Pediatric Psychology Track
APPIC Program Match Number 150912
| Track Coordinator: | Anthony Alioto, Ph.D. Email: Anthony.Alioto@NationwideChildrens.org Phone: (614) 722-4700 |
Inpatient Consultation/Liaison
A central clinical experience for all Pediatric Psychology Track interns is the consultation/liaison service. Inpatient consultations reflect the diversity of the Nationwide Children's Hospital general pediatric mandate and are received from various services, including the Burn Unit, Hematology/Oncology, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Pulmonary, Gastroenterology, Neurology, NICU/PICU, and Endocrinology. The Department of Psychology completes around 1600 inpatient consultations per year.
Inpatient consultation requests may involve developing a feeding program or pain management strategies, a diagnostic assessment, behavioral interventions to improve disease self-management, facilitating patient and family adjustment to a medical diagnosis, or coordinating a family meeting to discuss discharge and aftercare plans.
Faculty distributes consults so that over the course of the year, interns are exposed to patients of different ages and presenting problems. For the first half of the year, interns attend consultation/liaison rounds once per week. Interns manage approximately 125 medical consultations during the course of the year.
Outpatient Therapy
Interns maintain an outpatient treatment caseload of approximately 8-10 outpatients. Referrals are varied and include children and adolescents with difficulties secondary to chronic illness, feeding disorders, adjustment difficulties, functional disorders, behavioral problems, and family difficulties.
Psychological Assessment
Pediatric Psychology Track interns complete approximately two supervised psychological assessments each month. Referral questions typically include school placement, developmental delays, behavioral problems, and the effects of chronic illness on cognitive and emotional functioning. Other opportunities for assessment may include more medically-oriented evaluations such as pre-surgical assessments. Interns complete at least 20 separate psychological assessments during the internship year. Those 20 assessments include at least one child from each of the following age ranges: preschool, school-age, and adolescent.
Neuropsychological assessment experience may be available to the pediatric psychology track intern, depending on the intern’s interests and prior experience. Interns are expected to complete one assessment every 3 weeks, for a total of 15 assessments during the training year. They also attend the weekly Neuropsychology Seminar.
Hours
Pediatric psychology interns work five days per week, although rotating responsibility for coverage of weekend consultations is necessary. Hours worked per week vary, but are generally 40-50, depending on case load, special interests, and consultation coverage.
| Pediatric Psychology Track Sample Weekly Schedule |
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