PediPRN Intensive Program
The PediPRN Intensive Program (PIP) was developed to meet a need identified by the enrolled pediatric primary care providers to provide an in-depth training in child mental health topics. The goal is to create a group of practitioners embedded in each of their home practices who will serve as local experts. This will not replace the availability of PediPRN for all enrolled participants, but instead will enhance the local expertise and competence with more challenging mental health problems that this subset is motivated to treat.
About the Course
The projected start date for next PediPRN Intensive Program is January 12th 2024 from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm. Subsequent sessions are planned for the 2nd Friday of the month (same time 12-130p) over the course of the next 10 months. Sessions will be held via zoom and materials shared electronically. We ask that those enrolled do their best to attend all sessions.
The session 2024 schedule:
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
| January 12th | Kick-off | Sarah Hagin, PhD, Ali Manning, MD, Beth Brannan, MD |
| February 9th | Depression | Rachel Olfson. MD |
| March 8th | ADHD | Alison Manning, MD |
| April 12th | Anxiety | Elizabeth Brannan, MD and Jennifer Herron, PhD |
| May 10th | PTSD/trauma | Thamara Davis, MD |
| June 14th | Social Justice in Mental Health | Elizabeth Brannan, MD |
| August 9th | Substance Use Disorder | Selby Conrad, PhD and Jason Rafferty. MD |
| September 13th | Suicide/NSSI | Karyn Horowitz, MD |
| October 11th | Gender Identity | Jason Rafferty, MD |
| November 8th | Autism Spectrum Disorder | Michelle Parker, MD |
| TBD | Wrap up |
2024 Enrollment is CLOSED
If you are interested in participating in our next cohort, please complete the pre-registration (link below) and you will be contacted when enrollment opens.
Course Topics
The course will cover topics that the pediatric primary care providers have identified as areas of interest for more in-depth training.
These may include but not be limited to such topics as:
- How to conceptualize a behavioral health case
- Crisis management
- Psychiatric levels of care and systems of care
- Anxiety
- Depression
- ADHD
- Developmental disorders
- Trauma/PTSD
- Substance use
- Gender Identity
Based on the applications of the enrolled participants, we will work to tailor the curriculum to the needs and interests of those providers.
Facilitator
The sessions will be facilitated by Alison Manning, MD. Dr. Manning obtained her medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine. She completed Triple Board combined residency and fellowship training in pediatrics, adult psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry at Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital. Her teaching roles include serving as the course director for the Triple Board elective rotation as well as clinical supervision of trainees.
As well as the Clinical Director for PediPRN, Dr. Manning is an assistant professor, clinician educator in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and an attending child psychiatrist on the pediatric psychiatry consultation-liaison service at Hasbro Children’s Hospital.
In addition to Dr. Manning, there will be additional presenters/discussants for each session with expertise in the monthly topic.