Master Courses are in-depth, clinically focused content to equip you with practical skills to help you meet the challenges of daily practice in special areas. Attendance is limited. Your paid master course registration includes applicable publications from American Psychiatric Association Publishing. Six master courses are available at the 2023 in-person meeting.
Registration for paid master courses is available as an add-on in the registration platform during or after completing your in-person Annual Meeting registration. Visit the Registration Resource Center to add a Master Course.
View Master Courses for additional half-day paid course options at the meeting.
Full course descriptions are available in the Session Search. Additional courses will be available this summer virtually.
Browse the Six Master Courses:
2023 Psychiatry Review
- Part One: Saturday, May 20 | 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
- Part Two: Sunday, May 21 | 8:00 a.m. – Noon
- Faculty:
- Venkata Kolli, M.B.B.S.
- Vishal Madaan, MD
- Price: $390
- Identify gaps in knowledge in psychiatry as part of an exercise in individual learning
- Review core concepts in psychiatry and high-yield subspecialty topic areas
- Analyze multiple-choice questions and vignettes pertinent to clinical topics
Sleep Disorders and Their Management: An Overview of Common Sleep Conditions Associated with Mental Health Disorders
- Sunday, May 21 | 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- Faculty:
- Emmanuel During, M.D.
- Clete Kushida, M.D., Ph.D.
- Rafael Pelayo, M.D.
- Jamie Zeitzer, Ph.D.
- Price: $390
- Recognize common sleep disorders based on their presentation and their common association with mental health disorders
- Understand the relation between pharmacotherapy and sleep-wake disorders when treating patients with psychiatric disorders
- Recognize when patients need to be referred to a sleep medicine provider
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Master Course
- Sunday, May 21 | 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- Faculty:
- James Levenson, M.D.
- Jeffrey Staab, M.D.
- Mark Oldham, M.D.
- David Perez, M.D.
- Price: $390
- At the conclusion of this course, the participant will be able to describe the elements of an effective psychiatric consultation.
- At the conclusion of this course, the participant will have up to date knowledge of the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of delirium.
- At the conclusion of this course, management, and treatment of somatic symptom disorder.
- At the conclusion of this course, and treatment of functional neurologic symptom disorder (conversion disorder).
- At the conclusion of this course, the participant will incorporate the latest information on psychopharmacology in the medically ill.
Master Course - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Monday, May 22 | 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- Faculty:
- John Walkup, M.D.
- Jeffrey Strawn, M.D.
- Karen Wagner, M.D., Ph.D.
- Aron Janssen, M.D.
- Christopher McDougle, M.D.
- Price: $390
- Critically review and analyze cases to improve outcomes from pharmacotherapy in children and adolescents with autism.
- Critically review and analyze cases to improve outcomes for children and adolescents with anxiety disorders.
- Critically review and analyze cases to improve outcomes for children and adolescents with mood disorders.
- Critically review and analyze cases to improve quality and safety of patient care in management of gender dysphoria.
- Critically review and analyze cases to improve outcomes for children and adolescents with obsessive compulsive related disorders and tic disorders.
Late-Life Mood and Anxiety Disorders
- Monday, May 22 | 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- Faculty:
- Art Walaszek, M.D.
- Susan Lehmann, M.D.
- Shilpa Srinivasan, M.D.
- Brent Forester, M.D., M.Sc.
- Lucy Wang, M.D.
- Price: $390
- Describe how to assess an older adult who presents with depression and/or anxiety.
- List the components of suicide risk assessment in older adults and strategies to lower risk of risk.
- Explain the risks and benefits of pharmacological, neuromodulatory, and psychotherapeutic interventions for depression and anxiety in older adults, including in those with neurocognitive disorders.
- Describe how to assess and manage bipolar disorder in older adults.
Master’s Course in Clinical Psychopharmacology
- Tuesday, May 23 | 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- Faculty:
- Alan Schatzberg, M.D.
- Charles DeBattista, M.D.
- Rona Hu, M.D.
- Manpreet Singh, M.D.
- Rafael Pelayo, M.D.
- Charles Nemeroff, M.D., Ph.D.
- Price: $390
- Apply a sequential treatment approach to patients with refractory major depression.
- Have a working knowledge on the status of antidepressants in development—e.g., psychedelics.
- Select optimal treatment approaches for patients with insomnia and other sleep disorders.
- Implement treatment strategies for bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and childhood and adolescent disorders.
Continuing Education Credit
In support of improving patient care, American Psychiatric Association (APA) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) designates the live master courses for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ABPN Approval for MOC Part 2 (Self-Assessment)
The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology has reviewed the APA Annual Meeting Master Courses and approved this program as a part of a comprehensive self-assessment (Part II) program, which is mandated by the ABMS as a necessary component of continuing certification.
APA reports MOC completion data on behalf of our members directly to ABPN, however, diplomates are still required to log on to their ABPN Physician Folios at least once per calendar year to attest to completion of their MOC activities.