ACE: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Consult-Liaison

School of Medicine

This advanced clerkship introduces medical students to the clinical practice of consultation-liaison (CL) psychiatry, focusing on the care of children and adolescents within an academic medical center. Under supervision, students will evaluate and manage patients presenting with psychiatric conditions in the inpatient medical setting. Students will gain exposure to a wide range of psychiatric presentations, including but not limited to delirium, catatonia, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, somatic symptom disorders, trauma- and stressor-related disorders, psychosis, neurodevelopmental disorders, substance use disorders, and eating disorders. Throughout the rotation, students will participate in a multidisciplinary care environment, developing essential skills in liaising and collaborating with patients, families, and other healthcare team members to establish and achieve shared treatment goals. Additionally, students will select a topic of interest related to pediatric consultation-liaison psychiatry and deliver a brief presentation to the CL team, fostering deeper engagement with the subject matter.