In order to undertake this course, we ask that you:

• are a psychiatrist in a salaried specialty (ST4-6) training post, a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist, or an associate or staff grade psychiatrist
• have a minimum of a core qualification in psychiatry
• have some experience of working with children, adolescents and their parents

Previous recognised experience will be accepted and will not need to be repeated. The requirements will be assessed by application form and interview.

The yearly cost of the course depends on your preferred pace, as course fees as calculated per module, with an additional annual enrolment fee.

For example, if you choose to undertake the Psychoanalytic theory and child development research module and the infant observation module in your first year, these would cost £2,950. Then, in your second year, you would undertake a half-module of Psychoanalytic theory, and continue with the infant observation module, at a cost of £2,375. Additional years of study would just incur the enrolment fee of £650.

Home:

£1,150 per module, plus £650 annual enrolment fee.

International:

£2,300 per module, plus £650 annual enrolment fee.

For your fee status, please see our fees and funding area.

If you are in a salaried speciality training post, some of your course fees may be claimed back from your deanery as an aspirational course.

For more information about customising and financing your studies, please contact our admissions team, who will arrange a call with our course lead.

Please note that course fees are subject to an annual uplift of 3% or the Consumer Price Inflation as at 1 September, whichever is the greater. At its discretion, the Trust may determine a figure between these two rates.

Assessment

You will need to submit and pass a 10,000 word qualifying paper, combining a description of one of your cases with relevant theory. You will then be eligible for inclusion on the register of the British Psychoanalytic Council.

Attendance

In London, seminars and lectures take place during the day on Wednesdays, or on Monday and Wednesday evenings.

In addition, the same programme of seminars and lectures can also be undertaken in Belfast on Thursdays; in Leeds on Fridays; in Birmingham on Fridays and Saturdays; and in Bristol on Fridays and Saturdays.

Your regular clinical work and supervisions can be scheduled for days and times that suit you. Students who are in salaried speciality training posts often use their special interest sessions for this purpose. Consultants and Staff Grades should also have time in their job plan for CPD and special interests.

Graduates of this unique course continue their work in child and adolescent psychiatry with an increased confidence and knowledge base.