Residents on the PRMS Blog

Our PRMS Risk Managers frequently share their expertise by contributing articles to clinical journals, including the Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience (ICNS) digital journal, throughout the year. Read an excerpt by Justin Pope, JD, PRMS Senior Risk Manager, from ICNS’ article, “Risk Management: EHR Use and Emerging Risks.” Understanding EHR Risks: What Clinicians Need to Kno ...

As part of PRMS’ ongoing efforts to support the behavioral healthcare community and to promote the organizations that work towards this mission, we are pleased to highlight the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT) and Dr. Maria Camila Velez Florez, PGY-2 Adult Psychiatry Resident at the Massachusetts General Hospital/ McLean Hospital at H ...

As part of PRMS’ ongoing commitment to behavioral health, we invited Dr. Avani Patel, MHA, PGY-4 Psychiatry Resident in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi, to be featured as a guest blogger this month. Dr. Patel reflects on her experience attending the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Meeting in New ...

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Choosing a malpractice insurance policy is one of the first – and most important – decisions you will face in your career. And as a resident, you may have a lot of questions: How much is malpractice insurance? When does a psychiatrist need malpractice insurance? What is a claims made policy versus occurrence insurance policy? Luckily, the experienced team at PRMS is equipped to ...

As part of PRMS’ ongoing efforts to support the behavioral healthcare community and to promote the organizations that work towards this mission, we are pleased to highlight our partner, the Florida Psychiatric Society (FPS), and its RFM Representative to the FPS Council Dr. José Hawayek, as our featured guest blogger this month. Dr. Hawayek, PGY-4 psychiatry resident and Associ ...

As part of our ongoing commitment to behavioral health, PRMS is pleased to feature Dr. Alyssa Ciera Smith, PGY-4 psychiatry resident at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, IN, and a member of the Indiana Psychiatric Society, as a guest blogger this month. Dr. Smith shares more about her experience attending the Federal Advocacy Conference last October in ...

As part of PRMS’ ongoing efforts to support the behavioral healthcare community and to promote the organizations that work towards this mission, we are pleased to highlight the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT) and Dr. Omar Shah, Attending Physician in the Division of Addiction Medicine and Assistant in the Department of Psychiatry and ...

As part of PRMS’ ongoing efforts to support the behavioral healthcare community and to promote the organizations that work towards this mission, we are pleased to highlight the Association of LGBTQ+ Psychiatrists (AGLP) and Dr. Teddy Goetz (they/them), PGY-3 resident at the University of Pennsylvania Psychiatric Resident Training Program in Philadelphia, PA, as our featured gue ...

As part of PRMS’ ongoing commitment to behavioral health, we invited Doctor Vatsala Sharma, PGY-3 Psychiatry Resident at the Elmhurst Hospital Center Residency Training Program in Queens, NY, to be featured as a guest blogger this month. Dr. Sharma was the first-place winner in the Queens County Psychiatric Society’s Resident's Best Paper Contest with the paper titled Intellect ...