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Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
Plato
As we embark on our 19th academic year we welcome you to the Residency Training Program in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at SUNY at Buffalo. The Department of Psychiatry, Chaired by Steven Dubovsky, M.D., and the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, led by Bruce Miller, M.D. have never been stronger. We look forward to providing an outstanding learning environment for residents' professional growth and development. .
While the world in general, and health care in particular continue to swirl around us we still feel that child and adolescent psychiatry affords unique possibilities for deep and positive impact on the lives of children and families. While it is an awesome responsibility, it is equally a noble opportunity. No other medical specialty brings together the whole of a child's mind and body, along with their need for meaningful relatedness. We now know more about children's inner lives, their brains, and effective treatments than ever before. We hope that these next two years will leave you with the tools for a lifetime of professional accomplishment and fulfillment.
The goal of the Residency Training Program in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is to provide for an outstanding environment in which residents can learn to become highly competent, ethical, broad based clinical child and adolescent psychiatrists. Academic rigor, technical skill, and research are highly valued and are well-integrated into our efforts to foster the development of residents' empathy, capacity for leadership and interpersonal relatedness. The program pursues a systemic biopsychosocial approach recognizing that psychotherapeutic skill with children and families, the heart and soul of clinical practice, must be integrated with a strong foundation in psychopharmacology and the neurosciences. While acknowledging the fiscal realities of medical practice today, the impact of managed care, and the need for efficiency and technical expertise, the program holds the doctor-patient relationship as central to all healing. With the completion of training, our goal is for residents to respect their own knowledge base while maintaining a desire to continue their professional and personal development. Residents provide evaluation and treatment to a wide variety of patients and families with differing configurations, cultural/ethnic backgrounds, socioeconomic class, as well as diagnoses. We hope that our residents leave with an appreciation for the richness of cultural experience and for the uniqueness of each family's interactive process. Through this appreciation, one can better understand and intervene in the worlds of children and adolescents.
David L. Kaye, M.D.
Director of Training
dlkaye@buffalo.edu
716-887-5775
July 1, 2009
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