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The American Psychiatric Association Foundation PASS Program

American Psychiatric Association Foundation PROJECT
The American Psychiatric Association Foundation PASS Program by American Psychiatric Association Foundation

credits

Title
  • The American Psychiatric Association Foundation PASS Program
Entrant
  • American Psychiatric Association Foundation

About This Project

Summary

The APA Foundation (APAF) PASS program is a new initiative for medical students and psychiatry residents to engage with the APA/APAF and learn more about APAF initiatives and our fellowship programs. As an incentive, we provide participants with complimentary APA Annual Meeting registration and hotel accommodation. The APAF collaborated with several APA departments (Education, Meetings, Membership, Finance) to develop, launch, and market the program in a two-month period (January –February).

Goals & Objectives

Enhance the professional development of residents/medical students with a travel + registration opportunity to attend the APA Annual Meeting. Increase residents/medical students' knowledge and awareness of the APAF’s Mental Health Care Works campaign, APAF fellowships, and other APAF programs.

Results & Impact

PASS opened for applications on February 12 and closed on March 15, 2024. We received 537 APAF Ambassador applications, 351 fellowship applications, and 159 APA Scholar applications. All fellowship applicants received free registration and 500 Ambassadors/Scholars received registration plus hotel.

the team

Vedrana Hodzic
  • Director, Fellowships and Medical Education
  • American Psychiatric Association Foundation
Camille Bryan
  • Program Director, Fellowships and Medical Student Programs
  • American Psychiatric Association Foundation
Lynsey Kennedy
  • Program Coordinator, APAF Fellowships
  • American Psychiatric Association Foundation
Paula Schneider
  • Director, Meetings and Conventions
  • American Psychiatric Association
Mariella Ley
  • Registrar
  • American Psychiatric Association
Lisa Diener
  • Managing Director, Membership
  • American Psychiatric Association
Raphael Garcia
  • Director, Integrated Marketing
  • American Psychiatric Association
Dasia Spriggs
  • Senior Manager, Integrated Marketing
  • American Psychiatric Association
Kelsy McCraw
  • Deputy Director, Digital Communications
  • American Psychiatric Association
Maggie Dougherty
  • Content Strategy Program Manager
  • American Psychiatric Association