A practical approach to implementing the core competencies in a child and adolescent psychiatry residency program.
OBJECTIVE
The authors describe the development and implementation of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's core competencies in a child and adolescent psychiatry residency program.


METHODS
The authors identify the program's organizational approach and participants and detail various strategies and methods of defining, describing, and utilizing the core competencies, with an emphasis on using practical, easily employed techniques within existing systems and structures.


RESULTS
Using this approach to developing and implementing the core competencies was effective and accepted well by the participants.


CONCLUSIONS
Existing program structures and systems can be used successfully to develop and implement the core competencies in a residency program.
Dingle
Arden D
AD
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. adingle@emory.edu
Sexson
Sandra B
SB
D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005845:Georgia; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development / Q000592:standards; D012015:Reference Standards