Pediatric Portal
This new and innovative 3 year pilot program was announced in 2007 by the Residency Review Committee of the ACGME. It provides training in general and child/adolescent psychiatry for Board Eligible and Board Certified pediatricians who decide to retrain in psychiatry. The Portal Project provides a 36 month training experience that meets requirements for Board Certification in both general psychiatry and child/adolescent psychiatry. The sponsoring institution, University Hospitals Case Medical Center (CMC), is the primary affiliate of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and has 844 licensed beds and 544 staffed beds. This Portal Project training site was the first in the U.S. to receive ACGME accreditation to begin training pediatricians. At this time, there are two training positions per year. Recruitment for next year's class is currently underway.
Under the auspices of this project, the training program for general psychiatry and the fellowship program for child and adolescent psychiatry work together to provide a training experience for graduates of residencies in pediatrics, designed to meet the requirements as set forth by the RRC for eligibility for both general and child/adolescent psychiatry board certification.
For the first year of training the Portal resident fulfill their requirements for inpatient general and child/adolescent psychiatry, as well as their required training in consultation/liaison for adults and for children and adolescents. The final month of the first year is completed on the Addiction service. All training is done with the residents and fellows who are participating in the traditional training tracks. The second and third years of training are focused on outpatient care, both adult and child/adolescent.
Didactics during the first 18 months are with the general psychiatry residents. During the second 18 months the Portal resident participates in the didactics for the child and adolescent fellows.
Supervision is provided according to the standards of both the general psychiatry and child/adolescent fellowship. The on call responsibilities are divided equally between the general and child/adolescent program, withfirst twelve months on adult psychiatry call and second twelve months on child/adolescent call. For the third year the portal residents have no call.
Program Overview
Fellowship Year 1 | |||||
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4 Months |
5 Months |
1 Month |
2 Months |
1 Month | |
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Inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Rainbow Babies, CMC |
Inpatient General Psychiatry (Geriatric psychiatry 1 month) CMC/VAMC |
Adult Neurology CMC |
Consultation-Liaison CMC |
Addiction Psychiatry CMC |
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Fellowship Years 2 and 3 | |||||
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>50% totalCommunity Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic (40%)
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Forensic Psychiatry |
Pediatric Neurology |
Emergency Psychiatry |
School Assessment |
Intensive Outpatient — Adult |
Residential Treatment — Developmentally Disabled |
How to Apply
For more detailed information about this program, please contact:
Tiffany Thomas, Training Director
Tiffany.Thomas2@UHHospitals.org
Susan.Stagno@UHhospitals.org
Maryellen.davis1@UHhospitals.org
Or
Kate Kilbane, Academic Education Coordinator
Department of Psychiatry
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
W.O. Walker Center – Suite 8107
10524 Euclid Avenue | 8th Floor | Cleveland, Ohio 44106
phone: 216.844.3658 | fax: 216.844.4741 | kate.kilbane@uhhospitals.org