Indigenous Peoples in Psychiatry

The Indigenous Peoples in Psychiatry Early Pipeline Program aims to expose American Indian/Alaskan Native/Native Hawaiian undergraduate and high school students to the field of psychiatry while offering mentorship from some of the world’s leading psychiatrists.

The number of American Indian/Alaska Native medical school applicants decreased from 0.38% to 0.19% between 2006 and 2017. To address this challenge, APA has created an early pipeline program aimed to increase the number of Indigenous peoples that are medical school applicants interested in psychiatry.

Program Benefits

• Development of Community Mental Health Events
• Exposure to the exciting field of psychiatry
• Information on the medical school process
• One-on-one mentoring from APA leaders
• Opportunities to shadow senior clinicians and researchers in the field
• Financial support for MCAT preparation
• Funding to attend APA-sponsored conferences

Eligibility

• American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian undergraduate and high school students

Application Requirements

• Demographic Questions
• Resume/CV
• 3.0 GPA or higher
• Personal Statement (300 words or less)
• Recommendation Letter

Application Deadline

• October 15, 2019

All application documents must be uploaded to the online application form.

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Program Notification

October

Program Manager

Nadia Woods, M.S.W.
nwoods@psysch.org