A practical approach to implementing the core competencies in a child and adolescent psychiatry residency program.

Full Abstract

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.

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Author information

Author/s: Dingle, Arden D (AD); Sexson, Sandra B (SB);

Affiliation: Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. adingle@emory.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry (Acad Psychiatry), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2007 May-Jun; vol 31 (issue 3) : pp 228-44

Dates: Created 2007/05/14; Completed 2007/08/01;

PMID: 17496181, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adolescent Psychiatry - education; organization & administration
Child Psychiatry - education; organization & administration
Clinical Competence
Curriculum - standards
Education, Medical, Graduate - organization & administration

Georgia
Humans
Internship and Residency - organization & administration
Program Development - standards
Reference Standards

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