title: Training residents for rural child psychiatry: defining the objectives.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To discuss the contribution of consultative skills to the practice of child psychiatry and to develop curriculum which enhances the ability of residents to participate in community-based care.
  
  
  METHODS
  The development of a training site for residents and fourth year medical students in a weekly half-day travelling child psychiatry clinic to a rural children's aid society is described. A method of designing educational objectives for community-based training is reviewed and expanded to provide a template for constructing a comprehensive curriculum.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The educational objectives specific to the rural training site chosen are provided and their contribution as a subset of the curriculum is defined.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The authors suggest that a more fulsome discussion of curriculum design and content in the Canadian literature will aid in the development of emerging practice patterns in child psychiatry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leverette
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Massabki
mesh_terms: D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000193:education; D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003479:Curriculum; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D012423:Rural Health