| Our Track numbers are as follows: | ||
| NMS Code # | Track | |
| 138112 | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Pediatric Neuropsychology | |
| 138113 | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Pediatric Psychology | |
| 138114 | Pediatric Psychology - Pediatric Neuropsychology | |
Supervised experiences are available for diagnostic, treatment, and consultation activities with a broad range of medical, neurological, psychological and psychiatric disorders. The rotations vary in terms of the specific training and research opportunities available to interns. The Internship provides collegial contact with medical and psychological staffs, students, and postdoctoral fellows in diverse health professions. A rich mix of multidisciplinary activities may afford contact with professionals in chaplaincy, chemical dependency counseling, genetics counseling, medicine, nursing, nutrition, social work, occupational therapy, physical therapy, schools, special education, and vocational counseling.
The UMAHC is a world class academic health center at the leading edge of health care and is part of a major research university. The UMAHC is on the East Bank campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Minnesota. The AHC includes the Medical School, the School of Dentistry, the School of Nursing, the College of Pharmacy, the School of Public Health, the Allied Health Programs, and numerous teaching hospitals and clinics. The Internship is offered through the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health within the Department of Pediatrics of the University of Minnesota Medical School. Dan Kohen, M.D. oversees Behavioral Pediatrics in the Division of General Pediatrics and John Schreiber, M.D. heads the Department of Pediatrics. Deborah Powell M.D., is the Dean of the Medical School. William Robiner, Ph.D., A.B.P.P. is the Internship Director.
The University of Minnesota Medical School is highly ranked nationally among the Big 10 (11) medical schools and in federal research grants and contracts. The Department of Pediatrics is one of the largest Pediatrics Departments in the nation and offers a wide range of general and specialty pediatric services. The U.S. News and World Report ranking of hospitals ranked the University of Minnesota Hospital among the best hospitals in the United States for Cancer, Ear, Nose and Throat, Geriatrics, Hormonal disorders, Kidney, Neurology/neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Gynecology, Urology, and Respiratory Disorders. The web site for UMAHC is www.ahc.umn.edu.
The University of Minnesota ranks highly in terms of clinical research publications, research and development expenditures and federal funding, industry-sponsored research, patents issued to U.S. universities, and number of doctorates awarded. It has one of the largest library collections in the country. Its programs in psychology, law, engineering, agriculture, business administration, and other scientific and professional areas consistently rank among the best in the country.
In January, 1997 the University of Minnesota Hospital merged with Fairview Riverside Medical Center of the Fairview Health System to create Fairview-University Medical Center (F-UMC), which was re-named the University of Minnesota Medical Center (UMMC) in 2005. The University of Minnesota Hospital had provided health care, education, and pioneering research since 1911. It serves local, statewide, national, and international patients, offering 150 general and specialized clinics, and providing approximately 325,000 patient visits annually. It is particularly noted for advances in organ and bone marrow transplantation, cancer, cardiac care, cystic fibrosis, infectious disease and neurosurgical and orthopedic care. The University of Minnesota Hospital was the site of the first successful heart-lung machine, adult and pediatric open heart surgeries, artificial heart valve replacement, implantable drug pump, pediatric bone marrow transplant, pediatric hemodialysis, cystic fibrosis vest, total body CT scanner, liver transplant for a pregnant woman, and numerous other innovations. It currently supports the world s largest kidney transplantation program, with a record of nearly 6,000 transplants. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) was developed at the University of Minnesota Hospital. The Personality Inventory for Children (PIC) and several other psychological measures have been developed by faculty associated with the Internship. The University of Minnesota and the Medical School are renowned for pioneering studies of twins.
The clinical and didactic activities of the Internship are integrated into both campuses of The University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview. The current main facility opened in 1986. It has 450 inpatient beds, and includes state of the art diagnostic and therapeutic facilities. The outpatient clinic complex, the Phillips-Wangensteen Building, opened in 1979. The University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview (University Campus) and the UMAHC are on the East bank of the Mississippi River. Outpatient activities and inpatient psychiatric services recently were developed at the The University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview's Riverside Campus, which is on the West bank of the Mississippi River. The Department of Psychiatry moved its offices and outpatient activities to newly renovated space on the Riverside Campus in 1999. In general, inpatient medical services (other than obstetrics and rehabilitation) are on the University campus and inpatient psychiatric services are on the Riverside campus. The Division of General Pediatrics has clinic space in the Gateway Building as well as the Phillips-Wangensteen Building. In 2002, implementation of an electronic medical record (EMR) began in the outpatient clinics. A free shuttle service (approximately every 10 minutes) provides transportation for staff and trainees between the sites on the east and west sides of the Mississippi.
Graduates of the program pursue a range of professional activities, generally in healthcare. In addition to numerous interns who have obtained Pediatric Neuropsychology fellowship positions at the University of Minnesota Medical School, interns have pursued postdoctoral fellowships at: Brown University School of Medicine, Children's Medical Center of Minnesota; Children¿s National Medical Center in the District of Columbia, Dana Farber Cancer Institute of Harvard University, Kennedy Krieger Institute at Johns Hopkins University, Memorial Sloan Kettering, MD Anderson Medical Center in Houston, Children's Medical Center of Texas, the University of Florida Health Science Center, University of Michigan Medical School; Washington University School of Medicine, and Yale School of Medicine.
The mission of The University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview is to improve health, both individual and collective, of the communities it serves. It is committed to benefiting the whole person, providing the finest in health care, and addressing the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of patients and their families. Along with its partners within the Fairview Health System, The University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, is renowned for excellent clinical care and community health services integrated with education and research to help individuals, families, and communities continually optimize their health throughout all stages of life.
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