The 24th European Congress of Psychiatry invites recent graduates to its specialist programme tailored to the needs of the Early Career Psychiatrist.
The EECP Programme offers the following benefits:
- Reduced Fees: Early Career Psychiatrists pay a reduced rate for the EPA congress.
- Early Career Psychiatrists' Networking Area: Providing a central and integral part of the programme serving as a central meeting point for networking and recruitment.
- Scholarship Programme: The scholarship programme for Early Career Psychiatrists and trainees will provide special grants (travel assistance, hotel accommodation for 4 nights, complimentary congress registration, complimentary registration for 1 EPA Academia Educational Course, invitation to attend the Congress opening ceremony, invitation to the ECP Luncheon, 1 year free EPA membership).
Early Career Psychiatrists' Programme which includes:
- Conversations Sessions: These sessions provide Early Career Psychiatrists with the opportunity to hear leading figures of European psychiatry in an informal and relaxed atmosphere.
- Court Debates
- Training Workshops
- Symposia
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EPA 2016 - Convince Your Boss.pdf (PDF)
EPA2016 ECP Programme
All Session will take place in the La Paz hall at the Congress venue
Session description | Date | Time |
Conversations - The Political and Social Mission of Psychiatry
| 13 March | 10:00-11:30 |
Court debates - Mindful or Mindless: Is Mindfulness more than just a Hype?
| 13 March | 15:00-16:30 |
Court Debates - Should Gender Identity Disorder should be Considered a Mental Illness?
| 14 March | 08:00-09:30 |
EFPT/ ECPC-EPA Symposium - Identity or Competency: How to Train the Modern Day Psychiatrist
| 14 March | 10:00-11:30 |
Training Workshop - Using Ethics in Daily Psychiatry
| 14 March | 15:00-16:30 |
Symposia - Services Users and Carers are Experts in Mental Health
| 14 March | 17:00-18:30 |
Training Workshop - Dissociative Symptoms, How to Recognise and Treat them
| 15 March | 08:00-09:30 |
Conversations - Tackling Suicide where there are too few Psychiatrists
| 15 March | 10:00-11:30 |
EFPT/ ECPC-EPA Symposium - Research by Trainees and Early Career Psychiatrists
| 15 March | 15:00-16:30 |