Psychiatr News October 20, 2006
Volume 41, Number 20, page 27
© 2006 American Psychiatric Association
Minority Fellowships Program Invites Applicants
Psychiatry residents are invited to apply for APA's Minority Fellowships
Program (MFP). The MFP provides educational opportunities not only to minority
residents, but to all residents interested in providing quality and effective
service to minorities and the underserved. The fellowships provide the funds
for psychiatry residents to experience a specialized educational program
geared toward building leaders in psychiatry. They are also designed to
involve fellows in APA's work and give APA the perspective of young
psychiatrists.
The MFP fellows are classified into three groups: APA/SAMHSA Fellows
(funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration),
APA/SAMHSA Substance Abuse Fellows (funded by the Centers for Substance Abuse
Treatment and Substance Abuse Prevention), and APA/AstraZeneca Fellows (funded
by AstraZeneca).
SAMHSA and substance abuse fellows receive a fellowship stipend based on
their postgraduate year and availability of federal funds. AstraZeneca fellows
do not receive a stipend;however, travel funds are available to attend
specific APA meetings and special projects. AstraZeneca fellows serve for two
years.
All applicants must be in their PGY-2 by July 2007 or PGY-5 for the
substance abuse segment and must be APA members. SAMHSA applicants must be
U.S. citizens or permanent residents at the time of application. AstraZeneca
applicants need not be U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or graduates of a
U.S. medical school. Residents interested in the substance abuse segment must
be in an addiction training program approved by an affiliated medical school
or agency where a significant number of substance abuse patients are from
minority and underserved groups.
The deadline for applications is January 31, 2007. More information
is available by contacting Marilyn King by phone at (703) 907-8653; by e-mail
at
mking{at}psych.org;
or online at
<www.psych.org/edu/other_res/apa_fellowship/cmhs_index.cfm>.
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