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Rappeport Fellowship
The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
is pleased to announce the 25th Annual Rappeport
Fellowship competition. Named in honor of AAPL's
founding president, Jonas R. Rappeport, M.D.,
the fellowships offer an opportunity for
outstanding residents with interests in
psychiatry and the law to develop their
knowledge and skills.
Rappeport Fellows will attend the Annual Meeting
of AAPL, which will be held in Montreal, Canada
from October 26-29, 2012. Immediately prior to
the Annual Meeting, Fellows will also attend
AAPL's Forensic Psychiatry Review Course, an
intensive, comprehensive overview of psychiatry
and law. At the Annual Meeting, Fellows are
encouraged to attend the many excellent
educational sessions, and to meet with AAPL
preceptors, who can assist them in exploring
interests in psychiatry and the law. Travel,
lodging, and educational expenses are included
in the fellowship award, and a per diem will be
paid to cover meals and other expenses. In
addition, Fellows receive subscriptions to
AAPL's major publications, the Newsletter and
the Journal of the American Academy of
Psychiatry and the Law.
Residents who are currently PGY-III in a general
program, or PGY-IV in a child or geriatric
subspecialty training program and who will begin
their final year of training in July 2012, are
eligible. One nomination will be accepted from
each residency program.
Procedures for nomination
Nominations must be post-marked by April 1,
2012. Please DO NOT send in binders, folders, or
envelopes (must be stapled, clipped, and not
folded). The nomination package must contain 9 collated
packets consisting of the following:
a. A letter of nomination from the residency
training director outlining the nominee's
overall skills as a psychiatrist, interests in
psychiatry and law, and the reasons to believe
that the nominee will make a significant
contribution to psychiatry and law in his or her
professional life.
b. A letter from the psychiatrist most familiar
with the nominee’s work in psychiatry and the
law, detailing his or her recent activities or
responsibilities.
c. A statement from the nominee discussing the
evolution of his or her interests in psychiatry
and law, and the steps taken to develop those
interests; his or her long-term goals for a
career in psychiatry, with particular emphasis
on how professional activity in psychiatry and
law will be integrated with those goals; and any
other information the nominee believes may be
useful to the committee.
d. A current curriculum vitae for the nominee.
e. Reprints of any papers on a subject of
relevance to psychiatry and law that the nominee
has had published (or reprints of papers
accepted for publication). Nomination packages, when completed, should be
mailed to: Chair, Rappeport Fellowship Committee
American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
One Regency Drive, PO Box 30
Bloomfield, CT 06002-0030. Questions can be addressed to the above or call
the Executive Office at (800) 331-1389. |
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