LEAH Training Requirements
300 Hours
 150 Clinical Hours
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100 hours (primary training site): Must be a participatory site where direct care is provided by
LEAH fellow.
50 hours (other sites): Shadowing or observing at a minimum of 2 interdisciplinary secondary
sites*.
*Secondary sites will involve a minimum of 4 half-days at a clinic and can be shadowing,
observation, or participatory experiences
Required Clinical Experiences:
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Must observe or participate in care in at least 3 interdisciplinary settings (primary
training site and 2 secondary sites).
Your primary or one of your secondary sites must be the interdisciplinary Seattle
Children’s Hospital Adolescent clinic.
Must have 2 shadowing experiences with providers from each of the other 4 disciplines
(i.e. Nutrition trainee must shadow medicine, social work, psychology and nursing).
Shadowing sessions should be at least 4 hours long. These sessions count towards the
required 50 hours in secondary sites.
 150 Research & Didactic Hours
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Conducting research related to final leadership project
Conferences
Fellows’ Case Conferences
UW LEAH Core Seminars
Committee meetings
Required online work
Readings
Other work designated on ITP (subject to approval by your faculty mentor)
Sites for LEAH Clinical Shadowing
This is a list of interdisciplinary shadowing & observation experiences available to UW LEAH trainees
through the UW LEAH program. The trainee and their mentor are responsible for arranging these
experiences. Additional sites must be approved by your mentor.
Medicine
Seattle Children’s Adolescent Medicine Clinic
 Adolescent Wellness Program (Obesity)
 Behavioral
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Biofeedback
Eating Disorders
Male Health
Transgender
Substance Abuse
Regional Clinics (Bellevue, Olympia, Federal Way)
Nursing
 Juvenile Detention Center, Department of Youth Services – Tom Stone ARNP
 School-Based Health Clinics
 Neighborcare
 High Schools (Chief Sealth, West Seattle, Roosevelt, Garfield, Franklin, Cleveland)
 Middle Schools (Mercer, Madison, Denny)
 Seattle Children’s Adolescent Clinic
Social Work
 Country Doctor Homeless Youth Clinic – Mavis Bonnar
 Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic
 Seattle Children’s Adolescent Clinic – Erik Schlocker & Jessica Koppy
Psychology
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Drug & Alcohol Evaluation – Ray Hsiao MD (Seattle Children’s Hospital)
Bipolar Diagnostic Evaluation – Kathleen Myers MD
Diagnostic Evaluation using a Structured Interview – Kelly Schloredt PhD
Telemedicine Evaluation – Kathleen Myers MD
Depression Evaluation – Elizabeth McCauley PhD, ABPP or Gretchen Gudmundsen PhD
Disorder of Sexual Development Evaluation – Elizabeth McCauley PhD, ABPP
Eating Disorders Precare Evaluation – Cynta Flynn, PhD
Interdisciplinary Pain Medicine Clinic – Gary Walco PhD, ABPP
Psychiatry Emergency Room Evaluation (Consult & Liaison) – Ian Kodish MD
GI Clinic – Carin Cunningham PhD
Nutrition
 Adolescent Wellness Program (Obesity)
 Nutrition in Seattle Children’s Adolescent Clinic
 Amber Brust
 Celia Framson
 Laura Hooper
 Elena Ralph (Bellevue Clinic)
 Inpatient Psychiatric Unit (IPU) – Celia Framson
 Medical Floor Eating Disorder – Celia Framson (Laura Hooper, Taraneh Shafii)