Child and adolescent psychiatry training curriculum: a global trainee's perspective

Sundar Gnanavel¹, Pawan Sharma², Antonin Sebela³, Teresa Gomez Alemany⁴, Jane Pei-Chen Chang⁵, Mauro Victor de Medeiros Filho⁶, Kwabena Kusi-Mensah⁷, Fransiska Kaligis⁸, Hidekazu Kato⁹, Huu Kim Le¹⁰, Kana Morimoto¹¹, Dmytro Martsenkovskyi¹², Darpan Kaur Mohinder Singh¹³, Aditya Pawar¹⁴, Asilay Seker¹⁵, Napat Sittanomai¹⁶, Sifat-E Syed¹⁷, Utkarsh Karki¹⁸, Arpit Parmar¹⁹, Marcus Tan²⁰

Affiliations

¹ MD, MRCPsych, Higher Trainee, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Tees, Esk and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, UK. Email: sundar221103@yahoo.com.
² MD, Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Nepal.
³ MD, Postgraduate student, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic.
⁴ Psychiatry Trainee, Department of Psychiatry, Benito Menni Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.
⁵ MD, Consultant Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁶ MD, Medical Assistant, Department of Psychiatry, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
⁷ MSc, Lead Clinician, Department of Psychiatry, Konfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.
⁸ SpKJ(K), Lecturer, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
⁹ MD, Graduate student, Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
¹⁰ FRANZCP, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Women's and Children's Health Network, Adelaide, Australia.
¹¹ MD, Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Kyoto City Child Welfare Centre, Japan.
¹² MD, Medical Doctor, Department of Psychiatry, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kiev, Ukraine.
¹³ DNB, Consultant, Satguru Mind Care Centre, Mumbai, India.
¹⁴ MD, Psychiatry Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Drexel University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA.
¹⁵ Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Trainee, Department of Psychiatry, Erciyes University Hospital, Turkey.
¹⁶ MD, Lecturer, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
¹⁷ MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
¹⁸ Senior Resident, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru, India.
¹⁹ Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
²⁰ ST5 Higher Trainee, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

PMID: 34287415
PMCID: PMC8281122
DOI: 10.1192/bji.2020.8

Child and adolescent psychiatry training curriculum: a global trainee's perspective

Sundar Gnanavel et al. BJPsych Int. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;17(3):69-71.

doi: 10.1192/bji.2020.8.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ MD, MRCPsych, Higher Trainee, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Tees, Esk and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, UK. Email: sundar221103@yahoo.com.
² MD, Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Nepal.
³ MD, Postgraduate student, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic.
⁴ Psychiatry Trainee, Department of Psychiatry, Benito Menni Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.
⁵ MD, Consultant Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁶ MD, Medical Assistant, Department of Psychiatry, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
⁷ MSc, Lead Clinician, Department of Psychiatry, Konfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.
⁸ SpKJ(K), Lecturer, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
⁹ MD, Graduate student, Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
¹⁰ FRANZCP, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Women's and Children's Health Network, Adelaide, Australia.
¹¹ MD, Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Kyoto City Child Welfare Centre, Japan.
¹² MD, Medical Doctor, Department of Psychiatry, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kiev, Ukraine.
¹³ DNB, Consultant, Satguru Mind Care Centre, Mumbai, India.
¹⁴ MD, Psychiatry Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Drexel University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA.
¹⁵ Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Trainee, Department of Psychiatry, Erciyes University Hospital, Turkey.
¹⁶ MD, Lecturer, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
¹⁷ MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
¹⁸ Senior Resident, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru, India.
¹⁹ Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
²⁰ ST5 Higher Trainee, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

PMID: 34287415
PMCID: PMC8281122
DOI: 10.1192/bji.2020.8

Abstract

This article is a summary of perspectives on training curricula from child and adolescent psychiatry trainees globally. We aimed to identify the relative strengths, weaknesses and gaps in learning needs from a trainee's perspective. The 20 early-career child psychiatrists who contributed are from 16 countries and represent all the five continents. We could identify some global challenges as well as local/regional challenges that need to be addressed to develop competent child psychiatrists.

Keywords: Child psychiatry; curriculum development; education and training.

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