MindGames Finalists for 2011: Which Team Will Reign Supreme?
The three finalist teams for APA's annual MindGames competition were announced last month at the meeting of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training. The teams are from Boston University Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell Campus, and University of Pittsburgh/Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic.
The teams will face off in a "Jeopardy"-style competition at APA's annual meeting on Tuesday, May 17, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. in Room 323A-C of the Hawaii Convention Center. Glen Gabbard, M.D., will once again take on the role of Alex Trebek in the final round.
Representatives of the winning teams hold mock checks for travel funds to attend the MindGames final next month at APA's annual meeting. Top left, left to right: From New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell are Elizabeth Auchincloss, M.D., director of residency training; team members Conor Liston, M.D., Ph.D., Jennifer Bernstein, M.D., and Benjamin Zebley, M.D.; and Sibel Klimstra, M.D., associate director of residency training. Top right, left to right: The University of Pittsburgh team members are Sarah Wolfe, M.D., Shannon Allen, M.D., and Ryan Herringa, M.D., Ph.D. Bottom left, left to right: From Boston University Medical Center are residency program director Janet Osterman, M.D., and team members Ana Ivkovic, M.D., Brie Beaudoin, M.D., and Mark Oldham, M.D.
The MindGames competition began in February with a preliminary qualifying phase in which residency programs chose a team of three residents to take an online quiz with questions based loosely on the ABPN Part 1 content outline and additional questions on neurology and psychiatry history. Each team had to answer 150 online questions in 60 minutes.
MindGames is a collaboration between APA and the American College of Psychiatrists and supported by an unrestricted educational grant from AstraZeneca.
More information is posted at <www.psych.org/mindgame/>.
