Clinical Practicum 1- Sold Out
Pediatric Psychosomatic Medicine
Co-Chairs: David R. DeMaso, M.D. and Steven Schlozman, M.D.
Tuesday, October 23
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (ticket)
Each Clinical Practicum is limited to 30 AACAP members.
Sponsored by the AACAP Local Arrangements Committee
Pediatric psychosomatic medicine refers to the specialized area of psychiatry whose practitioners have expertise in the diagnosis and management of emotional disorders and difficulties with physically ill children. Attendees go onsite at both Children’s Hospital Boston and Massachusetts General Hospital to participate in case-based interactive educational presentations that illustrate pragmatic consultation-liaison approaches to children and adolescents in the pediatric setting. Didactic presentations, including an update on the new AACAP Practice Parameters on the Assessment and Management of Physically Ill Children and Adolescents, supplement the practicum.
Clinical Practicum 2
Violence Risk Assessment Testimony: Expert Witness and Legal Perspectives
Chair: Don Condie, M.D.
Tuesday, October 23
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (ticket)
Each Clinical Practicum is limited to 30 AACAP members.
(This Clinical Practicum will be held at the Sheraton Boston Hotel)
Sponsored by the AACAP Local Arrangements Committee
The objective of this Clinical Practicum is to acquaint child and adolescent psychiatrists who are acting as expert witnesses in the legal system with the standards of proof, methods, and possible legal complications (including later tort liability) when testimony is given regarding violence risk in children and adolescents. The practicum takes place at the Sheraton Boston Hotel and covers the standard methods of risk assessment, standards of proof and admissibility, techniques for effective testimony (and practices to avoid), as well as traditional concepts of expert witness immunity and how a variety of factors have led to the erosion of this immunity. These factors include the proliferation of experts, the inadequacy of traditional safeguards of potential prosecution for perjury and cross-examination, the growth of attorney malpractice, the lack of protection of the injured party from unscrupulous witnesses, and the evolving interpretation of Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals.
Clinical Practicum 3 - Sold Out
Eating Disorders
Chair: David Herzog, M.D.
Co-Coordinators: Henrietta Cooper, M.D. and Thomas Weigel, M.D.
Tuesday, October 23
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (ticket)
Each Clinical Practicum is limited to 30 AACAP members.
Sponsored by the AACAP Local Arrangements Committee
This practicum, which takes place at the Klarman Eating Disorders Center, on the campus of McLean Hospital, focuses on the practical treatment of children and teenagers with eating disorders. Patient cases from Children’s Hospital Boston and from the Klarman Center are presented with discussion of the cases from various vantage points.
In the morning, a case from Children’s Hospital is presented, including information regarding inpatient and outpatient treatment by the primary care physician, psychiatrist, and other team members involved. As a contrast to the care of a patient in an academic setting, we explore how this same patient would be treated in a setting outside a major metropolitan area. The day includes a panel discussion of treatment considerations for a variety of other types of patients, including younger children, boys, as well as girls, and college students. If the patient requires more intensive care than outpatient treatment, then the transition to a setting such as a residential or partial hospital program is considered. In the afternoon session this scenario is explored at the Klarman Eating Disorders Center where participants are introduced to the McLean Program and tour the facility.
