Sponsored by the Work Group on Training and Education

Teaching for Success: Leadership and Skill-Building in Child Psychiatric Education
Thursday, October 25
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (open)

The most effective educators must realize a leadership role, and in this capacity, educators have considerable influence over not only what our students or trainees learn, but perhaps more importantly, how they learn.

Program Description
Effective teaching is a critical component of conveying the depth, complexity, fascination, creativity, and fun of our field to medical students and others to augment recruitment into the field. There is a science, as well as an art, to teaching, learning, and education that enhances effective communication in all spheres: from one-on-one supervision to media bites and telecommunications. The hope is that the AACAP membership will benefit from this intensive “Teach the Teachers” enterprise through an ongoing sharing of expertise and collaborative educational initiatives.

This presentation is an intensive 4-hour experience to present the scientific backdrop for teaching effective communication and leadership skills, followed by breakout workshops focused on specific teaching skills. The program begins with a one-hour plenary address by an internationally known leader in the field of education and leadership development to provide an overview of the power of effective communication and leadership that emanates from the skill of converting deeply held principles, convictions, and expertise into active teaching, education, and goal-oriented systems development.

Following the plenary, there will be two breakout workshops to allow members to discuss in more depth and gain skills in two areas of effective communication and teaching. Both workshops will be interactive, participatory, skill-building sessions using a variety of teaching strategies.

Workshop #1
Superior Supervision in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: How to Get There This workshop focuses on the most effective methods of transmitting information and assisting the student in skill-building through supervision.

Workshop #2
Teaching to the Student: Effective and Innovative Strategies This workshop, beginning with a review of student learning styles, will focus on the most effective methods to teach based on the outcome goals of the educational enterprise. As with any skill, utilizing effective techniques and personalizing these to an individual’s strengths and personal style optimizes skill acquisition.

Audience
This session is meant for all child and adolescent psychiatrists who are involved with teaching any level of trainee or professional and are a result of the AACAP Harvard Macy Physician Educator Program.

2007 Training Forum: The Future of the Child Psychiatry Board Examination
Thursday, October 25
4:00 – 6:00 p.m. (open)

• Understandwhy the ABPNlive-patient interviewwill come to an end.
• Consider how training programs will test interviewing skills.
• Understand how the new ABPN exam will likely be structured.
• Discover the advantages of the proposed future ABPN exam.

Proposed changes are just a few years away, so Larry Faulkner, M.D. and the ABPN are interested in early feedback and ideas from those involved in child psychiatry training.

This is your chance to improve your knowledge about the future exam, to ask important questions, and to explore ideas with representatives from the ABPN. They want to keep you in the loop!

There is also an update on Integrated Programs and the new Post-Pediatrics Psychiatry Pilot Program!

Training Directors Reception and Dinner
Thursday, October 25
6:30 – 9:00 p.m. (ticket)

Tickets are $75 by September 17 or $110 after September 17.

This year, AACAP is again offering a FREE reception and dinner ticket to every training director who enrolls all of his or her fellows as AACAP members by September 3.

For complete details, contact Sha’Dana Cleaver at 202.966.7300, ext. 111 or scleaver@aacap.org.

The Resident as a Teacher: Building Skills for Residency and Beyond
Friday, October 26
9:30 – 11:30 a.m. (open)

This teaching seminar provides an introduction to principles that are directly applicable to the teaching and supervision of junior residents and medical students. Recently graduated trainees describe their own teaching experiences, and training directors of large child and adolescent psychiatry training programs offer their insight and experience followed by group discussion.

Also sponsored by the AACAP Committee on Medical Students, Residents, and Early Career Psychiatrists