title: Developing a psychopathology curriculum during child and adolescent psychiatry residency training: general principles and a problem-based approach.
abstract: Psychopathology is one of the core elements in a curriculum on child and adolescent psychiatry. Because there is no best-evidence model described for teaching this topic, an approach must be developed in each program that meets the standards set out by the Residency Review Committee and fully prepares its graduates to be competent child and adolescent psychiatrists. Methods used for teaching psychopathology may vary widely among programs and should be based on a sound educational rationale and adult learning principles that emphasize life-long, self-directed learning. This article describes an overall approach to curriculum design and expands on the use of problem-based learning as an educational method for teaching psychopathology in a child and adolescent psychiatry residency program.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 1300 Moursund Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Cynthia.W.Santos@uth.tmc.edu
authors.forename: Cynthia W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harper
authors.forename: Ann E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.forename: Sonja L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Randle
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D011599:Psychopathology / Q000193:education*; D013044:Specialty Boards; D014481:United States