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• 2008 Teaching Grant Winners

APA Innovative Teaching Grant - 2008 Winners

The American Psychiatric Association and the APA Committee on Medical Student Education are pleased to announce the winners of the grant program for innovative medical student education projects. Five thousand dollars will be awarded to five selected projects for the 2008 calendar year. Applications were judged based on the following criteria: value and impact on medical student education in psychiatry; innovation/uniqueness; achievable/measurable results; ability to be replicated and meet its goals; fosters medical student interest in psychiatry. These five winning schools will be invited to present their project at next year’s APA meeting.

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
"Changing Perspectives: Reducing the Stigma of Mental Illness in Medical Students through the Living Museum Project"
Principal: Janis Cutler, MD

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
"A School-Based Medical Student Curriculum for Education in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry"
Principal: Justine Larson, MD, MPH

University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine
"Design, Implementation and Evaluation of an Open Access Curriculum on Child/Youth Psychiatry for Medical Students and Other Trainees"
Principal: Derek Puddester, MD

University of Pittsburgh/Western Psychiatric Institute
"Preventing and Managing Metabolic Syndrome among the Seriously Mentally Ill: Teaching Behavioral Medicine to Medical Students"
Principal: Jason Rosenstock, MD

Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
"Smoking Cessation Groups Led by Medical Students in Inpatient and Outpatient Settings."
Principal: Marie Rueve, MD

For more information about this program, contact education@psych.org.