WPS MEMBERSHIP
Why Should I Join?
Membership Dues and Categories
How to Apply
APA Distinguished Fellowship Guidelines
How to Upgrade to General Member Status
Transferring District Branch Membership
to and from WPS
Why Should I Join?
The Washington Psychiatric Society is your professional
association in the metropolitan Washington region. Membership
provides you with collegiality, a base of consultants and
a community of your peers.
You’ll also benefit from our scientific program and
other educational and social events, most offered free of
charge as a benefit of WPS membership.
Keep up to date on current clinical, legislative, scientific
information through free member publications including The
American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychiatric News, Washington
Psychiatric Society News and the WPS members-only list serv,
WPSNET.
WPS is your voice in Annapolis, the District and Richmond.
We provide a strong lobbying and legislative presence in the
state and District arenas. Major successes in recent days
include defeat of non-physician prescribing legislation in
Maryland, passage of the patients’ bill of rights in
Virginia and advocacy for the physicians’ joint negotiations
bill in the District of Columbia.
WPS is the psychiatric community’s voice in community
and patient service as well. Members have opportunities to
take part in the District’s Jail Diversion Coalition
and End-of-Life Quality Care Coalition.
If you have a flair for public relations, legal and legislative
issues, information technology, quality assurance and a host
of other interests, there’s a place for you in WPS to
use your talents and meet colleagues who share your interests.
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Membership Dues and Categories
For more detailed information on categories and Membership Applications, go to: http://psych.org/Resources/Membership/JoinAPA.aspx
| WPS Dues Rates | APA Dues Rates |
| $40 | Member in Training | $80 | Member-In-Training*
(Medical Students-Free) |
| $115 | General Member
(1st yr) | $180 | General Member**
(1-3 years) |
| $225 | General Member
(2nd yr) | $180 | General Member**
(1-3 years) |
| $335 | General Member
(3rd yr) | $180 | General Member**
(1-3 years) |
| $500 | General Member
(4+ yrs) | $540 | General Member (4+ years) |
| $500 | Fellow/Distinguished Fellow | $540 | Fellow, Distinguished Fellow and Associate Member |
| $300 | Life Members
(1-5 yrs) | $360 | Members 70 and older with at least 5 years of total membership; Life Member, Life Fellow, Distinguished Life Fellow, and Life Associate
(1-5 years) |
| $150 | Life Members
(6-10 yrs) | $180 | Life Member, Life Fellow, Distinguished Life Fellow, and Life Associate
(6-10 years) |
* First year dues are waived.
** Your first year of membership runs from the date your application
is accepted to December 31 of that year.
WPS & APA membership year runs January 1 - December 31.
APA Membership Categories:
Medical Student Member (MS) - Individuals
who are enrolled in a U.S. or Canadian school of medicine,
including osteopathic medicine, and remain enrolled therein.
Medical Student Members are dues exempt and are required to
belong at the national level only (exempt from dual membership
requirement).
Members-in-Training (MT) - Physicians who
have been accepted into a psychiatric residency training program
that is approved by the ACGME, RCPS(C), or AOA and remain
enrolled therein. Residents enrolled in a one- year primary
care training program to be followed by an approved psychiatric
residency are eligible for Member-in-Training status. Your
First Year of APA Dues as a Member-in-Training is waived!
After that, your annual national dues are only $80.
General Members (GM) - Physicians who have
completed an acceptable program of training in psychiatry,
and hold either a valid license to practice medicine or hold
an academic, research, or governmental position that does
not require licensure.
International Member (IM) - Physicians who
live outside the United States and Canada and who meet the
criteria established for General Members. Applicants for this
category must be licensed physicians who have completed an
acceptable program of training in psychiatry; they must also
have the support of one APA member (not including Medical
Students and Members-in-Training.
International Fellow (IF) - Physicians who
live outside the United States and Canada and who meet the
criteria for Fellowship (i.e., having made significant and
continued contributions to the field of psychiatry) and who
have the support of one Fellow and/or International Fellow
of APA.
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How to Apply
Simple answer: call APA @(703) 907-7300 or 1-888-35psych -
they will send materials and forward notice to DB
For Foreign Medical Graduates - we need IMG certificate
copy
Everybody: current license to practice medicine, if applicable,
and Residency completion certificate copy, indicating 4 years
of accredited psychiatric residency
Names of 3 local WPS members for reference, if possible
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APA Distinguished Fellowship
Guidelines
To access this information, please download the APA Distinguished
Fellowship Guidelines (pdf).
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How to Upgrade to General Member
Status
Within one year of completion of residency you must advance
to General Member status. Please call WPS Central Office for
forms and further information. The basic requirements are
a current license to practice medicine and a copy of your
residency completion certification from an accredited residency
program.
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Transferring District Branch
Membership to and from WPS
NO – this is NOT automatic! We try our best to keep
up with our member’s moves hither and yon, but the basic
responsibility is with the member to let us know! There is
a form for this purpose – you can call the DB or APA
directly and one will be sent to you! When you transfer from
one DB to another, it is required that your dues to the DB
in which you were enrolled as of January 1st be paid to that
DB. If your DB dues are current and there are no outstanding
ethics complaints in your file, your transfer will be approved
and your file will be mailed to the new DB. Please try to
get these transfer forms done before December 31st so that
your name can be moved to the new DB before January 1st!
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