Nominations Sought for RRC in Psychiatry
APA invites nominations for appointment to the Residency Review Committee (RRC) for Psychiatry for a term beginning July 1, 2010. The term of service is three years, renewable once.
Among the requirements for appointment are that candidates must have experience with residency training and administration and be nationally well-known and well-respected educators in psychiatry. Also, 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.
Candidates must commit to attending all RRC meetings, including the fall meeting prior to their appointment date and a workshop for specialist site visitors, and be available as a specialty site visitor.
Nominations must include a nomination letter or letters (addressed to APA President-elect Alan Schatzberg, M.D.) and the nominee's curriculum vitae.
The deadline for nominations is March 1. They should be mailed to Office of Graduate and Undergraduate Education, c/o Nancy Delanoche, APA, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1825, Arlington, Va. 22209. More information is available from Delanoche at (703) 907-8635 or [email protected].▪