Among the requirements for appointment are that candidates must be APA members in good standing and board certified, have experience with residency training and administration, and be nationally well-known and well-respected educators in psychiatry. They must be a present or past psychiatry residency training director or otherwise be intimately familiar with the Essentials and the Special Requirements for Psychiatry, as well as have hands-on experience with the administration of a psychiatry residency training program. Also, candidates must participate in major specialty societies or have current or past associations with graduate medical education.