Post-Pediatric Portal Program virtual information session - Nov 10, 2020

[Silverhand]

The Post-Pediatric Portal Program (PPPP) is a 3 year accredited fellowship that allows pediatricians and pediatric residents to be board certified in general/adult AND child/adolescent psychiatry. As anyone who works in peds knows, there is a severe shortage of child/adolescent psychiatrists (CAP) and this was created as an alternative pathway to traditional training in order to increase the number of board-trained psychiatrists.

It's essentially similar to the Triple Board residency, but is for people who did a categorical pediatric residency.

There are currently 4 programs and they are:
- Case Western Reserve University at University Hospitals / Rainbow Babies Children's Hospital
- University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
- Medical College of Georgia at Children's Hospital of Georgia
- University of Pennsylvania / Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The programs are having a virtual information session on Tuesday Nov 10, 2020 from 7:00 - 8:30 pm EST with the current and recently graduated fellows for any residents / pediatricians wanting to know more.

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[WheezyBaby]

Not personally interested, but had no idea this was a thing, thanks for sharing! Glad I can be aware of it to share the info for people who may be

 

[NurWollen]

I'm already in another subspecialty but I'm just curious.... these programs have to be mighty competitive, right?

 

[Silverhand]

I'm already in another subspecialty but I'm just curious.... these programs have to be mighty competitive, right?

Not as much as you'd think, given that most peds residents aren't as interested in psych over other peds sub-specialties (after all, they do peds residency for a reason), but that is probably changing with the increasingly competitive barriers to get into psych in general.