General Goals and Objectives
For Year 1
In Year 1, the resident must demonstrate the following knowledge, skills and attitudes in
addition to the six core competencies outlined in the following section including: patient care,
medical knowledge, interpersonal and communication skills, practice-based learning,
professionalism and systems-based practice.

Knowledge
In Year 1, the resident must demonstrate increasing knowledge in the following areas:

1. Normal and abnormal development in infancy through adulthood
   
   
2. The full spectrum of psychopathology in children, adolescents and families,
   including all DSM IV TR conditions
   
   
3. Methods of performing complete outpatient assessments of children, adolescents and
   families, including the use of a range of interview techniques and the range of ancillary
   laboratory, medical and psychological tests used in data gathering
   
   
4. The indications, contraindications and possible adverse effects of the full spectrum of treatment modalities that may be used for children, adolescents and families, including both long-term and brief individual therapy, supportive therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, crisis intervention, family therapy, group therapy, cognitive-behavior therapy, phramacotherapy and combined psychotherapy and psychopharmacology
   
   
5. The role and functions of consultation to pediatrics, schools and courts
   
   
6. The basic information presented in the Year 1 clinical and didactic curriculum of the training program, augmented by self-directed learning in biological, social and clinical sciences related to child and adolescent psychiatry. The goals and objectives of all clinical and didactic seminars are distributed in the Orientation Manual and at the beginning of every rotation and seminar
   
   
7. Principles of cultural differences in patients
   
   
8. Principles of medical ethics in care of children, adolescents and families in multiple settings
   
   

The system of health care as it pertains to children, adolescents and families, including
the role and function of community and state agencies


Skills
In Year 1, the resident must demonstrate increasing skill in each of the following areas:

1. Assessment of children, adolescents and families in a range of settings, including the
   outpatient clinic, emergency room, inpatient and partial hospital units
   
   
2. Ability to develop a comprehensive differential diagnosis and multimodal treatment plan
   for children, adolescents and families, including use of appropriate laboratory, medical
   and psychological examinations
   
   
3. Ability to assess, discuss, document and intervene comprehensively concerning
   the patient’s potential for self-harm or harm to others
   
   
4. Ability to conduct therapeutic interviews with children, adolescents and families
   
   
5. Ability to conduct a range of therapies, including individual brief and long-term
   psychotherapy, supportive therapy, family therapy, group therapy, psychodynamic
   psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, combined psychotherapy and
   psychopharmacology
   
   
6. Ability to provide consultation effectively to pediatrics, schools and courts
   
   
7. Ability to evaluate and conduct emergency interventions in a range of settings, including outpatient clinics, pediatric wards, the emergency room, inpatient and partial hospital settings
   
   
8. Ability to conduct assessments and treatments within a continuum of care
   
   
9. Ability to conduct assessments and treatments with diverse populations of children,
   adolescents and families, with attention to differences in age, gender, race, culture and
   socioeconomic status
   
   
   Attitudes
   In Year 1, the resident must demonstrate the attitudes indicated in the six core competencies.