TY - JOUR
T1 - Training of child and adolescent psychiatry fellows in autism and intellectual disability
AU - Marrus, Natasha
AU - Veenstra-Vanderweele, Jeremy
AU - Hellings, Jessica A.
AU - Stigler, Kimberly A.
AU - Szymanski, Ludwik
AU - King, Bryan H.
AU - Carlisle, L. Lee
AU - Cook, Edwin H.
AU - Pruett, John R.
AU - Azeem, Muhammad W.
AU - Barnhill, L. Jarrett
AU - Friedman, Nora
AU - Grelotti, David
AU - Gurumurthy, Sathyan
AU - Handler, Robert
AU - Joshi, Gagan
AU - Kim, Soo Jeong
AU - Kornhaber, Arthur
AU - Liu, Shirley
AU - Mao, Alice
AU - Siegel, Matthew
AU - Sikich, Linmarie
AU - Tsappis, Michael W.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - Patients with autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disability can be clinically complex and often have limited access to psychiatric care. Because little is known about post-graduate clinical education in autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability, we surveyed training directors of child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship programs. On average, child and adolescent psychiatry directors reported lectures of 3 and 4 h per year in autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability, respectively. Training directors commonly reported that trainees see 1-5 patients with autism spectrum disorder or intellectual disability per year for outpatient pharmacological management and inpatient treatment. Overall, 43% of directors endorsed the need for additional resources for training in autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability, which, coupled with low didactic and clinical exposure, suggests that current training is inadequate.
AB - Patients with autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disability can be clinically complex and often have limited access to psychiatric care. Because little is known about post-graduate clinical education in autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability, we surveyed training directors of child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship programs. On average, child and adolescent psychiatry directors reported lectures of 3 and 4 h per year in autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability, respectively. Training directors commonly reported that trainees see 1-5 patients with autism spectrum disorder or intellectual disability per year for outpatient pharmacological management and inpatient treatment. Overall, 43% of directors endorsed the need for additional resources for training in autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability, which, coupled with low didactic and clinical exposure, suggests that current training is inadequate.
KW - autism
KW - education
KW - fellowship training
KW - intellectual disability
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U2 - 10.1177/1362361313477247
DO - 10.1177/1362361313477247
M3 - Article
C2 - 24113341
AN - SCOPUS:84899097619
VL - 18
SP - 471
EP - 475
JO - Autism
JF - Autism
SN - 1362-3613
IS - 4
ER -