Psychiatry CME in Harvard, Mayo Clinic or Massachusetts General Hospital?

[katie7]

Hello,

I'm a young psychiatrists from Europe being awarded a grant to take part in a CME course in psychiatry. So far I have selected the following:
1. Psychiatry Clinical Reviews 2017 in Mayo Clinic
2. Psychiatry in 2017 in Harvard Medical School
3. Psychopharmacology 2017 in Massachusetts Medical School

There are all 3-day courses. I have read rankings of Psychiatric hospitals in the US, but because I'm not from the US myself, I lack "inside" information of which course is the best organised/more useful/more prestigious/more known etc.

If you have some information concerning those hospitals or those courses, I would be very thankful!

Thank you,

Katie

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[Stagg737]

Hello,

I'm a young psychiatrists from Europe being awarded a grant to take part in a CME course in psychiatry. So far I have selected the following:
1. Psychiatry Clinical Reviews 2017 in Mayo Clinic
2. Psychiatry in 2017 in Harvard Medical School
3. Psychopharmacology 2017 in Massachusetts Medical School

There are all 3-day courses. I have read rankings of Psychiatric hospitals in the US, but because I'm not from the US myself, I lack "inside" information of which course is the best organised/more useful/more prestigious/more known etc.

If you have some information concerning those hospitals or those courses, I would be very thankful!

Thank you,

Katie

If you're going off of prestige, you can't beat Harvard. Other than that you'll have to get details about comparing the conferences from attendings with experience at these.

 

[TexasPhysician]

No cme conference is prestigious in my opinion. I prefer psychopharmacology conferences myself as they are more in tune with daily practice. The other consideration is where would you like to vacation for 3 days?

 

[Jules A]

Vegas? It doesn't get any better location wise and the food is off the hook. I might have skewed priorities but I am not feeling a $1,000 course with lunch "on your own", lol.

Psychopharmacology Update - Nevada Psychiatric Association

 

[TexasPhysician]

Vegas? It doesn't get any better location wise and the food is off the hook. I might have skewed priorities but I am not feeling a $1,000 course with lunch "on your own", lol.

Psychopharmacology Update - Nevada Psychiatric Association

Just FYI - the food the Nevada PA provides is usually awful.

 

[Jules A]

Just FYI - the food the Nevada PA provides is usually awful.

Maybe my palate is subpar? I eat like an animal. 🙂

 

[smalltownpsych]

Boston over Chicago any day for the tourism aspect. Also, the seafood in Boston is some of the best. That narrows it down to two. I would also lean towards Harvard just because of the name as I imagine everything else will be roughly equivalent. Enjoy your visit to the US. 🙂