The AACAP/CACAP Joint Annual Meeting in Toronto, Ontario, Canada has many opportunities for medical students and residents! Aside from the hundreds of symposia, workshops, and forums that are open to everyone, there are many events designed especially for you - check out these fantastic programs!
Medical Student and Resident Happy Hour
Recommended for: Medical Students, Residents
Time: Tuesday, October 18, 2011: 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM and Friday, October 21, 2011: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Status: Open to medical students and residents
Description: These events are open to ALL medical students and residents. Get to know your fellow Annual Meeting attendees at these one-hour networking events.
Mentorship Program
Recommended for: Medical Students, Residents
Time: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Attendees should attend all three sessions)
Status: Ticketed, but the ticket is FREE when registering for the Annual Meeting
Description: This event is open to ALL medical students and residents; just check the box requesting a free ticket when you sign up for the meeting! The Mentorship Program spans three days over the course of the meeting, and matches trainees and medical students with senior child and adolescent psychiatrists. Trainees and psychiatrists form collegial relationships in small groups that include sharing ideas, challenges, and accomplishments.
Medical Student and Resident Breakfast: Inspiration for Success in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Recommended for: Medical Students, Residents
Time: Thursday, October 20, 2011: 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Status: Ticketed
Description: This breakfast program focuses on the needs and challenges of students and residents exploring a career in child and adolescent psychiatry by presenting a range of viable and exciting pathways into the field. Three exciting speakers describe their varied paths toward fulfilling careers as child and adolescent psychiatrists.
Workshop 10: NIH Research Priorities and Grant Writing for Success
Recommended for: Medical Students, Residents
Time: Thursday, October 20, 2011: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Status: Ticketed
Description: Knowledge of National Institutes of Health (NIH) research opportunities, mechanisms, and processes are critical skills for new and established researchers seeking funding for training and research in child and adolescent psychiatry. This workshop includes interactive discussion on career paths and NIH grant opportunities. NIH staff and senior researches present current NIH grant mechanisms available for emerging scholars/young investigators and strategies for a successful research grant review, and current NIDA and NIMH research priorities.
Member Services Forum 5: Successful Transition to Practice
Recommended for: Residents
Time: Friday, October 21, 2011: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Status: Open for members only - no ticket required.
Description: Successful Transition to Practice is a member forum for child and adolescent psychiatry fellows and early career psychiatrists (ECPs) to explore practical issues such as leadership and administration, business and medical economics, personal growth and humanism, and transitioning to a new personal and professional life as an ECP.
Resident Town Meeting
Recommended for: Medical Students, Residents
Time: Friday, October 21, 2011: 11:15 AM - 12:45 PM
Status: Open - no ticket required.
Description: The Resident Town Meeting is an opportunity for residents and medical students to learn about AACAP and discuss hot topics in child and adolescent psychiatry. Voice your concerns and network with other residents during this forum. Learn about what AACAP can do for you!
Medical Students and Residents: Career Development Forum
Recommended for: Medical Students, Residents
Time: Friday, October 21, 2011: 4:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Status: Open - no ticket required.
Description: The Career Development Forum is an extension of the Mentorship Program for Medical Students and Residents. This event provides trainees with the opportunity to network with highly regarded child and adolescent psychiatrists and peers who represent a diverse array of professional careers within child and adolescent psychiatry. Experts in many areas of child and adolescent psychiatry are available to answer your questions on steps toward success in your career. In addition, training directors are available to discuss alternative pathways into child and adolescent psychiatry training.
Special Interest Study Group 6: Mastering Professionalism Guidelines in Unique Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Career Pathways for Women
Recommended for: Medical Students, Residents
Time: Friday, October 21, 2011: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Status: Ticketed
Description: This SIG provides the opportunity for child and adolescent psychiatry residents and early and mid-career female psychiatrists to develop a mentor network to provide career guidance. Attendees learn to identify major professionalism issues that can arise in training, clinical practice, or academic settings.
Clinical Case Conference 10: Ethics and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Training: The "Hidden" Curriculum
Recommended for: Medical Students, Residents
Time: Saturday, October 22, 2011: 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Status: Open - no ticket required.
Description: Implicitly, ethical considerations should underlie all clinical interventions, patient-doctor interactions, and intra-professional relationships. However, this is complicated because there can be times when actions do not fit the words espoused in ethics training. This SIG intends to focus directly on the "hidden" curriculum, which promotes acceptable, in contrast to ethical, professional behavior, as it might apply to child and adolescent training programs. It is to the advantage of training programs to acknowledge the presence of this "hidden" curriculum and address its potential negative impact on the training process. Existing ethics and training resources, e.g., ACGME education guidelines and the AACAP Code of Ethics are used as standards of conduct; and ethical considerations that underlie desirable resident and faculty conduct are explored.
The Resident as a Teacher: The Art of Effective Feedback
Recommended for: Residents
Time: Saturday, October 22, 2011: 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Status: Free with Annual Meeting registration
Description: This teaching seminar provides an introduction to principles that are directly applicable to the teaching and supervision of junior residents and medical students. Recently graduated trainees describe their own teaching experiences, and training directors of large child and adolescent psychiatry training programs offer their insight and experience followed by group discussion.
Honors Presentations
Recommended for: Medical Students, Residents
Time: Times vary; check program book for exact times.
Status: Open - no ticket required.
Description: This year, eight Distinguished Member and Journal Award recipients will give honors presentations on their work. Don't miss this opportunity to hear key leaders in the field share their knowledge and latest research results on Systems of Care, Diversity, ADHD, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Depression, Suicide, etc.
Contact the Research, Training, and Education Department at training@aacap.org for more information about Annual Meeting events for medical students and residents.
