Delaware ‐based health system to add psychiatry residency program

Christiana Care Health System, based in Wilmington, Delaware, has added a psychiatry residency program to help meet behavioral health needs in its community, officials announced in a Nov. 15 press release. The new program will take four new residents each year, for a total of 16. Sana Sharma, M.D., one of Christiana Care's first psychiatry residents, and three other doctors started the four ‐year psychiatry residency in July 2018. While new to Christiana Care, it is not the health care system's first residency. Christiana Care has more than 100 years of experience in postgraduate medical education, and there are 15 other residencies. The new program, which is accredited by the Accred itation Council for Graduate Medical Education, meets a pressing need. “The demand for services — both in Delaware and across the United States — far exceeds the supply of psychiatry physicians, particularly given the rise in addiction and the aging population,” said Linda J. Lang, M.D., cha ir of the Department of Psychiatry and medical director of the Behavioral Health Service Line at Christiana Care Health System. The psychiatry residents spend the first two years focusing on inpatient settings. During the second year, they will gain experience in outpatient psychiatry, which becomes more intensive in the third and fourth years. Residents take electives in their fourth year to get more training in areas that need well‐trained specialists, such as addiction psychiatry, community and...
Source: Mental Health Weekly - Category: Psychiatry Tags: State News Source Type: research