Education Award Applications

(Deadline: December 1)

The Award for Creativity in Psychiatric Education is open to any creative/innovative program for psychiatric education that has been in operation for at least two years, and has been a part of a U.S. or Canadian approved psychiatric residency training program.  Trainees may include: medical students, residents, other physicians, allied mental health professionals, or members of the community.

The Committee selects an awardee in the fall; all applicants are notified of the Committee's decision by November 15.

Method of Application

Applicants must submit a completed Application Form and any related documentation (total submission not to exceed 40 pages)  by December 1, to:

  • Chair, Committee on the Award for Creativity in Psychiatric Education
    The American College of Psychiatrists
    122 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 1360
    Chicago, IL 60603
    No faxes please.

Past Education Award Winners

1993: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences – Medical University of South Carolina, the Charleston/Dorchester Community Mental Health Care, and the South Carolina Department of Mental Health

1994: Department of Psychiatry - University of Kentucky, Lexington

1995: Department of Psychiatry - Oregon Health Science University

1996: Department of Psychiatry - University of Ottawa

1997: Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program - Harvard University

1998: Psychiatry Residency Program - University of California, Davis

1999: Ethnic Minority Psychiatric Inpatient Program, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco

2000: Department of Psychiatry - State University of New York, Buffalo

2001: Department of Psychiatry - University of Missouri, Columbia

2002: Department of Psychiatry - University of Kentucky, Lexington

2003: Department of Psychiatry - Oregon Health & Science University, Portland

2004: Women's Mental Health Program - University of Illinois, Chicago

2005: Department of Psychiatry - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota

2006: Psychiatric Institute for Medical Students, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2007: Diversity Advisory Committee, University of California, Davis, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

2008: Toronto Addis Ababa Psychiatry Project at the University of Toronto

2009: Incentives for Encouraging Research Training: An Effective Time-Neutral Strategy, the Medical University of South Carolina

2010: New York University: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Studies Minor (CAMS)

2011: The University of Alberta Psychiatry Resident Medical Student Teaching Program