An Alternative Pathways Oversight Committee was established by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) in 2015 to develop requirements and procedures for combined training programs and review existing programs and new applications.
Guidelines, applications and rotation charts are available below in ABPN-approved combined training areas for those programs interested in submitting an application. The application deadline to review new combined programs is February 1st. Applications submitted by the February 1st deadline will be reviewed by the Alternative Pathways Oversight Committee. Programs will be notified of the Committee’s decision by June 1st.
These requirements are for programs only. Individual residents cannot pursue combined training unless they are in an approved combined program.
Please consult the Procedures for ABPN Combined Training Programs for more information.
Program Area | Guidelines | Application | Charts |
Psychiatry/Internal Medicine | Psychiatry/Internal Medicine Guidelines | Psychiatry/Internal Medicine Application | Rotation Charts |
Psychiatry/Family Medicine | Psychiatry/Family Medicine Guidelines | Psychiatry/Family Medicine Application | |
Pediatrics/Psychiatry/Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | Pediatrics/Psychiatry/Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Guidelines | Pediatrics/Psychiatry/Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Application | Rotation Charts |
Psychiatry/Neurology | Psychiatry/Neurology Guidelines | Psychiatry/Neurology Application | |
Neurology/Internal Medicine | Neurology/Internal Medicine Guidelines | Neurology/Internal Medicine Application | |
Psychiatry/Child Psychiatry | Psychiatry/Child Psychiatry Guidelines | Psychiatry/Child Psychiatry Application |
The following programs have been approved. The ABPN has also assumed the supervision of the Post Pediatric Portal Pathway (PPPP) Programs in a manner similar to what we are currently doing with the combined training programs.
Psychiatry/Internal Medicine | Psychiatry/Family Medicine | Pediatrics/Psychiatry/Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | Psychiatry/Neurology | Post Pediatric Portal Pathway |
16 programs | 6 programs | 11 programs | 4 programs | 5 programs |
Duke University Medical Center | Boston Medical Center | Brown University | Medical University of South Carolina | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia |
East Carolina University | University of California, Davis | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital | New York University School of Medicine | Medical College of Georgia |
Emory University | University of California, San Diego | Indiana University | University of Massachusetts | University Hospitals Case Medical Center |
Medical College of Wisconsin | University of Cincinnati | Mt. Sinai School of Medicine | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | University of Michigan |
Medical University of South Carolina | University of Iowa | Stanford Hospital and Clinics | University of Tennessee, Memphis | |
National Capital Consortium | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center | Tufts University | ||
Southern Illinois University | Tulane University | |||
Texas Tech University | UPMC Medical Education | |||
Tulane University | University of Kentucky | |||
University of California, Davis | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | |||
University of California, Irvine | University of Utah School of Medicine | |||
University of Iowa | ||||
University of Kansas | ||||
University of Kentucky | ||||
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | ||||
West Virginia University, Charleston |
Revised April 2022
Individual residents cannot pursue combined training unless they are in an ABPN-approved combined program.
For additional information, please contact the ABPN Credentials Department at credentials@abpn.org or 847.229.6510.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc.
7 Parkway North, Deerfield, IL 60015Phone 847.229.6500
Fax 847.229.6600