Our fellows enjoy dedicated academic half days on Tuesday afternoons where they are provided protected time for didactics. We have a core theme topic designated for every month. We cover diagnosis, epidemiology, clinical interview, psychopharmacological treatment, psychotherapy modalities, case conferences, hallmark articles, and the AACAP practice parameters related to the specific core topic.
For example, August 2018 was identified as our “Autism Spectrum Disorders and Developmental Delay” month. Our speakers included our current core faculty from child psychiatry, a retired faculty member with 30+ years of experience with autism, child psychologists from Medical Psychology, a local school psychologist, a pediatric occupational therapist, a pediatric speech pathologist, and our university’s CARD (Center for Autism Related Disorders) representatives.