Another Round of MindGames Planned for 2008 Meeting

APA's exciting competition for psychiatry residents, aptly titled MindGames, will once again be a highlight of resident activities at this year's annual meeting. It is designed as a fun and educational competition pitting residents against each other in a test of knowledge about medicine and patient care. The final round will be held on Tuesday, May 6, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Room 202A/B of the Washington Convention Center.

MindGames is open to all residency programs in the United States and Canada. The competition begins during the first two weeks of February, when residency teams of three residents each take an online examination consisting of 100 multiple-choice questions in 60 minutes. The questions follow the ABPN Part I content outline. The three top-scoring teams with the fastest posted time will receive a $5,000 grant from APA to send their teams to the MindGames final round at the annual meeting. The names of the three finalist teams will be announced in March at the meeting of the Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training.

At APA's annual meeting, the teams will compete in a“ Jeopardy”-style game, emceed by Glen Gabbard, M.D. The winner takes home a national trophy.

Last year the teams from the University at Buffalo, Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, and University of Pennsylvania competed in the final competition, with Buffalo taking the first Mind-Games prize.

MindGames is a collaboration between APA and the American College of Psychiatrists and supported by an unrestricted educational grant from AstraZeneca.