The University

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The University

• Fairleigh Dickinson University is accredited by
  the Middle States Association of Colleges and
  Schools
• Two campuses in New Jersey and one in England
• App. 10,000 students, 35 graduate
• The M.S. Program is recognized by Middle States
  within the scope of the universitys accreditation

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The School of Psychology

• APA-accredited Ph.D. Program in Clinical
  Psychology
• New Psy.D. Program in School Psychology
• Two other masters degrees
• Undergraduate programs in psychology and sociology

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M.S. in Clinical Psychopharmacology

• 2000 Created as a certificate program by the
  Department of Psychology at University of Florida
• 2000 Moved to FDU when Floridas Department of
  Psychiatry demanded they close the program
• 2002 Converted to a masters program
• Year-long internal review
• Review by all institutions of higher education
  in NJ
• Approved to operate in Tennessee by THEC

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The Program

• Clinical training
• Weekly on-line case conferences
• Face-to-face meetings for those skills best
  addressed in a hands-on manner, e.g., physical
  exam
• Academic rigor
• Faculty from top-tier institutions
• City University of New York
• University of Georgia
• University of Tennessee Knoxville
• Students spend an average of 12 hours per week on
  coursework
• Annually reviewed by THEC
• The FDU program is much more extensive than a
  nurse practitioner program.
• Dr. Cliff Tennyson, and Dr. James Gillespie,
  testifying for the Tennessee Psychiatric
  Association (December 12, 2003)

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The Curriculum

• Biological Foundations of Psychopharmacological
  Practice I
• Biological Foundations of Psychopharmacological
  Practice II
• Neuroscience
• Neuropharmacology
• Clinical Pharmacology
• Professional Issues and Practice Management
• Treatment Issues Affective Disorders
• Treatment Issues Psychotic Disorders
• Treatment Issues Anxiety Disorders
• Treatment Issues Other Disorders

• Issues of lifespan and cultural diversity are
  addressed throughout the curriculum

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Topics

• Here's a list of texts from required. Which
  subject that is essential to prescribing is not
  covered in one or more of these?
• Bezchlibnyk-Butler, K. Z., Jeffries, J. J.
  (Ed.). (2002). Clinical handbook of psychotropic
  drugs.
• Schatzberg, A. F., Nemeroff, C. B. (Eds.).
  (1998). The American Psychiatric Press textbook
  of psychopharmacology.
• Stahl, S. (2000). Essential psychopharmacology
  Neuroscientific basis and practical applications.
• McCance, K. Huether, S. (2002).
  Pathophysiology The biologic basis for disease
  in adults and children.
• Seidel, H., Ball, J., Daines, J., Benedict, G.
  (1999). Mosbys guide to physical examination.
• Kingsley, R. (1999). Concise text of
  neuroscience.
• Purves, D., Augustine, G. J., Fitzpatrick, D.
  (Eds.). (2001). Neuroscience.
• Craig, C., Stitzel, R. (2004). Modern
  pharmacology with clinical applications.
• Kandel, E., Schwartz, J.H. Jessell, T.M.
  Principles of neural science.
• DiPiro, J.T., Talbert, R.L., Yee, G.C., Posey,
  L.M. (Eds.). (1999). Pharmacotherapy A
  pathophysiologic approach.

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How Much is Enough?

• Wiggins Cummings (1998)
• Psychologists received lt 200 hrs training in Rx
• Managed 1 million cases
• Number of adverse effects 0
• Medication rate dropped from 68 at presentation
  to 13 at termination
• Developed by Anita Brown, a DoD graduate
• Eliminated unnecessary portions

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How Much is Enough?

• How do people learn to be practitioners?
• Basic knowledge, skills, and abilities
• How to incorporate new concepts
• Where to get the information you need

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Distance Education

• Allen et al. (2004) A review of the literature,
  involving 71,000 participants, concluded
  distance education course students slightly
  outperformed traditional students on exams and
  course grades.
• International Virtual Medical School Will offer
  the first two years of medical school on-line. 30
  partners around the world, including Brown
  University, University of Florida, and Wake
  Forest.
• Florida offers doctorates in pharmacy and
  audiology completely on line.

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Distance Education

• Promote the development of consultation to
  primary care physicians by child and adolescent
  psychiatrists. Primary care physicians currently
  play a key role in the delivery of medication
  evaluation and management services to children
  and adolescents. The provision of this
  consultation will improve the practice of primary
  care physicians and increase the number of
  children and adolescents who are provided with
  needed services. Each would provide funding for
  projects such as ADHD medication algorithms,
  teleconferences, etc.
• Ohio Department of Mental Health, Ohio
  Psychiatric Association and the Ohio Association
  of County Behavioral Health Authorities (January,
  2005)
• To maximize learning opportunities, a wide range
  of activities are offered which include video
  conferences/distance learning and innovative
  technologies such as web-based learning
  activities for personal skill development in
  medical procedures and teaching competence.
• The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
  College of Medicine Continuing Medical Education
  website