Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Primary groupings

Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Primary groupings
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10 - Health and related fields

61. - Medical residency/fellowship programs

This series comprises residency and fellowship programs that prepare physicians (MD), osteopathic physicians (DO), and podiatrists (DPM) for certification as practitioners of recognized medical specialties. These programs are approved and accredited by designated professional associations and require from one to seven years to complete, depending on the program. Residency or fellowship programs that also result in the completion of an academic degree (e.g., MS, MSc, PhD), should be reported under one of the clinical sciences codes located in Series 26. Biological and biomedical sciences or in subseries 51.14 Medical clinical sciences/graduate medical studies, rather than in a residency code located in Series 61.

61.24 - Psychiatry residency/fellowship programs

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 61.2401 to 61.2499.

61.2401 - Psychiatry residency programs

This instructional program class comprises any residency training program that prepares physicians in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental, emotional, behavioural and neurological disorders. These programs include instruction in psychotherapy, family counselling, referral, clinical diagnosis, and practice management.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • psychiatry - residency

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • addiction psychiatry - fellowship(61.2402)
    • applied psychology(42.2813)
    • consultation-liaison psychiatry - fellowship(61.2404)
    • forensic psychiatry - fellowship(61.2405)
    • geriatric psychiatry - fellowship(61.2406)
    • mental health care(51.1502)
    • psychiatric nurse(51.3810)
    • psychoanalysis and psychotherapy(51.1507)
    • registered psychiatric nurse(51.3823)
61.2402 - Addiction psychiatry fellowship programs

This instructional program class comprises any fellowship training program that prepares physicians in the evaluation and treatment of individuals with alcohol, drug, or other substance-related disorders, and of individuals with the dual diagnosis of substance-related and other psychiatric disorders. Requires prior completion of a residency program in psychiatry.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • addiction psychiatry - fellowship

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • addiction counselling(51.1501)
    • psychiatry - residency(61.2401)
61.2403 - Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship programs

This instructional program class comprises any fellowship training program that prepares physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of developmental, behavioural, emotional, and mental disorders of childhood and adolescence. Requires prior completion of a residency program in psychiatry.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • adolescent psychiatry - fellowship
    • child and adolescent psychiatry - fellowship
    • child psychiatry - fellowship

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • adolescent medicine - fellowship(61.1902)
    • adolescent psychology(42.2710)
    • developmental and child psychology(42.2703)
    • developmental-behavioural pediatrics - fellowship(61.1904)
    • pediatrics/psychology/child and adolescent psychology - combined specialty(61.0123)
61.2404 - Consultation-liaison psychiatry fellowship programs

This instructional program class comprises any fellowship training program that prepares physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders and symptoms in complex medically ill patients. These programs include instruction in the treatment of patients with acute or chronic medical, neurological, obstetrical, or surgical illness in which psychiatric illness is affecting their medical care and/or quality of life, and patients who have a psychiatric disorder that is the direct consequence of a primary medical condition, a somatoform disorder, or psychological factors affecting a general medical condition. Requires prior completion of a residency program in psychiatry.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • consultation-liaison psychiatry - fellowship
    • consultative psychiatry - fellowship
    • liaison psychiatry - fellowship
    • psychosomatic medicine - fellowship

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • psychiatry - residency(61.2401)
    • somatic bodywork(51.3503)
61.2405 - Forensic psychiatry fellowship programs

This instructional program class comprises any fellowship training program that prepares physicians to evaluate individuals involved with the legal system and provide specialized treatment to those incarcerated in jails, prisons, penitentiaries, and forensic psychiatric hospitals. These programs include instruction in the interrelationships between psychiatry and civil, criminal, and administrative law. Requires prior completion of a residency program in psychiatry.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • forensic psychiatry - fellowship

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • psychiatry - residency(61.2401)
61.2406 - Geriatric psychiatry fellowship programs

This instructional program class comprises any fellowship training program that prepares physicians in the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of mental and emotional disorders in the elderly, and to improve the psychiatric care of the elderly both in health and in disease. Requires prior completion of a residency program in psychiatry.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • geriatric psychiatry - fellowship

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • psychiatry - residency(61.2401)
61.2499 - Psychiatry residency/fellowship programs, other

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Psychiatry residency/fellowship programs.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • other psychiatry fellowship programs
    • other psychiatry residency programs

    All examples

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