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A Roadmap for Observership Programs in Psychiatry for International Medical Graduates

International medical graduates (IMGs) constitute a significant proportion of the psychiatric workforce in the United States. Observership programs serve an important role in preparing IMGs for U.S. residency positions; yet there are limited resources with information available on establishing these observerships, and none specific to psychiatry. In this article, authors present a roadmap for observership programs in psychiatry for IMGs. This article draws on the experience of the IMG committee of the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry in establishing observership programs. Authors highlight the benefits of observership programs to IMGs, psychiatry departments, and the U.S. medical system as a whole. The different components of an observership program are presented, along with core competencies that need to be acquired. The authors discuss challenges that observership programs may encounter as well as recommendations for overcoming them. Observership programs provide a unique opportunity to integrate IMGs into the U.S. medical system. This article provides a framework for establishing such programs in a way that will optimize their benefits and avoid potential pitfalls.

Advocating for Marriage and LGBT Mental Health Through Op-Eds

This paper describes a project undertaken by the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Committee, that of writing opinion pieces (op-eds) advocating for marriage for gay and lesbian couples and other issues related to LGBT mental health. GAP and the GAP LGBT Committee are described. The paper details the rationale for professionals taking on an advocacy project and the struggles and lessons gleaned from the project. Among other things, members of the LGBT Committee learned how to use existing position statements from their profession as well as scientific studies to assert their professional voices in opinion pieces.

The GAP Online LGBT Mental Health Curriculum

The authors describe the development and publication of an online curriculum to teach psychiatry trainees about important topics in LGBT mental health (www.aglp.org/gap). The curriculum was written by members of the LGBT Committee of the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP, www.ourgap.org). This paper outlines the history and mission of GAP and the history of the GAP LGBT Committee. The rationale for the curriculum and its structure are discussed, as well as suggestions for its use.

Family Skills for General Psychiatry Residents: Meeting ACGME Core Competency Requirements

The authors discuss the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed for a resident to be competent in supporting and working with families, as mandated by the residency review committee (RRC) core competencies. The RRC core competencies, as they relate to patients and their families, are reviewed. The Group for Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP) presents an operational version of these core competencies. Methods of assessment, challenges in teaching, and ways of overcoming programmatic constraints are outlined. Examples of training programs that offer ways of integrating the teaching of family skills into existing programs are described. The implications of the current RRC core competency requirements pertaining to families have the potential to change the training environment substantially. The GAP Family Committee proposes recommendations to facilitate the training of residents in family skills.

Book Reviews

Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Psychiatric Prevention and the Family Life Cycle. Formulated by the Committee on Preventive Psychiatry, The Group for Advancement of Psychiatry. New York: Bruner/Mazel, 1989, 159 pp. Anne W. Riley Anne W. Riley Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Volume 17, Issue 5, October 1992, Pages 665–666, https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/17.5.665 Published: 01 October 1992

Group for advancement of psychiatry. The educated woman: Prospects & problems. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975, 188 pp., $7.95

Psychology in the SchoolsVolume 14, Issue 1 p. 123-123 Book Review Group for advancement of psychiatry. The educated woman: Prospects & problems. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975, 188 pp., $7.95 First published: January 1977 https://doi.org/10.1002/1520-6807(197701)14:1<123::AID-PITS2310140127>3.0.CO;2-GAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume14, Issue1January 1977Pages 123-123 RelatedInformation

TOWARD A PUBLIC POLICY ON MENTAL HEALTH CARE OF THE ELDERLY—Report No. 79, Group for time Advancement of Psychiatry, 1970, 50 pages. Available from the GAP Publications Office, 419 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10016, for $1 or at quantity rates for ten or more copies

TOWARD A PUBLIC POLICY ON MENTAL HEALTH CARE OF THE ELDERLY—Report No. 79, Group for time Advancement of Psychiatry, 1970, 50 pages. Available from the GAP Publications Office, 419 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10016, for $1 or at quantity rates for ten or more copies

Some Problems of Classification, with Particular Reference to Child Psychiatry

The Glossary of Mental Disorders issued by the National Health and Medical Research Council, and the recent Classification of Psychopathological Disorders of Childhood proposed by the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry, are used as the basis of a proposed uniform classificatory procedure. This has involved consideration of the structure and functions of classifications in general, and discussion of some criteria of sound classification.

An experiment in teaching comprehensive pediatrics

Summary 1.An experimental program in teaching comprehensive pediatrics to first year pediatric interns in a large children's hospital is described, including the difficulties and resistances encountered, and the methodology of dealing with them. 2.The teaching was done on an individual basis with the interns having regular appointments with the child psychiatrist, and these meetings were compulsory to the extent that ward rounds were compulsory in that the physician-in-chief expected the interns to attend. 3.The collected data indicate that there may be a correlation between quality of over-all work and willingness to participate in such a program, and that this is a relationship worthy of further study. 4.The program was based on the principles laid down by the Committee of Child Psychiatry of the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry, and these principles would seem to work well providing they are adapted to the individual setting. Summary 1.An experimental program in teaching comprehensive pediatrics to first year pediatric interns in a large children's hospital is described, including the difficulties and resistances encountered, and the methodology of dealing with them. 2.The teaching was done on an individual basis with the interns having regular appointments with the child psychiatrist, and these meetings were compulsory to the extent that ward rounds were compulsory in that the physician-in-chief expected the interns to attend. 3.The collected data indicate that there may be a correlation between quality of over-all work and willingness to participate in such a program, and that this is a relationship worthy of further study. 4.The program was based on the principles laid down by the Committee of Child Psychiatry of the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry, and these principles would seem to work well providing they are adapted to the individual setting.