Pathway A: Certification Pathway for Experienced Sports Psychiatrists

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Eligibility

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  • The American Board of Sports and Performance Psychiatry wishes to establish an additional pathway for experienced sports psychiatrists to obtain Board-Certification from the American Board of Sports & Performance Psychiatry. This would provide an alternative pathway for general board-certified psychiatrists, who already have significant experience in the field, to obtain board-certification. The eligibility requirements are listed below.

    A. Education/Certification/Licensure:

    • Graduation from an accredited allopathic or osteopathic school of medicine with a doctorate of medicine (M.D.), osteopathic medicine (D.O.), or Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree.

    • Successful completion of training in an accredited Adult and/or Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Program.

    • ABPN, AOBNP, or NBPAS Board certification in General and/or Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

    • Active licensure to practice medicine in at least one state in the United States.


    ​​​​​​​B. Professional Experience:

    • Three years or more of extensive post-residency clinical experience with at least 20% time on average dedicated to the care of athletes, coaches, high-performers (athletes, tactical military/law enforcement units, competitive performers, musicians), and/or teams OR completion of a sports psychiatry fellowship OR equivalent training across the course of your residency training (equivalent cumulative training of 1 year).

    • Two letters of recommendation by coaches, teams, and/or sports clinicians to indicate extensive clinical experience in the field.

    • Provide an updated resume with clinical experience.

    C. Knowledge of the Field: this is evidenced by extensive reading of sports psychiatry books or published articles and/or attendance at or participation in sports psychiatry seminars, workshops, courses, and/or society meetings.

    • Expected continuing education in sports and performance-related conferences.

    • Successful completion of the ABSPP 30-question open book examination once the remainder of the application requirements have been met.


    D. Achievement in the Field/Mentorship:

    • Presentation of sports psychiatry in three or more lectures, workshops, seminars, discussion panels at local, regional, national, or international meetings and/or the publication of sports psychiatry books, book chapters, journal articles, manuals, and/or blogs.

    • Additionally, supervision, mentorship, and/or peer consultation with other general or sports psychiatrists or other sports practitioners (e.g. sports psychologist).


    E. Ethics: must adhere to the principles and standards of the American Board of Sports and Performance Psychiatry’s Ethics Code and must not have lost medical licensure or health systems credentialing due to professional misconduct.

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