The residency research project can be a challenging endeavor for pharmacy residents since they typically have limited experience in this area. Furthermore, as the number of accredited residency programs has increased, so has the demand for preceptors with research experience. This review is intended to assist the resident and preceptor by providing steps and guidance with conducting a successfu...

OBJECTIVE Neurological surgery is historically among one of the most competitive residency matches, but data suggest a downward trend in neurosurgical residency applicants in the United States. In 2002, our department, in conjunction with our institution, began an initiative to increase exposure to and interest in neurological surgery, targeting both undergraduate and medical students. This stu...

Academic Psychiatry seeks to advance knowledge and the practice of education, leadership, administration, and ethics in psychiatry, as well as scholarship on professional development and wellness. With recent growth at the journal, including an increasing number of manuscript submissions and a move to an international publishing platform through Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, the editori...

My father, Dr. Morton Birnbaum (may his memory be a blessing), unfortunately passed away in November of 2005, but it seems like just yesterday to my five siblings and me. I was in the middle of medical school training at the time. Toward the end of my medical school tenure, with the help of some members of the psychiatry faculty, I began to read through my father’s law and psychiatry articles, ...

OBJECTIVE According to APA treatment recommendations, psychiatrists should assess and intervene in tobacco use with all of their patients who smoke. The ease with which this occurs may vary by treatment model. This study examined perspectives in residency training to identify a framework for addressing nicotine dependence within psychodynamic psychotherapy. METHOD The authors collected data f...

Widespread interest in the neurosciences has led to the development of undergraduate college majors in neuroscience so that many students entering medical school are very interested in a career in our field. Exposure to clinical neurology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (PennMed) begins with observation of real patients in the 1 year coupled with the course “ Introduction t...

An estimated 1 in 5 children (22%), which is about 20 million young people, have severe psychiatric disorders and are in need of expert evaluation and treatment (1). At this time, there are only 7,000 child and adolescent psychiatrists. Beyond the clinical needs that child and adolescent psychiatrists must address, child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP) training directors are under tremendous pr...

OBJECTIVES To assess the learning environment of the Saudi psychiatry board program using the Dutch Residency Educational Climate Test (D-RECT) and to explore residents' perception of different domains of the learning environment. Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. The D-RECT instrument was distributed to all residents at all training sites of the Saudi psychiatry training p...

BACKGROUND Objective evaluation of neurology resident clinical skills is required by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is important to insure improvement in clinical competency throughout their residency. METHODS In this study, neurology residents from all 3 years of training and neurology faculty independently completed a form on new clinic patients documenting their decisio...