Site: Child Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic

ELECTIVE IN CHILD PSYCHIATRY

Site: Child Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic, Rush University Medical Center

Time: One month

Contact Person: Adrienne Adams, M.D., 312-942-6673

Goals: The medical student will become familiar with the process, tasks, and goals of the diagnostic assessment and treatment of children and adolescents. The medical student will become familiar with various treatment modalities and the multidisciplinary treatment team.

Objectives:

1. To introduce the basic techniques of interviewing children of various age groups, interviewing parents and collecting data from other sources, (school, social agencies, etc.) 2. To conceptualize the difference between a child and adult diagnostic evaluation. 3. To be able to outline a reasonable differential diagnosis and make recommendations for appropriate treatment. 4. To become familiar with theories of child development. 5. To develop a knowledge of pediatric psychopharmacology and the use of psychotropic medications. 6. To develop a working knowledge of psychopathology in children and adolescents. 7. To familiarize the resident with psychotherapeutic techniques including individual, group, and family therapy. 8. To develop an understanding of the interaction of the treatment team and the concept of the multidisciplinary staffing.

Method: Medical students will work with the treatment teams of the 4 Kellogg Inpatient Unit, the Rush Day School, the Outpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic, and the Medication Clinic. Medical students will be assigned children and adolescents to follow under the supervision of the child psychiatry residents and attendings. The Medical students will participate in seminars, departmental meetings, treatment groups, staffings and family meetings scheduled for assigned patients. SCHEDULE: CHILD PSYCHIATRY ELECTIVE Day Activity Time Location First Monday Meet with Dr. Adrienne Adams 10:00 Rush West Campus (RWC) 2150 W. Harrison, RWC-265

First Monday Meet with chief fellow 1:00 RWC-131

Mondays Orthogenic School 8-11 1365 East 60th Street Autism Spectrum Disorders Clinic/ 1-5 RWC-265 Dr. Peter Fink Tuesdays TIPS Clinic/Dr. Mojgan Makki 9-1 RWC-271 Outpatient Clinic/Dr/Adams 1-5 RWC-265 Wednesdays Business Meeting/Grand Rounds 10-11 AB Dick (Sept-June) Anxiety and Affective Disorders 1-5 RWC-Fellows’ Wing Clinic/Dr. Adams

3rd Wednesday Interviewing Seminar 11-1230 4 Kellogg (Sept-June) 4th Wednesday Journal Club 12-1 003A (Sept-June) Thursdays Child Psych Seminars 9-1250 UIC 1747 W. Roosevelt-361 Outpatient/Dr. Fink 2-5 RWC-227 Fridays Outpatient Case Conference (Sept-June) 12-1 RWC-003A Library ADHD Clinic/Dr. Lauren Shin 1-5 RWC-Fellows’ Wing Rush Therapeutic Day School** RWC-138 Outpatient/Senior Fellows 9-12 RWC-Fellows’ Wing

Diagnostic evaluations with the assigned resident, inpatient follow-up, and patient staffings will be scheduled Monday through Friday before and after scheduled seminars.

Inpatient 4 Kellogg Monday Team II 2-2:45 PM AT or OT; 3:30-4:30 PM Cooking group or AT Tuesday Team I 9:00 AM Inpatient 9:45-10 AM Community Meeting; 10-11 AM OT Wednesday Team I 9:00 AM Inpatient 9:45-10 Community Meeting 10-11 AM OT Friday Team II 2:00 PM Recreational Therapy 3:30-4:30 PM Cooking Group

**Contact Dr. David Anderson, at 23549 to schedule observation in Rush Therapeutic Day School.

Texts: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry: Dulcan & Popper. Pocket Guide for the Textbook of Pharmacotherapy for Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders: Rosenberg, Holttum, et al. Manual of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Robson. elective DATE: September 29, 2011

TO: David Anderson, Ph.D. Deborah S. Antens, RN, APN, CNP Ozlem Dubauskas, MD Karen Hadley, MD Barbara Leazzo, RN Amer Smajkic, MD Hollie Sobel, Ph.D.

FROM: Adrienne Adams, M.D.

RE: Medical Student Elective

Name of Student Jeffrey Mirsky, MD

Periods of Elective 10/24/2011-11/18/2011

Supervisors: Child Psychiatry Fellows: Karen Hadley, MD 85-3166, chief fellow Qun Wu, MD 85-3169 (second year fellow) Jason Chang, MD 85-3324 (first year fellow) Rosario Cosme, MD 85-3475 (first year fellow)

Attendings: Adrienne Adams, M.D., director Child Psychiatry Fellowship Program, 26673 Ozlem Dubauskas, M.D., director Child Psychiatry inpatient unit 4 Kellogg, 24410 Adrienne Adams, M.D., director Anxiety and Affective Disorders Clinic, 26673 Peter Fink, M.D., director Autism Spectrum Disorders Clinic, 27985 Amer Smajkic, 4 Kellogg inpatient unit, attending/supervisor 24410, 312.504.5888, consultation liaison service supervisor

Rush Day School: * David Anderson, Ph.D., 23549

* contact person