The externship consists of clinical training in pediatric behavioral medicine, direct clinical care of patients and families and participation in multidisciplinary rounds. Clinical activities include inpatient consultation/liaison, outpatient mental health screening and brief assessment and outpatient therapy, with an emphasis on cognitive/behavioral and parent training approaches. Common referral questions include treatment regimen adherence, adjustment to chronic illness and hospitalization, anxiety, behavioral challenges (e.g., procedure-related anxiety, pill swallowing difficulty, feeding difficulty) and somatic symptoms (e.g., psychogenic cough, vocal cord dysfunction).