November 13, 2006

 

To: APA Members in Training- Psychiatry Residents

 

From: WPS MIT Committee
Suena Huang, MD – GWU, Vernon Nathaniel, MD - Howard
Mozhdeh Roozegar, MD – St. E, Samantha Shlakman, M.D. GU

 

Re:  Keys to your Career Workshop, Sat. Dec. 9,
       Key Bridge Marriott Arlington (Rosslyn), VA 

 

Dear Colleagues:

 

We are excited to bring to MITs and other residents in our area to focus our thinking on the opportunities available to us beyond residency. Keys to Your Career is a seminar each of us will find valuable as we look at the practice settings, legal requirements, and “business” of psychiatry we face as we transition from residency to practice.  Think of this day-long seminar as everything you need to know about psychiatric practice that you didn’t learn in residency.

 

You’ll hear from established psychiatrists in a number of fields who will share the pros and cons of their specialties, learn whether a managed care panel is the right place for you, find out how build your patient base and market yourself, build your understanding of the legal and liability issues that are a part of practicing psychiatric medicine, contract negotiation, and how the American Psychiatric Association and the Washington Psychiatric Society can and do provide you with a professional home throughout your career.  AND the great thing is… IT’S ABSOLUTELY FREE as a service of the WPS for you.

 

Here’s our schedule:

8:00-8:30 Registration and continental breakfast
8:30- 8:40 Welcome and introduction of speakers
8:40-9:10 Panel Discussion – Choosing a Career in Psychiatry
9:10-9:40 Managed Care and You – Understanding your Contract
9:40-9:50 Break
9:50 – 11:00 Small group breakouts
  Private Practice
  Public Psychiatry
  Institutional and Academic Psychiatry
11:00-12:00 Small group breakouts (rotate and repeat)
12:00-1:15 Lunch and Address “Risk Management – Practical Pointers
1:15-1:30 Break
1:30-2:30 Breakout sessions (rotate and repeat)
2:30-3:30 The Law and Psychiatry – Taxes, Subpoenas, Contracts, Ethics, Liability
3:30-3:50 APA and You – Lifelong Services of APA and its District Branches
 3:50-4:00 Wrap up and Evaluation