Certification in Psychiatry Administration and Management

[ronin12]

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Thoughts are welcome about certification in psychiatry administration and management offered by APA.
what are possible benefits of having this certification and studying strategy.
I have read whole info on their website and they listed a long list of educational material. Any one who has passed this exam would kindly share their experience.

Thanks

 

[whopper]

I haven't taken the exam but I do wish to get take it & get an administrative certification in the future.

All residency programs are required by the ACGME to do at least one lecture a year on administrative psychiatry, or at least that's what the head of the psyche dept told me when I was in residency.

He told me to get certification, in addition to passing the exam (& no fellowship is required) 2 years of experience in a position in administrative psychiatry was required.
Chief Resident can count.
So for me I got 1 year of Chief Resident & 1 year as Vice President of the Resident's Chapter of the NJ branch of the APA. I got that end covered.

You also need to be board certified in general psychiatry.

Does it help? I think it would give you an edge if others were applying for an administrative position but didn't have the certification. Thing about psychiatry is that its not like there's a lot of applicants for positions. So far, from my own experience, when administrative positions were opened, from what I saw, only a small handful of people were in competition for it.

Dr. Newmark said you got to study for the exam, & the material for the exam is helpful learning how to manage people under you.

 

[ronin12]

Thanks for the info. I think I do qualify for this exam and will apply this week. my main question is regarding studying pearls. there is a long list of recommendations for study material. I wonder if you know anyone who passed this exam and how he/she managed to do relevant study. Are we suppose to read all of those books or is there one text book enough for this exam. Again appreciate your reply.