Resident Education

APsA 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. APsA is involved with outreach to psychiatric residents, psychiatric residency training directors, and directors of medical student education in psychiatry.

Many members who teach at APsA’s Approved Training Institutes also teach in and/or provide supervision in the psychiatric programs at nearby medical schools.

The following training institutes are directly affiliated with medical schools:

• Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
• Emory University Psychoanalytic Institute
• The Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania Department of Psychiatry
• Psychoanalytic Association of New York (PANY) affiliated with NYU Grossman School of Medicine / NYU Langone Health
• Washington Baltimore Psychoanalytic Center affiliated with the George Washington University Medical School and Howard University Department of Psychiatry

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

Additional Opportunities for Residents

• APsA’s meetings offer special programs for psychiatric residents.
• Getting involved with APsA’s Student Members is another way for residents to enrich their medical education.

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Reading

• List of Essential Readings
• Comprehensive Reading List
• Sample Syllabi for Psychoanalytic Research Courses