Annual Meeting

More than a hundred Category 1 continuing medical education courses will be offered at the 156th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in May. The courses are in keeping with the goal of presenting a well-planned, highly structured, educational experience for participants.

Admission to all courses, which will be offered in half-day and full-day formats, requires an annual meeting badge and course ticket. Advance enrollment for the CME courses is open to all annual meeting registrants.

You are encouraged to enroll early during the advance enrollment period to avoid the potential disappointment of discovering that your selected courses have been fully subscribed. Please note that requests will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis. Complete course descriptions appear in this section of Psychiatric News and in the CME course brochure, which is included in the Advance Registration Information Packet. The packet was mailed earlier this month; if you do not receive your packet by February 1, refer to the box below.

Please use the Advance Registration and Course Enrollment Form combined with the course brochure when making your selections.

The fees for the courses are as follows: half day (four credit hours): advance, $100, and on site, $130; full day (six credit hours): advance, $160, and on site $185; full day (eight credit hours): advance, $200, and on site, $260.

The maximum number of participants for each course is listed in this section, as are the date, time, and fee. If the appropriate fees are not received with your advance registration for both the meeting and selected courses, course spaces will not be reserved for you. Fees must be paid in U.S. dollars.

Advance enrollment closes April 12 for U.S. registrants, and April 5 for all others. Tickets for CME courses not sold by April 12 will go on sale to all registrants at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 17, at the Course Enrollment Area in the Moscone Center. No one will be able to purchase course tickets until after registering for the annual meeting. The registration area will be located in Hall O, exhibit level, Moscone Center.

After the advance enrollment deadline, absolutely no refunds will be granted or changes in course selections permitted. Written notices of cancellation or changes received postmarked by the deadline will be honored, less a $10 processing fee. These written notifications should be addressed to CME Course Administrator, APA, Suite 1825, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Va. 22209.