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What We Look for in an Applicant

Residency training is in many ways an apprenticeship. You will work in close relationship with faculty mentors and small teams of your colleagues, learning from your clinical work, concentrated group and individual study, and independent projects. We look for those who possess a passion for psychiatry, who can take initiative for their own learning, and pursue scholarly activities beyond the core program requirements. We provide opportunities for mentorship by expert clinicians and researchers, towards the goal of training skilled physicians who will become leaders in research, teaching, administration and clinical service in psychiatry.

On a personal level, the capacity to be reflective about yourself and your interactions with others, openness to constructive criticism, and a willingness to tolerate anxiety as you learn to apply new therapeutic skills with patients and families are essential.

We welcome a diverse group of trainees into our graduate medical education programs. As a matter of institutional policy, Duke University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin, handicap, sexual orientation or preference, gender, or age in the administration of educational policies, admissions policies, employment or any other university program or activity.

What You Should Look for in a Program

Check out this journal article:

For a practical guide with helpful hints about the application, interview and NRMP match process, see the following article published by a previous Duke chief resident, Vince Watts, M.D. and previous Duke program director, Tana Grady, M.D.:

Watts BV, Windham SA, Grady TA. Choosing the Right Psychiatry Residency--and How to Get It to Choose You. Jrnl. Prac. Psych. and Behav. Hlth. 1996;283-294

Try this questionnaire:

Use the following questionnaire as a guide to help you identify those factors of quality in residency education that are most important to you. Your completed checklist of "most important" variables can serve as a template for information-gathering on the interview trail.

What You Should Look for in a Program