The five year Triple Board program is a unique training which combines Pediatrics, Adult Psychiatry, and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and enables graduates to be board eligible in each of these specialties. There are only ten Triple Board training programs nationally and Tufts Medical Center has the legacy as one of the original six pilot Triple Board programs, which started in 1986. Our program has been highly successful and has consistently obtained top level candidates and produced remarkably accomplished graduates who have pursued a variety of careers within Pediatrics and Psychiatry at major academic institutions. In addition, graduates of this program are trained as leaders who can expertly guide and foster combined psychiatric and pediatric care in an integrated health care system. During the ongoing national pediatric mental health crisis, trainees and graduates of the program will continue to contribute to a workforce that addresses the needs of children and families in the areas of emotional, behavioral, and medical health.
The Triple Board Program is intended to foster the development of physicians who wish to provide clinical care, to teach, or to carry out research in areas such as child/adolescent consultation/liaison psychiatry, medical/psychiatric disorders, and mental health aspects of pediatric illnesses and developmental disorders. The Triple Board graduate often creates their own niche within the interface of these specialties, most commonly involving Child/Adolescent Psychiatry and Pediatrics.
We look forward to continuing to train Triple Board physicians as the Boston Children's Hospital – Tufts Medical Center Triple Board residency program.