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The Cambridge Health Alliance training program has its roots in
psychodynamic and psychoanalytic therapies, multiculturalism and
community service. While continuing to nurture this tradition, we
value the progress which has been made in expanding treatment modalities
within our field and incorporate them into our didactic and clinical
training. We aim for each resident to have a set of biopsychosocial
treatment tools that can be tailored to meet the needs of the individual
patient. Our overarching goal is to provide a broad-based experience
that prepares child and adolescent fellows for their chosen careers.
We aim to help develop ethical, independent, and responsible physicians
who will make significant contributions to the health and prosperity
of children, adolescents, and families by understanding them in
mind, brain, body and spirit.
The training experience is designed to develop and strengthen fellows'
ability to develop a biopsychosocial formulation and implement appropriate
and effective treatments. Fellows are taught to consider different
modalities of treatment based upon the family's request for services,
the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of certain methods for particular
disorders, and the capacity of a child and family to engage in treatment.
The ranges of psychotherapy techniques taught include: intensive
psychodynamic individual psychotherapy, intensive family therapy,
brief and focused individual and family therapies, psychopharmacology,
supportive psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral psychotherapy, psycho-educational
interventions, and group therapy.
The two-year training program includes a combination of didactics
and clinical rotations. Currently, eight to ten hours a week are
protected for didactic learning. Weekly seminars cover a variety
of topics pertinent to our field, including psychotherapy, psychopharmacology,
human development, and research.
In the first
year, clinical rotations are offered in inpatient child and
adolescent psychiatry, emergency services, consultation/liaison
psychiatry, and eating disorders. In addition, trainees begin their
longitudinal outpatient experience. Finally, the first year fellows
rotate through the outpatient diagnostic evaluation team to begin
to learn the skills needed to conduct both outpatient assessments.
For 10 weeks of the first year, elective time is allocated for fellows
to pursue scholarly and clinical activities of their own choosing.
The second
year is focused on seeing a diverse outpatient population, and
on forensic and school consultation. One half day a week over 10
weeks is devoted to learning the tools of neurological assessment,
and one day a week throughout the second year is available for elective
time and scholarly activity.
The Training Program
in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance
recruits five fellows per year. Interested applicants should submit
an application in writing using the joint application form of the
three Harvard Medical school affiliated training programs in child
and adolescent psychiatry after July 15. Interviews begin in September
and run through the beginning of December. Decisions are made by
December 15 for the following training year. We accept fellows only
after their PGY-III year of training (or beyond) who have passed
USMLE III. Our program participates in the NRMP match for fellows
in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. We are an equal opportunity
employer and training program and seek to recruit minority trainees
and faculty members who will assist us in providing services to
minority groups in our community.
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