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Fellowship and Subspecialty Training
Director: Dr. Sherry James
Fellowship Training Fancy, who will both complete
Fellowship training provides a the program in June 2019. PGY-
trainee the opportunity to develop 4 residents Drs. Vhari James and
expert clinical and/or research Joshua Smalley will also join the child
skills in various areas of psychiatry and adolescent program and are
following residency training. expected to graduate in June 2020.
Dalhousie currently offers fellowship The geriatric psychiatry program
opportunities in the areas of mood will welcome Drs. Ian MacKay and
disorders, early psychosis, intensive Kathleen Singh, who will complete
short-term dynamic psychotherapy training in 2019. Dr. Olga Yashchuck,
and psychodynamics/group PGY-4, will enter the program as well
psychotherapy. and complete her training in 2020.
Preparation for their start has been
Subspecialty Training ongoing. All subspecialty positions
A subspecialty residency is a Royal are filled for 2019, though there
College-accredited training program is one seat reserved in 2019 for
wherein residents complete a course fellowship program applicants. The
of training to develop expert clinical application deadline(s) for that is Oct.
and research skills in a specialized 26, 2018.
area of psychiatry. Dalhousie
currently offers subspecialty training
in the areas of geriatric psychiatry
and child and adolescent psychiatry. While we had no fellows
Typically, psychiatry residents
apply for subspecialty training in
their fourth year of the general
psychiatry residency, and plan fifth training during the
year electives as part of subspecialty
training requirements to potentially
complete subspecialty training as a 2017-2018 academic
PGY-6. There is a full Royal College
accreditation visit for the subspecialty
programs in November 2018. In
fact, three programs are undergoing year, we were fortunate
accreditation in November: the
general psychiatry residency
program, as well as both subspecialty to host two subspecialty
programs. Preparations are underway
guided by the PGME office and
utilizing a new online program.
The deadline for documentation residents: Drs. Daljit
submission is June 2018.
There has been keen interest in
the subspecialty programs. Four Bhangoo and Gaëlle
Dalhousie psychiatry class of 2018
grads will start in the subspecialty
programs as of July 1, 2018; two Bélanger.
in each program. The child and
adolescent program will welcome
Drs. Celia Robichaud and Sarah
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