OBJECTIVE Psychiatry residents have numerous online educational resources readily available to them although currently there are no data regarding residents' use and perception of such websites. METHODS A survey was offered to 62 residents from all four years of training as well as recent graduates of a single psychiatry residency training program. RESULTS Residents reported utilizing onlin...

BACKGROUND The American Board of Family Practice (ABFP) and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) have jointly established their guidelines for a combined residency training program in family practice-psychiatry. As the new combined programs develop, it is of interest to learn about those physicians who are already board certified in both family practice and psychiatry. METHOD...

Abstract The leaky pipeline is a visual metaphor for the under-representation of women in leadership positions Academic Psychiatry despite their over-representation medical schools, residency programs, and junior academic positions. presentation focuses on key obstacles that pertain to personal societal attitudes institutional barriers proposes empirically tested pragmatic solutions. Disclosure...

The literature suggests that a therapist’s pregnancy can influence therapeutic efficacy. During residency psychotherapy training, pregnancy raises key issues, such as the resident’s experience of pregnancy, disclosure to patients, and increased sensitivity to transference-countertransference, as well as overt and covert responses from supervisors, colleagues, and staff. Examining these events i...

OBJECTIVE The Residency Review Committee (RRC) requirement that residents must achieve competency in psychodynamic psychotherapy has generated considerable deliberation. METHODS The authors debated this subject at the 2004 American Psychiatric Association (APA) meetings. RESULTS Arguments favoring current requirements emphasize the importance of psychodynamic psychotherapy for psychiatric t...