Combined Programs and Alternative Pathways

The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) has lifted its moratorium on new combined training program applications. An Alternative Pathways Oversight Committee has been established 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 10 programs 5 programs 4 programs
Duke University Medical Center Boston Medical Center Brown University Brown University Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
East Carolina University University of California, Davis Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical University of South Carolina Medical College of Georgia
Emory University University of California, San Diego Duke University New York University School of Medicine University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Medical University of South Carolina University of Cincinnati Indiana University University of Massachusetts University of Tennessee, Memphis
National Capital Consortium University of Iowa Mt. Sinai School of Medicine University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Southern Illinois University University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Tufts University
Texas Tech University Tulane University
Tulane University UPMC Medical Education
University of California, Davis University of Kentucky
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 May 2019

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.

For information about the new ABPN MOC Part III Pilot Project and how to enroll, see our webpage

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