Lourdes Illa M.D.
Assistant Professor and Training Director,
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Residency Coordinator: Sheena Richards

305-355-7077

srichards2@med.miami.edu

Jon A. Shaw, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Coordinator:  Ms. Gloria Rodriguez
(305) 355-7077
grodriguez2@med.miami.edu

The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training Program at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center is an accredited two-year program that offers trainees the opportunity to participate in assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with a wide range of psychiatric disorders. The diverse ethnic population and multicultural atmosphere makes Miami an exciting and vibrant community which offers unique collegial and clinical experiences for fellows and residents. The learning experience in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Training Program is divided into three essential elements: (1) Didactic Activities, (2) Clinical Experience, and (3) Research Experience. 
Training Goals and Objectives:

Goals:

1. The overall goal at the end of the 2 year child psychiatry training program is to produce a psychiatric physician with the skill and knowledge base essential for the clinical practice of child psychiatry with child and adolescent patients.
   
2. The resident should demonstrate familiarity with and understanding of the medical knowledge upon which the practice of this subspecialty is based.
   
3. The resident should posses a good understanding of research methodology and design so as to be able to evaluate critically the literature in our field, and incorporate that which is valuable into the clinical care of her/his patients.

Objectives:

1. Demonstrate skills interviewing children, adolescents and their families, formulate a differential diagnosis, a biopsychosocial and psychodynamic formulation and to elaborate a treatment plan based on the information obtained.
   
2. Demonstrate ability to interpret these findings and recommendation to parents in a constructive, therapeutic manner.
   
3. Demonstrate an adequate knowledge of normal and abnormal development, sociocultural processes, epidemiology and phenomenology of childhood psychiatric disorders.
   
4. Demonstrate knowledge of the various psychopharmacological and psychosocial interventions to include individual, family, group, milieu, forensic, and behavioral approaches.
   
5. Demonstrate ability to carry out an evaluative and therapeutic process in a constructive manner.
   
6. Demonstrate skills in working as a consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry to other medical specialties and health care professionals in clinical settings, teachers, and counselors in the school system, personnel in the juvenile justice system and the staff of other community agencies that provide services to children.
   
7. Demonstrate ability to record clinical findings, diagnostic opinions, treatment plans, progress notes and discharge summaries systematically, accurately, eligibly and in a manner that can easily be understood by others.
   
8. Complete a ”scholarly paper” which residents are expected to present at end of the second year at the Division’s Research Symposium.  This scholarly paper may be clinically or empirically based at the end of the training experience which should reflect a substantial and thoughtful inquiry.