2008 MindGames
Washington, D.C., May 6, 2008

How MindGames Works:

The preliminary qualifying phase is an online contest where general psychiatry residency programs take a timed examination. Each program must name a team of three residents who will compete. Each team will receive a special code to take the online examination. The team will answer 150 questions covering various areas in psychiatry. Each correct answer is equal to one point while each wrong answer is equal to -0.25 point. Skipped and/or unanswered questions have the same penalty of -0.25 point. Each residency team is only allowed to take exam once.   The top three residency teams with the highest score will receive a $5,000 from the APA to attend the national MindGames competition.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Who is eligible to participate? Any general psychiatry residency program in the US (ACGME-accredited) and Canada may create a team and participate. Team members MUST be APA members.
2. Can fellows create their own team? No. Fellows may not create their own team but can individually join the general residency team.
3. What kind of questions can we expect? Multiple-choice questions following the ABPN Part 1 content outline. And yes, it includes neurology and history.
4. Can faculty proctor the exam? Yes, as long as they do not provide assistance to the team. We trust that all teams will be in compliance to our rules.
5. One of our team members may not be able to travel to the final competition. Can we make a substitution? Yes, substitution is allowed.
6. Will the results be publicized? Only the top 3 scoring teams will be publicized. No other scores will be made public. However, if you would like to know how your team did, send an email to mindgames@psych.org and we will privately send you your team’s score.
7. What does the team captain do? The team captain is the APA’s point of contact, aside from the training director. The announcements will go to the captain who is then responsible for disseminating the information to the rest of the team.
8. When is the last day of the online exam? The cut-off for the online exam is 11:59 p.m. EST on February 25, 2008. Though the online exam might still be live until after that time, only completed exams that made the cut-off will be counted.
9. When is the live competition? The MindGames live competition is on May 6, 2008, 5:30 p.m., Room 202 A/B of the Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC.

    

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