Neurodevelopmental Mental Health and Behaviour Fellowship

Overview

The Neurodevelopmental Mental Health and Behaviour Fellowship is an additional year of fellowship training created for the purpose of enhancing skills in assessing and managing neurodevelopmental, mental health and behavioural challenges in children and youth with differences in brain development. Differences in brain developmental may occur due to genetic mutations; prenatal or perinatal infection, exposures or injury; acquired brain injury; stroke and chronic; and/or complex medical conditions or intervention.

Goals of this training program are to build competency in practice for residents after final year of training and completion of board certification in pediatric neurology, general pediatrics or child and adolescent psychiatry to be able to support the mental health and behaviour of children with complex medical presentations.

There will be no call requirements for this program.

Curriculum

Required Training Experiences

  • Brain Injury Clinic (1 block minimum
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (1 block minimum)
  • School Age Neurodevelopmental Assessment (3 blocks)
  • Infant and Preschool Neurodevelopmental Assessment (3 blocks)
  • Genetics (2 weeks minimum)
  • Metabolics (2 week minimum)

Optional Longitudinal Experiences

  • Neurodevelopmental and Autism assessment in pre-school and school-age children
  • Brain Injury Clinic
  • Northern Neonatal Follow-up Clinic
  • Complex Therapies Clinic
  • Continuity Clinic in Behaviour and Mental Health Management
  • Outpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinics
  • Circle of Security Groups
  • Behaviour Parenting Skills Groups
  • Stollery Neurodevelopmental Care
  • 91ÒùĸÊÓƵ
  • Educational Scholarship
  • Feeding Clinic
  • Pediatric Community Rehabilitation

Optional Single Block Opportunities

  • Psychiatry Consult-Liason
  • Indigenous Health and Wellbeing
  • Adolescent Medicine Clinic
  • Genomic Psychiatry Clinic
  • Genetics
  • Electives
  • Outpatient Neurology Clinics

Clinical learning will be enhanced by educational experiences.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Canadian medical graduates ONLY
  • Eligible for or have passed the Royal College examination in Pediatric Neurology, General Pediatrics or Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • FRCPC or equivalent medical qualification

Funding

Qualified candidates are eligible for one year of fellowship funding, in addition to conference and travel support.

Application Process

Interested candidates are invited to submit the following documents

  • Letter of intent (maximum 1000 words)
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Names and contact information for three confidential referees (one of whom must be a current program director)

Applications should be submitted by email to:

Pediatric Fellowships Medical Education Program Coordinator (MEPC)
Email: pedfello@ualberta.ca