triple board programs

[Bermiedoc]

how difficult are these to get into? I am a rising m2 and have a fellowship in child psych. i shodul be published by the end of the summer. my m1 grades are okay- nothing spectacular. I am just an average student. will average board scores cut it?

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[whispers]

triple in what and why

 

[mdblue]

But I can't figure out why people goes thru the pain when in the long run they can't possibly practice both. Also 3rd party payors typically will not reimburse for both services. All the people that I know of they ended up in practicing psych and in case they need consult they call regular peds people.
However I must admit their unique training puts them in a better spot to appreciate the peds part of the comorbidity and maybe also helps a little w/ developmental d/o. But how much of it is clinically relevant in the real world (outside the academic setting) is doubtful.
Hope this helps. 🙂

 

[Bermiedoc]

the triple boards are in peds/psych/child psych and actually since i have written this i have done some research and some fact finding and many of the people who graudated from these programs do go on to get jobs where they can do both. now if i actually talk to those people i wonder what they'll say. also someone told me that if i go this route i'd be able to get a job anywhere doing both.
ithe length of time isn't much different either. 5 years. but if you do child psych anyway that's how long it takes.
so i am very interetsed in these programs. i am just wondeinrg how difficult they are to get into.

 

[Thewonderer]

I would imagine that it will be similar to med-psych because you cannot bill both for psych and medical issues at the same visit. They would have to come back the following day.

I have heard of people doing child psych that adult psych training is very useful in the long run and triple board people definitely get their adult psych training cut out a lot.

Ultimately, it does not make sense financially. child psychiatrists can make 250k easily while pediatricians struggle to get above 150k in the community, so if you can practice child psych and enjoy it more than peds (that's why you did not go into pediatrics in the first place), then why do triple board? Furthermore, there is a severe shortage of child psychiatrists in the nation so if your expertise is in that area, why not practice it full time and alleviate the shortage but instead breaking part of your time to do peds when there are tons of other pediatricians around.

 

[Bermiedoc]

i wouldn't think that you would get paid the same as a pediatrician. i would thinkt hat it woudl be somewhere in between or even more than a child psychiatrist if it is supposed to be so marketable. Where di you find a child psychiatrist making $250k? Nad maybe i would do both because i would love both and want to treat the whole child?

 

[yeti00]

I'm in a very similar situation to you, but it depends on what type of psychiatry you are eventually interested in practicing. Are you interested in going into academic medicine? Are you interested in going into private practice? Most of the triple board programs are great... Utah, Kentucky, and Brown all have really strong programs and the New York schools are up there too. I think the triple board program actually is great for child psychiatrists, but there has been "jack of all trades, master of none" criticism. Another option would be to look into integrated training programs. They are 5 or 6 years, but with research years and some talk of debt forgiveness. Right now, there are three IPs: Duke, Yale and U of Colorado. Before you graduate, there will be six to eight programs. Contact me if you have other questions.

 

[Big Lebowski]

There are so few programs/spots that the competitiveness can really fluctuate each year based on applicants. Overall, I have heard that it is a fairly easy match.