Combined Programs and Alternative Pathways

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

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
15 programs	6 programs	9 programs	4 programs	4 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 University of South Carolina	University of Cincinnati	Mt. Sinai School of Medicine	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	University of Tennessee, Memphis
National Capital Consortium	University of Iowa	Tufts University
Southern Illinois University	University of Pittsburgh Medical Center	Tulane University
Texas Tech University		UPMC Medical Education
Tulane University		University of Kentucky
University of California, Davis		University of Utah School of Medicine
University of California, Irvine
University of Iowa
University of Kansas
University of Kentucky
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
West Virginia University, Charleston

Revised July 2021

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.com or 847.229.6510.

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