email.