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. 2019 Sep-Oct;60(5):444-448.
doi: 10.1016/j.psym.2019.04.006. Epub 2019 May 3.

Core Competencies for Pediatric Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Training

Richard J Shaw  1 , Sandra Rackley  2 , Audrey Walker  3 , D Catherine Fuchs  4 , Amy Meadows  5 , Kristin Dalope  6 , Maryland Pao  7 ; Special Interest Study Group for Pediatric Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Core Competencies, Physically Ill Child Committee, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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Core Competencies for Pediatric Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Training

Richard J Shaw et al. Psychosomatics. 2019 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

Background: Learners developing competency-based skills, attitudes, and knowledge through the achievement of defined milestones is a core feature of competency-based medical education. In 2017, a special interest study group of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry convened a panel of specialists to describe pediatric consultation-liaison psychiatry (CLP) best educational practices during child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship.

Objective: The objective of this project was to develop a national consensus on pediatric CLP competencies to help guide training in this specialty.

Methods: An expert working group developed a list of candidate competences based on previously established educational outcomes for CLP (formerly Psychosomatic Medicine), child and adolescent psychiatry, and general psychiatry. A survey was distributed to members of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Physically Ill Child Committee to determine child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship educational needs on pediatric CLP services and generate consensus regarding pediatric CLP competencies.

Results: Most survey respondents were supportive of the need for a national consensus on core competencies for pediatric CLP. Consensus from a panel of experts in the field of pediatric CLP generated a list of proposed core competencies that track the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's six core competencies.

Conclusions: Consistent learning outcomes provide the foundation for further development of tools to support training in pediatric CLP. There is a need to develop further tools including outcome assessment instruments and self-directed learning materials that can be used to support lifelong learning.

Keywords: core competencies; education; pediatric consultation-liaison psychiatry; pediatric psychology; pediatrics.

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