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Visiting Professorship ProgramApplications must be received by March 1 of each year.
Description The Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine established the Visiting Professorship program to promote the understanding and practice of Psychosomatic Medicine and to increase interest in and awareness of this important area. This program is supported by a generous grant from Eli Lilly and Company. A limited number of grants are awarded each year. The grant amount is up to $2,500 and can be used to support the travel expenses, lodging, meals and honorarium for the Visiting Professor. The host institution is expected to supplement the program by covering all costs other than those reimbursed by APM. Application Any university, hospital, or medical facility may apply for an APM Visiting Professorship grant. Both the faculty sponsor and the Visiting Professor must be a member of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine. All applications are reviewed for competitiveness by an APM-appointed committee. APM strongly encourages applications for programs that support interdisciplinary and/or interdepartmental interactions and institution-wide involvement. Applications are rated on relevance to psychosomatic medicine; overall quality of program design; inclusion of plans for interdepartmental and interdisciplinary programs; and likely impact on the institution and/or community. Application for the Visiting Professorship Program may be made online or by mailing or faxing a completed application form available in PDF format. All three parts of the application, described below, must be filled in with as much detail as you can provide. Applications must be received by March 1 of each year. Three Parts to the Application: PART 1. Institution and Faculty Sponsor. Identify and describe the institution and indicate the faculty sponsor, who must be a member of APM. PART 2. Goals for the Program at Your Institution. Identify a main topic of interest which the Visiting Professor will address. Topics could be general principles in the evaluation and management of the medically ill (psychiatric assessment, legal issues, ethical issues; psychological responses to illness), psychiatric symptoms and disorders in the medically ill, psychiatric treatment of the medically ill, and issues within specialties and subspecialties (e.g., pain, oncology, pediatrics, organ transplantation, etc.). Relevant PM systems topics include setting up or improving a PM teaching service, providing PM services in non-academic settings, primary care integration, research in PM Psychiatry, and PM Psychiatry Administration (e.g., reimbursement for PM services). In addition, provide a brief summary of the background of your department. Describe your goals for the Visiting Professorship Program at your institution and how the Visiting Professor will help you achieve these goals. Justify the need for the Program, and how it will further psychosomatic education in your hospital/community. PART 3. Format. Provide a detailed listing of specific activities that clearly describe what is expected of the Visiting Professor. This should include the types of venues, the composition and size of the anticipated audience, and the time alloted for each activity. The program duration may be from one to three days. Please be as specific as possible. Suggested presentation formats include:
Disciplines expected to attend might include trainees or faculty from neurology, pain, geriatrics, internal medicine, other medical specialties; social workers, chaplains, nurses, hospital administrators, etc. Applicants may identify a preferred APM member for the Visiting Professor, but this is not necessary. If a specific candidate is desired, the applicant should contact the individual to determine his/her availability and willingness to serve as a Visiting Professor. The Academy reserves the right to name another individual. Applicants must describe how the institution will allocate the $2,500 award -- a budget for travel, food, honorarium, etc.
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