Initiatives and programming

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

AGLP Mentorship Program

For the  2022 - 2023 academic year, the AGLP Medical Student Committee was excited to roll out a revitalized AGLP Mentorship Program! Our goal was to facilitate the creation of lasting connections and mentee/mentor relationships, as well as career development opportunities for our members. To accomplish this, we created both mentor and mentee applications including factors such as various demographic factors and the importance of those factors; career interests (research, writing, advocacy, etc); the desired role of the mentorship match; personal hobbies; and more.

For resident physicians, we allowed them to both mentor current medical students, as well as receive mentorship from practicing psychiatrists. We kept these applications open for one month in April of 2022, and we were excited to reach out to the 37 mentees and 35 mentors who so graciously agreed to be a part of our mentorship matching process.

Looking forward to the future, we are excited to start to incorporate even more structured opportunities for mentees and their mentors to facilitate and grow their relationships – whether it is through semi-regular emails, ideas for Zoom events, and more! If you have any other ideas on how we can improve the AGLP Mentorship Match, please reach out to us at: aglpmsc@gmail.com
Although we don’t have an official date for the application release at this time (07/2023), please stay tuned on ListServes and AGLP Newsletters for more information on how you can be involved!

And as always, thank you to all who participated! We hope that you strongly consider participating again.

Link to Mentor Survey (for attendings and residents): 

Link to Mentee Survey (for residents and medical students): 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Resources:

AGLP Medical Student Committee Constitution (Drafted 7/2021)

AGLP Medical Student Newsletters

Our newsletters summarize upcoming meeting dates, times, and Zoom links; upcoming educational seminars and panels; opportunities for students to be engaged and involved in AGLP efforts outside of the Medical Student Committee, and more!

 

 

 

Why should you join AGLP as a medical student member?

Membership for medical students interested in psychiatry is free!

Benefits: 

A network of diverse, dedicated, and compassionate LGBTQIA+ medical students, residents, fellows, attending, and retired psychiatrists in order to build community, connection, and lifelong mentorship.

Access to regular LGBTQIA+ mental health and LGBTQIA+ health programming and educational initiatives put on by the AGLP community and AGLP committees.

This may include opportunities to present original work including research, literature reviews, book/movie/television/game reviews, and more!

A FREE subscription to the quarterly AGLP newsletter and the quarterly peer-reviewed journal, The Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health

Opportunities to network with other like-minded professionals through AGLP sponsored events at the APA Annual meeting, through the AGLP virtual education sessions, and through the AGLP email list

Participation in giving voice to LGBTQIA+ mental health issues through advocacy and social media campaigns

Join AGLP now!

Please email aglpmsc@gmail.com, or one of our AGLP MSC Co-Chairs: Ezie Nguyen (he/they) evnguyen@uw.edu, Mary Martin (she/her) mamary@med.umich.edu, or Ryan Elliott (he/him) RElliott@mednet.ucla.edu if you have any further questions.

STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS AVAILABLE

In order to encourage and support medical students and their involvement in LGBTQIA+ psychiatry initiatives, AGLP offers grants to medical students and residents who wish to attend the APA Annual Meeting. The John O'Donnell Travel Grant Award was established to offset costs for students by partially reimbursing expenses related to the APA Annual Meeting. This may include costs for flights, housing, and more.

The AGLP John O’Donnell Travel Grant Award is awarded once yearly through an application process, with applications oftentimes going out around December or January in the months leading up to the APA Annual Meeting. There is not a set amount of awards or monies offered for students; however, on average, each year roughly five students have been selected, with awards not exceeding $500. The number and amount of each award may vary year to year.
Those wishing to apply for this grant should contact the AGLP Medical Student Committee at aglpmsc@gmail.com.
The John O'Donnell Student Grant Fund is supported by donations from AGLP members in order to encourage and support trainees and their involvement in LGBTQ+ psychiatry.

Please consider:

• Donating frequent flyer miles or hotel points.
  Making a donation to the AGLP medical student/resident travel fund. You can donate by CLICKING ON THIS LINK or send a check to AGLP at 1512 Spruce Street #2601, Philadelphia, PA 19102-4557.