Residents’ Resources
Here we highlight upcoming national opportunities for medical students and trainees to be recognized for their hard work, dedication, and scholarship.
To contribute to the Residents’ Resources feature, contact Matthew L. Edwards, M.D., Deputy Editor ([email protected]).
Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) Trainee Travel Award
Organization: ACLP
Deadline: July 1, 2019
Brief Description: To encourage psychosomatic fellows, residents, and medical students to join ACLP and attend the annual meeting. A limited number of monetary awards are given to offset the cost of attending the annual meeting. (ACLP Council determines the dollar amount and number of awards.)
Eligibility: PGY-3 psychiatry resident or psychosomatic fellow.
Contact and Website: https://www.clpsychiatry.org/about-aclp/awards/trai-trav
Transgender Psychiatry Fellowship
Organization: Mount Sinai's Institute for Advanced Medicine
Deadline: July 1, 2019
Brief Description: This is a paid ($76,148 + conference/travel expenses) 1-year opportunity to work at the Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery (CTMS) under the supervision of leading experts in transgender psychiatry. CTMS is located in the heart of New York City (Chelsea) and is a fully integrated clinic with medical, psychiatric, and surgical services provided. Available services include pastoral care, social work, and legal aid, all of which are tailored to transgender and gender nonconforming individuals.
Eligibility: Candidates must have completed a general psychiatry residency, have or be able to obtain a New York State license, and be board-eligible. Competency in LGBT-related mental health is desirable.
Contact and Website: http://icahn.mssm.edu/education/residencies-fellowships/list/transgender-psychiatry-fellowship
Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) William Webb Fellowship Program
Organization: ACLP
Deadline: July 1, 2019
Brief Description: This fellowship is designed to support residents and fellows in consultation-liaison psychiatry at an early stage in their careers and involves 1-year appointments in which each fellow will have a designated mentor and present a paper at the annual meeting. Financial support will be provided for each fellow's organizational membership for 1 year and for annual meeting registration fees.
Eligibility: PGY-3 psychiatry resident or consultation-liaison psychiatry fellow.
Contact and Website: https://www.clpsychiatry.org/about-aclp/awards/webb-fship
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Educational Outreach Program for General Psychiatry Residents
Organization: AACAP
Deadline: July 12, 2019
Brief Description: Provides the opportunity for general psychiatry residents to receive a formal overview of the field of child and adolescent psychiatry, establish child and adolescent psychiatrists as mentors, and experience the AACAP Annual Meeting in Chicago, October 14–19, 2019.
Eligibility: General psychiatry residents who are AACAP members or have pending AACAP membership.
Contact and Website: https://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Awards/Resident_and_ECP_Awards/AACAP_Educational_Outreach_Program_for_General_Psychiatry_Residents.aspx
