The fellowship should also provide training in forensic issues including medical decision making capacity, testamentary capacity, financial capacity, undue influence, guardianship, elder abuse. Here's how my thinking went: Contrary to the above, geriatric psychiatry is not "social work" (general psychiatry could similarly be denigrated in this way). Addiction Medicine Fellowships. The American College of Academic Addiction Medicine (ACAAM) accredits a growing number of Addiction Medicine Fellowship Programs. By choosing from the top psychiatry residency programs, you will have a better chance of getting good opportunities after completing your psychiatric residency and fellowship training. Fellows master core clinical skills and develop expertise in team leadership and program development with mentorship from faculty in psychiatry and emergency medicine. Hasn't been started (as far as I know), so here it is! Child psychiatry is a two-year fellowship … Hi! The 2020 IPI Fellowship Program was intentionally structured to ensure you’re able to meet these requirements for two years, as our CME’s were roughly divided into 62.5 hours in 2020 and 62.5 hours in 2021. The fellowship identifies and motivates psychiatry residents who – through the experiential and training opportunities of the program – will become well-equipped leaders in psychiatry by providing culturally sensitive mental health services to diverse and underserved populations. I've gotten 2, applied to 12. You will find the most up-to-date list of ACAAM-accredited fellowship programs, including descriptions, contact information, and an interactive map, on their website: As much as I enjoy neurology, it was fairly easy for me to choose Psychiatry over it. I am considering an addiction fellowship starting in 2016 and have found little info on program websites. Focus your efforts on a program designed to help you master integrative psychiatry, while earning CME in topics that matter most to you. If anyone in this group has gone through the application process and would like to share some advice on how to go about the process (narrow down what schools to apply, how many programs apply ect). Association of Directors of Forensic Psychiatry Fellowships (ADFPF) Source: American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) Choosing the Right Training Program if You Want to Learn Psychotherapy Martin J. Drell, MD, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and Michael Shapiro, MD, University of Florida - June 2020 Three pathways related to these interests are Psychiatry + neuropsychiatry fellowship, neurology + behavioral neurology fellowship and combined Neuro/Psych residency - these options have been discussed in this and your Neuro thread. Discover fellowship opportunities available throughout the United States, including requirements and application deadlines, and more. Just so all of us anxious med students can have our little dopamine and adrenaline squirts :angelic: People are starting to get interviews, though many schools don't seem to have sent out any. I am currently about to finish PGY2 psych and really do enjoy working with kids/adolescents but have heard that some child programs are working their fellows like 80h a week while others are a fair 40-50h. I'm mainly interested in programs in Texas and nearby states but open to hearing about wherever you did your fellowship. Addiction psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, forensic psychiatry (evaluating competency for trial, jail psychiatry), consult/liason (managing psychiatric consults for inpatients), and ECT/TMS are all one-year fellowships after PGY-4. The Denver Health Emergency Psychiatry Fellowship trains physician leaders in the subspecialty of emergency psychiatry. And remember that you need to prepare impressive application documents.