Annual Meeting Events for Psychiatry Residents, Fellows

10 a.m.-Noon

"How to Survive the Annual Meeting"

Orientation session for medical students and residents

7 a.m.-8:30 a.m.

"Meet the Experts: Sunny-Side Up" Breakfast

In this session, nationally recognized experts meet informally, over breakfast, in small groups with residents to discuss career issues and opportunities in psychiatry. This year’s topics include addiction and substance abuse, administrative psychiatry, child/adolescent psychiatry, consultation-liaison psychiatry, cultural competency, emergency and disaster psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, ethics, psychodynamic psychotherapy, professional development, public and community psychiatry, and research.

9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

Discussion group: "Surviving Residency: Perspectives From the Training Office”

11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Component workshop: "The Good-Enough Mentor: Perspective on Mentoring in Psychiatric Training," sponsored by the APA/GlaxoSmithKline Fellows

5 p.m.-6:30 p.m.

Residents' Summit

Noon-2 p.m.

Luncheon for residents, medical students, and training directors

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Component workshop: "Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Minorities in the 21st Century,” sponsored by the APA Minority Fellows

9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

Component workshop: "Career Choices in Psychiatry,” sponsored by the APA Assembly Committee of Area MITs