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Hey everyone,
I'm a PGY3 and there is an opening for a child psych spot at a local university, and I am conflicted. I do enjoy my child outpatient days, particularly teenagers struggling with trauma, eating disorders, depression and anxiety; but I also find it exhausting. And I am not a big fan of autism. I also find parents exhausting, and that every patient visit takes forever due to overbearing parents. I haven't had any inpatient child experience either.
I guess the pros are that it would leave me fellowship trained, which would increase my value in the job market. I am in the midwest and would like to go to a bigger, warm city that is probably already saturated. I enjoy psychodynamic psychoanalysis and I feel attachment styles are so important, and that this interest would benefit child patients more than adult patients in leading to better overall life quality. But I am primarily concerned/interested in the additional opportunities a CAP fellowship would allow me.
Can anyone share some thoughts, insights, or other things to consider? I Have to make a decision pretty soon. Thanks.
I'm a PGY3 and there is an opening for a child psych spot at a local university, and I am conflicted. I do enjoy my child outpatient days, particularly teenagers struggling with trauma, eating disorders, depression and anxiety; but I also find it exhausting. And I am not a big fan of autism. I also find parents exhausting, and that every patient visit takes forever due to overbearing parents. I haven't had any inpatient child experience either.
I guess the pros are that it would leave me fellowship trained, which would increase my value in the job market. I am in the midwest and would like to go to a bigger, warm city that is probably already saturated. I enjoy psychodynamic psychoanalysis and I feel attachment styles are so important, and that this interest would benefit child patients more than adult patients in leading to better overall life quality. But I am primarily concerned/interested in the additional opportunities a CAP fellowship would allow me.
Can anyone share some thoughts, insights, or other things to consider? I Have to make a decision pretty soon. Thanks.