Medical Education

APsaA works to promote an interest in and knowledge about psychoanalysis in various medical educational programs with the intent of maintaining and fostering the role of psychoanalysis.APsaA is involved with outreach to psychiatric residents, psychiatric residency training directors, and directors of medical student education in psychiatry.

Many members who teach at APsaA's accredited training institutes also teach in and/or provide supervision in the psychiatric programs at nearby medical schools.

The following accredited training institutes are directly affiliated with medical schools:

Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research

Emory University Psychoanalytic Institute

NYU Psychoanalytic Institute

The Washington Psychoanalytic Institute
(affiliated with George Washington University Medical Center)

The following institute offers a fellowship program for psychiatric residents:
The New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute

The following institute makes its faculty and facilities available to several medical schools:
The New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Center

Other Opportunities for Residents

APsaA's biannual meetings offer special programs for psychiatric residents.

Getting involved with APsaA's Student/Residents Associates program is another way for residents to enrich their medical education.