USC ELECTIVE

Institutions: USC SOM Neuropsychiatry Specialty Clinic                           15 Medical Park, Suite 141

William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute                                                     Cottage C Child and Adolescent Outpatient Clinic 

Duration: 4 weeks

Course Offered: August through May

Number of Students: 2

Students Report To: Laura Shaver-Hast, 15 Medical Park, Suite 141, (803) 434-4221 or cell (803) 960-9547

Objectives: 

1) Students will acquire basic knowledge in child development and childhood psychopathology

. 2) Students will be exposed to clinical interviewing, diagnosis, and short-term treatment interventions in a  variety of child and adolescent patients. 

3) The students will be exposed to important areas of child and adolescent psychiatric research and relevant scientific literature.

 This elective provides supervised clinical educational experiences in child and adolescent psychiatry with the focus on an out-patient setting. The student will be involved in diagnostic evaluations treatment of outpatients. Learning activities may include student participation in the following areas: Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry Outpatient Clinic, Infant and Early Childhood Assessment Clinic, Developmental Disorders Clinic, Medication Management Clinic and Assessment Resource Center. Clinical experiences will be individualized based on the interests of each student. Case conferences, didactic teaching and individual study will be used to supplement the experience.