Preceptors: Qortni Lang, MD, Qortni.Lang@NYULangone.org and Annie Li, MD, Annie.Li@NYULangone.org
Contact: Jeffery Sanchez, Jeffery.Sanchez@NYULangone.org
Telephone: 646-754-4845

Prerequisites: None

Who should enroll in this elective?

Students who are considering Psychiatry as a career, especially interest in working with pediatric population.

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

Students who are simply interested in this clinical area

Clinical sites

The Child Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (C-CPEP) at Bellevue Hospital

• Emergency room evaluations
• Extended Observation Unit
• Pediatric Interim Crisis Clinic

Description

This is a 2-week elective that seeks to introduce students to the field of psychiatry, through the child and adolescent psychiatry emergency psychiatry service. Students will be rotating in the Bellevue C-CPEP, a clinical program that provides immediate psychiatric evaluation and treatment to all children and adolescents (aged 17 and under) who present to Bellevue Hospital’s Pediatric Emergency Service (PES). In addition, the program also provides ongoing outpatient psychiatric care in the short term Interim Crisis Clinic for patients discharged following their psychiatric assessments not in need of inpatient hospitalization. Students will gain increased knowledge of psychopathology, psychiatric diagnosis, psychiatric emergencies, and psychotherapeutics that are unique to the child and adolescent population, and become familiarized with community resources geared for youths in the New York City area. Students will have an opportunity to participate in care of youths and families with close supervision from child psychiatry fellows and attendings. 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 emergency setting and brief outpatient follow up
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 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
Psychiatric Grand Rounds: Thursdays, 11am – Noon (zoom meeting)

Weekly schedule

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
CCPEP or Pediatric Interim Crisis Clinic- Bellevue	CCPEP or Pediatric Interim Crisis Clinic- Bellevue	CCPEP or Pediatric Interim Crisis Clinic- Bellevue	PGY2 Didactics Grand Rounds	CCPEP or Pediatric Interim Crisis Clinic- Bellevue Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Grand Rounds

Method of evaluation

Students will be evaluated by faculty, residents, Dr. Lang and Dr. Li.

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 an emergency psychiatry topic on one of the days during two week selective

Scheduling information

Duration: 2 Weeks

Months/Blocks Offered: 2 weeks in March, 2 weeks in June

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

On day 1, students report to: Qortni Lang, MD, or Annie Li, MD

Child CPEP, Bellevue Hospital (Ground Floor of H building – Across from MRI Suite)
462 First Avenue
New York, NY 10016

Students per elective block: 1