{"id":13,"date":"2023-08-30T07:22:57","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T07:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/psychiatry\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2025-07-23T19:11:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:11:23","slug":"training-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/psychiatry\/training-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Training &amp; Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--hero-primary horizontal-navigation\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--hero-primary\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper has-horizontal-nav\">\n\n          <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n\n                  <div class=\"eyebrow-container\">\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/psychiatry\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Psychiatry &amp; the Behavioral Sciences\">Psychiatry 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Our trainees learn and contribute to the development of clinical, professional, decision-making, critical thinking and lifelong skills for practice and learning.<br \/>\n<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/psychiatry\/residency-programs-landing\/\" aria-label=\"Learn more about Residency Program\">Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"line fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"30\" data-lineheight=\"45px\">Fellowship Programs<\/h2>\n<p>The department offers three ACGME-accredited fellowship programs in child and adolescent, forensic and psychosomatic psychiatry. The department also offers a postdoctoral fellowship in forensic psychology.<br \/>\n<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/psychiatry\/training-education\/fellowship-programs\/\" aria-label=\"Learn more about Fellowship Programs\">Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"line fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"30\" data-lineheight=\"45px\">Clerkship Programs<\/h2>\n<p>The department works closely with medical students at multiple stages of their medical school education. The department supports the required psychiatric clerkship, in addition to electives or selectives. 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