Triple Board AI

DESCRIPTION

The Triple Board (TB) Acting Internship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has been designed to provide the interested medical student with an exposure to the interface of pediatrics and child and adolescent psychiatry. 

This four week acting  internship will focus primarily on the psychiatric consultation-liaison service at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.  This service provides inpatient consultation to a wide variety of general and specialty pediatric services within this large pediatric hospital. Acting interns will see patients and present them to one of a team of child psychiatrists and psychologists who work in this setting.  In addition to this primary focus, acting interns will also participate in clinical and educational activities specific to either pediatrics or psychiatry.  He/she will attend the Tuesday pediatric outpatient continuity clinic and the Thursday child psychiatry outpatient continuity clinic designated for the Triple Board residents. 

Special opportunities may also be available for acting interns who have a particular area of interest such as child advocacy, eating disorders or children with affective and anxiety disorders. Particular areas of interest should be conveyed to the Medical Student Education Coordinator and every effort will be made to accommodate that request.  Lastly, acting interns will participate in the daily pediatric noon conference, psychiatry didactics (on Thursday afternoons), and both pediatric and psychiatry grand round series.

This Active Internship can prepare a medical student for combined Pediatrics/Adult Psychiatry/Child and Adolescent Psychiatry residency programs.  We hope this broad exposure will pique one’s interest in Triple Board Training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, an exciting and diverse training program. 

OBJECTIVES

1. Develop psychiatric assessment and interviewing skills applicable to pediatric medical settings
2. Verbalize the complex interplay between subjective distress, physical disease, and psychiatric disorders
3. State modes of adaptation for children and families confronted with physical illness, including those struggling with medically unexplained physical symptoms
4. Management of pediatric psychiatric problems, including formulating initial treatment plans
5. Verbalize principles of consultation/liaison with healthcare professionals in pediatric medical setting

Expectations for the Month

• Perform new patient and follow-up consultations at CHP, providing documentation and other necessary care (collateral, record review etc.)
• Attend clinical and educational department-wide and site-specific events
• Work with a current TB residents in a variety of clinical settings

Core activities

• Behavioral Health C&L Service at CHP (Dr. Viveca Meyer/Dr. Roberto Ortiz)
• CHP Primary Care Center- Oakland (5th Year TB Residents)
• Center For Children and Families- Oakland (Dr. Viveca Meyer)
• Psychiatric Didactics- WPIC

Special Opportunities

• Behavioral Sleep Clinic (provides comprehensive evaluation and treatment of pediatric sleep problems)
• Center for Problem Eating Inpatient Unit (provides comprehensive assessment and treatment for patients at any stage of an eating disorder)
• Child Advocacy Center (provides comprehensive evaluations for children and adolescents who may be victims of physical or sexual abuse, or neglect)
• Diagnostic Evaluation Center (provide crisis intervention, comprehensive mental health and substance abuse evaluations, referral to outpatient providers/services, facilitation of inpatient admissions)
• Medical Coping Clinic (evaluation and treatment of children and adolescents with IBD and a broad range of emotional and behavioral problems. 
• Solid Organ Transplant Program (evaluation and intervention of children who are candidates for or have previously received solid organ transplant)
• Weight Management and Wellness Clinic (provides a comprehensive evaluation and treatment planning by a multidisciplinary team for overweight youth)

Sample Schedule (will vary with availability and student’s interests)

Sites

Resources

Further information may be obtained by contacting:

Sansea Jacobson, M.D.
Director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training
Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic
University of Pittsburgh
3811 O'Hara Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
(412) 246-5422
Email: jacobsonsl@upmc.edu