Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy
The Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy is an educational organization for psychiatrists, psychologists, other
The Psychiatry Academy organizes and produces
History
The Psychiatry Academy was officially started in 2003 by the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). This Department was founded in 1934 with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, has numerous staff who hold professor and teaching positions at Harvard Medical School,[1] and has been ranked #1 in the country for numerous years by U.S. News & World Report.[2]
In 2008, the Psychiatry Academy launched a 25-year partnership with Reed Medical Education (RME).[3] RME now produces the continuing medical education programs offered by the Psychiatry Academy and handles tasks like marketing and logistics, while the Psychiatry Academy focuses on determining educational needs and content development.[citation needed]
The Psychiatry Academy's Webcast programs used to be called "PsychLink" and were also offered via satellite broadcasts, yet that changed slightly with the launch of the new agreement with RME. Now they are available only via Webcast, and are no longer called PsychLink.[citation needed]
In May 2008, the Psychiatry Academy held a live
Faculty and staff
Courses
- Psychiatry and Neurology
- Psychotherapy
- Psychopharmacology
- Mental health and primary care practices
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References
- ^ Massachusetts General Hospital, Psychiatry Department Facts, 2006 [1] Archived 2008-05-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Hospitals, 2007 [2]
- ^ "Reed Medical Reels in Mass General", Tradeshow Week, October 2007
- ^ Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy's archived program of The Returning Veteran: PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury[3]
- ^ Psychiatry Academy faculty list, 2008
- ^ "Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy". mghcme.org. Retrieved 14 May 2020.