A Practical Approach to Implementing the Core Competencies in a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Program

Objective: The authors describe the development and implementation of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's core competencies in a child and adolescent psychiatry residency program. Method: The authors identify the program's organizational approach and participants and...

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Published in:Academic psychiatry 2007-05, Vol.31 (3), p.228-244
Main Authors: Dingle, Arden D, Sexson, Sandra B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accreditation (Institutions)
Adolescent Psychiatry - education
Adolescent Psychiatry - organization & administration
Adolescents
Child Psychiatry - education
Child Psychiatry - organization & administration
Children
Clinical Competence
Competence
Core Curriculum
Counseling Techniques
Curriculum - standards
Education, Medical, Graduate - organization & administration
Georgia
Graduate Medical Education
Guidelines
Humans
Internship and Residency - organization & administration
Interpersonal Competence
Medical Education
Minimum Competencies
National Standards
Program Content
Program Development - standards
Psychiatry
Reference Standards
Teaching Methods
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Summary:Objective: The authors describe the development and implementation of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's core competencies in a child and adolescent psychiatry residency program. Method: The authors identify the program's organizational approach and participants and detail various strategies and methods of defining, describing, and utilizing the core competencies, with an emphasis on using practical, easily employed techniques within existing systems and structures. Results: Using this approach to developing and implementing the core competencies was effective and accepted well by the participants. Conclusions: Existing program structures and systems can be used successfully to develop and implement the core competencies in a residency program.
ISSN:1042-9670
1545-7230
DOI:10.1176/appi.ap.31.3.228