Academic Programs
Global Mental Health Program
Program Timeline
The Global Mental Health track is a mentored educational global health experience for residents that usually begins in the PGY2 or PGY3 year culminating in completion of a scholarly project. Residents who are selected for the track meet individually with their mentor and attend a monthly group supervision meeting with other track residents and the program directors. Residents may opt to conduct fieldwork abroad as part of their GMH scholarly project and pilot funding is available. Residents who wish to participate in the GMH track need to apply.
During the PGY1 year, residents explore and develop their interests in GMH through participation in the monthly seminar and through identification of potential mentors in GMH with the GMH director. At the end of the year, residents who wish to further explore their interests can apply to the GMH track starting in the PGY2 year. Residents wishing to apply for the GMH track in their PGY2 year are strongly encouraged to meet with the GMH program director (Ladson Hinton, M.D.) prior to submission of their application.
- Attend monthly GMH seminars
- Consider application for PGY2 GMH track
During the PGY2 year, residents interested in further developing their interests in GMH are encouraged to submit a brief application describing their interests and to identify a mentor. A field experience can be included as part of the application (travel funds may be available). Residents accepted into the track have the option of continuing for one year in the GMH track or extending into their PGY3 and PGY4 years.
- Submit application for PGY2 year (due on July 31st of PGY2 year)
- Attend GMH monthly seminar
- Meet monthly with mentor
- Field experience (optional)
- ½ day blocked for GMH (optional)
Residents who continue in the GMH track in their PGY3 and PGY4 years are expected to complete a scholarly project. The project must be advised by a faculty member in the department, or by an approved faculty member outside of the department on a case-by-case basis, and of publishable quality. This may include: an article in a psychiatry or psychology journal; a workshop, paper or poster presented at a regional or national conference; a grand rounds or original seminar series; a sustainable community outreach program. Residents will also be expected to take a leadership role in the GMH program by helping to organize and lead GMH seminars and to identify the yearly GMH grand rounds speaker.
- Submit application PGY3 and PGY4 years (due on July 31st of PGY3 year)
- Leadership role in monthly GMH seminars
- Meet monthly with mentor
- Field experience
- Complete a scholarly project
- ½ day blocked for GMH (optional)
Applications are developed and submitted by July 31st of PGY2. Selection of Global Mental Health track residents will be announced by September 1st of the same year.