Preceptor: Katherine Ort, MD, Katherine.Ort@NYULangone.org
Contact: Jeffrey Sanchez, Jeffrey.Sanchez@NYULangone.org
Telephone: 646-754-4845

Prerequisites: None

Who should enroll in this elective?

Students who are considering Psychiatry as a career

Students who are entering an allied field, such as Neurology, Emergency Medicine or Pediatrics

Students who are simply interested in this clinical area

Clinical sites

• Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone
• Tisch Hospital KiDS of NYU Pediatric Emergency Department
• Bellevue Hospital Pediatrics Inpatient General Pediatrics Unit and ICU

Description

This is a 2-week elective that seeks to introduce students to the field of Psychiatry, though the Child and Adolescent Consult-Liaison Psychiatry service. Students will be expected to gain a broad understanding of the core principles, foundational knowledge, and essential skills relevant to the specialty through encounters with a diverse range of cases reflective of this specialty. The child and adolescent psychiatry consultation-liaison service is an integral part of the pediatric services at Hassenfeld Children’s hospital and Bellevue Hospital. The child and adolescent psychiatry consultation-liaison service performs evaluations, emphasizes short-term treatment interventions with patients and their families, and facilitates referrals for long-term treatment when needed. Students will be exposed to a wide range of child psychopathology and will participate in the detailed diagnostic evaluation that each child or adolescent and his or her family receives. Students will gain an understanding of the treatment techniques used with children, adolescents, and their families through closely supervised opportunities to provide patient care, including individual and family therapy. The clinical experience is enriched by weekly case conferences and didactic seminars. Students will join the PGY-2 didactics on Thursdays in Manhattan, and Psychiatric and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Grand Rounds. Elective objectives are outlined below.

Objectives of the Elective

By the end of this elective, through daily contact with patients and didactics, you will:

1. Gain a deeper understanding of the field of psychiatry, building on your pre-clerkship and if applicable your clerkship experiences, through a broad exposure to pediatric psychiatric disorders
2. Expand your skills in evaluation and management of pediatric patients with acute psychiatric conditions that you may encounter throughout your career, regardless of specialty
3. Learn about specialty-specific history and mental status exams
4. Gain knowledge regarding treatment modalities used to treat pediatric psychiatric disorders in hospital and emergency room settings
5. Gain insight into the interdisciplinary nature of this specialty and how our clinicians interact with other medical disciplines to provide comprehensive patient care
6. Explore the option of Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry as a career choice

Key Responsibilities of the student while on Elective

By enrolling in this elective, you have agreed to:

1. Participate in at least 35 contact hours of education each week
2. Provide communication of any excused absences to the Office of Student Affairs (excused absence form) and to the elective coordinator, in a timely fashion
3. Arrive in a timely fashion to all locations to which you are assigned
4. Participate in daily morning rounds and patient care with residents, fellows and attendings
5. Be an active participant in the care of patients being followed by the team, as dictated by the resident/attending
6. Attend all didactics provided for trainees

Key Responsibilities of the preceptor/residents/faculty while you are on Elective

By accepting your enrollment in this elective, the department has agreed to:

1. Clearly communicate their expectations of you
2. Maintain a supportive clinical learning environment
3. Ensure that you have access to a broad case mix and clinical experience
4. Provide the education necessary for you to gain an understanding of the patients and pathology reflective of this specialty
5. Provide feedback on your clinical skills

Didactic program

PGY-2 didactics: Thursdays, Department of Psychiatry, 1 Park Avenue, 8th Flr, NY, NY
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Grand Rounds: Fridays, 11-Noon (Zoom meeting)
Psychiatric Grand Rounds: Thursdays, 11am – Noon (Zoom meeting)

Weekly schedule

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
CL Service – HCH and Bellevue	CL Service – HCH and Bellevue	CL Service – HCH and Bellevue	PGY2 Didactics Psychiatry Grand Rounds	CL Service – HCH and Bellevue Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Grand Rounds Topic Presentation to Attendings and Fellows

Method of evaluation

Students will be evaluated by faculty, residents, and all attendings on service including Dr. Ort, Dr. Jessica Becker, Dr. Roberta De Oliveira, Dr. Laura Campbell, Dr. Stephanie Caldas and Dr. Sarah Benito-Figueroa.

To receive a Pass for the 2-week elective rotation a student must demonstrate the ability to:

• Take a patient history
• Perform mental status examinations
• Document mental status examinations
• Work professionally with all team members and with patients & families
• Present on a CL psychiatry topic each Friday

Scheduling information

Duration: 2 Weeks

Months Offered: 2 weeks in March and June

Student point of contact before start of elective: Jeffrey Sanchez, Program Coordinator, Jeffrey.Sanchez@NYULangone.org

On day 1, students report to: Dr. Katherine Ort

Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital, 7th Floor
430 E 34th St, New York, NY 10016
917-449-5511

Students per elective block: 1

*This elective is only offered to NYU students.