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
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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WPS DUES RATES
|
|
$ 40
|
Member in Training |
Free
|
Medical Student |
$115
|
General Member 1st yr |
$80 |
Member-In-Training* |
$225
|
General Member 2nd yr |
$180 |
General Member** (1-3 years) |
$335
|
General Member 3rd yr |
$360
|
General Member (4-6 years) |
$500
|
General Member 4+ yrs |
$540 |
General Member (7+ years) |
$500
|
Fellow/Distinguished Fellow |
$540 |
Fellow, Distinguished Fellow and Associate Member |
$300
|
Lifes 1-5
|
$360 |
Members 70 and older with at least 5 years of total membership |
| $150 |
Lifes 6-10 |
$360 |
Life Member,
Life Fellow,
Distinguished Life Fellow,
and Life Associate (1-5 years) |
| |
|
$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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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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To access this information, please download the APA Distinguished Fellowship Guidelines (pdf).
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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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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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