APA's 100% Club Picks Up Another Member Program

Seton Hall University's psychiatric residency program is among the newest—and smallest—around. The program, which opened its doors just a year ago this month, has a grand total of four residents.

But don't let size fool you. The new program embodies big ideas and strives for excellence in patient care and professional development. Toward that end, all four residents in the program are members of APA, which means the program is a member of APA's 100% Club.

“Our new psychiatry residency training program, sponsored by Seton Hall University, offers a unique blend of educational and practical experiences for the residents,” said Purabi Bharatiya, M.D., the program's training director. “Based at Trinitas Hospital in Elizabeth, N.J., our faculty and residents are committed to training the next generation of psychiatrists.”

A group photo of the members of the program will be turned into a poster and mailed to every medical school in the United States and Canada. It's a way to publicize the endeavor and encourage medical students and other residents to join APA. In addition, residency programs that are members of the 100% Club receive a major textbook from American Psychiatric Publishing Inc. and a free online subscription to Focus: The Journal of Lifelong Learning for each year that all of their residents are APA members.

Information about Seton Hall University's psychiatry residency program is posted at<www.shu.edu/academics/gradmeded/psychiatry-residency/index.cfm>. More information about APA's 100% Club is available from Nancy Delanoche of APA's Division of Education at (703) 907-8635. Psychiatry residents and residency programs interested in signing up all their residents should also contact Delanoche. ▪