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A Practical Approach to Implementing the Core Competencies in a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Program

Received February 27, 2006; revised July 20, 2006; accepted September 12, 2006. Dr. Dingle is affiliated with the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Sexson is affiliated with the Division of Child, Adolescent, and Family Psychiatry, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia. Address correspondence to Dr. Dingle, 1256 Briarcliff Road Northeast, #317 South, Atlanta, GA 30306; adingle{at}emory.edu (e-mail).

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. METHOD: 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.

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