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The Psychiatry Institute for Medical Students

A Novel Recruitment Strategy

Dr. Lofchy and Dr. Brunet are at the Centre for Addiction & Mental Health—Clarke Site, Toronto, Ontario; and Dr. Silver is at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Lofchy, Centre for Addiction & Mental Health—Clarke Site, 250 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 1R8; e-mail: jodi.lofchy{at}utoronto.ca

In response to decreasing numbers of applicants to the authors' psychiatry residency program, the University of Toronto initiated a novel recruitment strategy in 1994: The Psychiatry Institute for Medical Students. The institute is a weeklong summer program for 15 first- or second-year medical students. The institute provides exposure to a wide variety of subspecialties in psychiatry organized into theme days and an active social program. Evaluations by the attendees have been uniformly positive. In the past 3 years, 50% of the attendees have entered a psychiatric residency program.

Key Words: Psychiatry Institute • Recruitment • New Idea

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