Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Welcome to our Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program!
Our fellowship program in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is a 2-year fellowship offered to international medical graduates (IMGs) who have completed or will be completing, their specialty training in psychiatry. IMGs must be fully sponsored by their home country or institution and be highly proficient in written and oral English.
The training program provides high caliber clinical and didactic training in child and adolescent psychiatry. Fellows will receive a strong foundation in the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with complex psychiatric presentations. Fellows are also supported in the completion of scholarly work in the area of child and adolescent mental health, as well as the optimization of their teaching and leadership skills.
Training Sites
The primary training site is the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), a tertiary care, free standing children's hospital serving a referral population of over 1,500,000. CHEO will provide an excellent patient volume and clinical diversity on the inpatient and outpatient services, The Youth Program at the Royal Mental Health Care Center will also provide clinical education for fellows and is one of Canada’s foremost mental health care centres serving youth ages 16 yrs and older with complex or persistent mental illness.
Eligibility
To be accepted, an applicant must meet the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) Faculty of Medicine Post-Graduate Education Departments’ eligibility criteria. Candidates will be required to demonstrate strong skills in oral and written English and have had some previous training in psychotherapy. Preference will be given to those who have had experience in the North American health care system through observerships or direct care clinical experiences.
Application Process
If interested, please use the UOttawa Fellowship Application System for International Medical Graduates. Feel free to contact me with any questions at the email below.
Contact Information
Leanna Isserlin, MD, FRCPCFellowship Director – Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
uOttawa Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of MedicineWork E-mail: lisserlin@cheo.on.ca
Office: 613-737-7600 x 5895