(Formerly APA/BMS Fellowship in Public Psychiatry)
Funded by Bristol-Myers Squibb and The American Psychiatric Foundation
The purposes of the American Psychiatric Association Public Psychiatry Fellowship Program are to (1) provide experiences that will contribute to the professional development of residents who will play future leadership roles within the public sector psychiatry and (2) heighten awareness of the public psychiatry activities and career opportunities. Since the program's founding in 1980, the fellowship has been awarded to more than 300 outstanding residents.
Program Benefits
APA Public Psychiatry Fellows are active participants in selected APA components and the Institute on Psychiatric Services (IPS). Based on their expressed interests, fellows are assigned to an APA component and take part in all deliberations, projects, and initiatives. They receive sponsorship to attend component meetings held in September in Washington, DC and other meetings as appropriate. For many years, APA Public Psychiatry Fellows have had prominent roles in the Institute on Psychiatric Services. The program provides sponsorship to attend two Institutes. Over the course of the fellowship term, fellows work collaboratively to plan a series of workshops that will be presented at their second IPS. Members of the Fellowship Selection Committee serve as mentors in this process. Each fellowship class selects representatives to the APA's Board of Trustees and Joint Reference Committee, as well as to the Board of Directors of the American Association of Community Psychiatrists. Funding to attend the APA Annual Meeting or component meetings held during it is not provided.
Who is Eligible
- Only one resident per eligible residency program may be nominated
- One outstanding resident who has a substantial interest in any area of public sector psychiatry and a significant potential for a leadership role in such work may be nominated by a psychiatric residency training program that is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Submission of a nomination represents an explicit commitment by the residency program to permit the candidate, if selected, time off to attend APA meetings in their entirety during the fellowship term, as well as the candidate's willingness to do so.
- Psychiatric residents who will be in the PG-3 year of training during the fellowship term are eligible to participate in the program. Residents who will be in their PG-4 year will also be considered if they are in a 5-year psychiatric training program.
- Nominee must be an APA member or in the process of becoming a member. Residents who have received (or are scheduled to receive) other APA fellowships are not eligible.
- Those residents who currently serve on the APA's Assembly Committee on Area MITs are not eligible for the fellowship.
Application Requirement
- Completed application form
- Two-page essay
- Letter of nomination from the Residency Training Director or Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Deadline
March 31, 2012
Contact Information
For more information, contact Ms. Nancy Delanoche at 703-907-8635 or by email.