6.11 Identifying Pediatric Patients With Behavioral Health Disorders in a Primary Care Outpatient Clinic

Refining training opportunities for pediatric and psychiatric residents and fellows within an integrated healthcare model

“…The final modification was to first assess how pediatricians and pediatric residents treat mental illness in their respective outpatient clinics in our Academic setting and propose changes to the education experience based on their feedback. To examine this, pediatric attending physicians and pediatric residents completed an anonymous and voluntary investigator-designed online survey hosted by RED Cap as previously reported by our group [6]. Results of the survey indicated that ADHD was identified as the most commonly diagnosed and treated mental illness (Figure 1); and methylphenidate was the most commonly prescribed medication (Figure 2) among the pediatricians.…”