Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship - Curriculum

Rotations

A substantial portion of the Addiction Psychiatry Fellow's time is spent rotating in the Cincinnati Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, one of three VA "National Centers of Excellence in Substance Abuse" in this country. This ensures high-quality patient experiences and teaching. 

These experiences are augmented with significant time spent in a variety of non-VA clinical settings, ensuring adequate exposure to a wide array of demographic populations (school-based prevention, adolescents, women, pregnancy, fee-for-service, etc.).  Very importantly, we ensure that several of these clinics last the whole year of training, to ensure a longitudinal exposure to the patient and her or his addiction-related illness course.

The Addiction Medicine/Research Fellow's time is fairly similar in the first year of the two-year training, with a majority of the second year being spent in research-related activities. However, Year 2 includes continuation of the same year-long clinic experiences from the first year (Buprenorphine, Co-Existing Disorders, Psychotherapy, etc.)—again, ensuring a longitudinal training experience.

• School-based Prevention Rotation 
• Adolescent Rotation 
• Detoxification Rotation 
• Residential Rehabiliation Rotation
• Buprenorphine Clinic
• Methadone Maintenance Clinic Rotation
• Co-Existing Disorders Clinic
• Womens Clinic Rotation
• Maternal-Fetal Rotation
• Women & Family Rotation
• Nicotine Clinic Rotation
• Pain Clinic Rotation
• Consultation & Liason
• Addiction Specialty Psychotherapy Clinic

Didactics

Didactic Curriculum includes a very robust 85 individual lectures divided over six courses within the areas of General Addiction Psychiatry, Neurobiology and Psychopharmacology, Therapeutic Modalities, Special Populations-Special Needs, Administrative Issues and Research.

Textbook

The official textbook for the Addiction Medicine and Addiction Psychiatry Fellowships is Principles of Addiction Medicine (LWW), co-edited by the Training Director. This is the official textbook of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Various other references supplement readings as well, including the American Psychiatric Association's Textbook of Substance Abuse Treatment (APA Press).

• Scholarly Project
• Structured written feedback on rotations
• 360 Degree Feedback Sessions
• Clinical Skills Examinations
• Weekly meetings with the Division Director
• Weekly meetings with the Program Director