Tewksbury Hospital (Tewksbury, MA)

Tewksbury Hospital is a 350-bed state hospital located in Tewksbury, MA. There are approximately 220 complex chronic medical adult patients residing on seven inpatient units and 150 psychiatric clients residing on five inpatient units. During the PGY-II year, residents spend two months rotating on a psychiatric inpatient unit, working with patients who have chronic and severe mental illness. During this rotation, residents are introduced to the challenges of working with chronic and treatment-resistant populations, working with the Department of Mental Health.

Lawrence Memorial Hospital (Medford, MA)

Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Medford, MA is a 134-bed general community hospital and a member of MelroseWakefield Healthcare It features a prominent Geriatric Medical Psychiatric Program, which provides patients a spectrum of geriatric psychiatry services. There are open (18 bed) and secure (16 bed) inpatient units for geriatric patients with acute psychiatric needs such as depression, psychosis, mania and dementia-related psychiatric disturbance. The inpatient psychiatric units also have expertise in evaluating and treating significant medical co-morbidity. Other psychiatric services include psychiatric consultation on medical surgical units, inpatient and outpatient electroconvulsive therapy, geriatric partial hospitalization, psychiatric consultation in the nursing home setting, adult day health, Alzheimer’s disease support group and outpatient psychiatric care (geriatric and general adult). The hospital is accessible by public transportation.

North Shore Medical Center (Salem, MA)

North Shore Medical Center is located in Salem, MA and is a 20 bed locked inpatient facility for Children and Adolescents ages 3-17 years old. During the PGY-II year, residents spend one month rotating on the unit, working with 2 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Attendings and Physician Assistants who treat patients who are experiencing depression, anxiety, psychiatric disorders, post-traumatic stress disorders, and other behavioral problems.

Walden Behavioral Care (Waltham, MA)

Walden Behavioral Care is a fully accredited mental health organization providing care for children, adolescents and adults of both sexes with Eating Disorders.  Walden Behavioral features a full continuum of care, including inpatient, partial hospitalization, residential and intensive outpatient programs.  During the PGY-III year, residents work under the supervision of an attending psychiatrist and an experienced nurse practitioner eating disorders specialist, experiencing and participating in the partial hospital treatment program located in Waltham, Massachusetts. 

AAMC developed ERAS to transmit residency applications, letters of recommendation, dean's letters, transcripts and other supporting credentials from applicants and medical schools to residency directors using the Internet.

Additional requirements and documentation are as follows:

• A completed application
• Medical school transcript
• Dean’s letter
• Three letters of reference
• A personal statement
• A picture
• USMLE Step 1 results
• USMLE Step 2 CS and Step 2 CK scores prior to start of residency
• International/Foreign, Canadian and osteopathic medical graduates should consult ERAS for application instructions

Please note:

• We sponsor J-1 visas.
• International medical school graduates must be ECFMG certified by the start of residency.
• We do not have a cut off for number of years since graduating medical school.
• Clinical experience in the United States is preferred, but not required.

The Tufts Medicine System, the Department of Psychiatry and the General Psychiatry Residency are all distinguished by three characteristics: A commitment to medical education, a commitment to providing the best possible care to all our patients regardless of their resources or circumstances, and a commitment to each other as a community of healers. Residents are typically attracted to our program because of the warm and diverse nature of the community, and because of the strong and well-balanced training that it offers. Our community offers the mutual support of other residents, close mentoring relationships with faculty, and the opportunity to teach and mentor medical students and lower level residents. The training program has particular strengths in medical and hospital-based psychiatry, in psychotherapy, and in developing physician leadership. Residents enjoy a rare balance of having close supervision coupled with real autonomy in roles of progressive responsibility, fostering the organic growth of their unique identities and skills as psychiatrists. 

Residents can expect a broad range of inpatient and outpatient experiences in multiple clinics and hospitals. This includes at least four months on the Consult/Liaison service across Tufts Medical Center, six months on our locked adult psychiatric inpatient unit, two months on the Addictions service, and rotations in child/adolescent, geriatric, forensic, and public psychiatry. Outpatient work starts with a small panel of patients in PGY-2, with outpatient work as the primary focus for PGY-3 and PGY-4. Residents have the ability to follow patients continuously for up to three years of their training, including long term psychotherapy patients. These experiences prepare our residents not only for board examinations, but also for any fellowship or adult psychiatric practice.

Under the direction of Dr. Morehead our residency has been extensively revitalizing its educational curricula. We provide first and second year residents with five to six hours of protected education time each week. As third and fourth year residents, a full day is dedicated to education per week. Didactic courses are wide-ranging and taught by experienced educators including psychiatrists (with training in adult, child and adolescent, addictions, forensics, and reproductive psychiatry), internists, neurologists, psychologists, social workers, and occupational therapists. Courses cover various psychotherapy modalities including ACT, CBT, DBT, family therapy, and psychodynamics. Neuroscience, child and adolescent psychiatry, history of psychiatry, ethics and policy, and Board preparation are a few examples of regular staples to the educational curriculum. Residents are given the opportunity to request topics and to limit courses they do not find educational through feedback to the program director.

Additionally, this program has been designed to be accommodating to those considering a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship. On request, rotations can be arranged to have completed the necessary rotations and experience required to be eligible for certification by the ABPN (American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology) before transitioning into a fellowship for their PGY-4 year. Many of our graduates have entered CAP fellowships, including our own Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship.

The Psychiatry Residency is led by Dr. Brent Forester Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry; Dr. Daniel Morehead, Adult Psychiatry Residency Program Director; Dr. Carolyn Broudy, Adult Psychiatry Associate Program Director, and Caitlin Bennett, Residency & Education Coordinator.

Information for applicants

• Two PGY I positions per year are offered
• All applications must be received via ERAS (no paper applications)
• All applicants must register with NRMP - We do not offer pre-match acceptance
• Application Deadline is December 1st

Application requirements

1. Need passing scores on USMLE Steps 1, 2 CK and 2 CS.
   • No minimum number of attempts
   • No minimum score requirement other than passing
2. 4 letters of recommendation (2 from Psychiatry, 1 from Pediatrics, 1 from choice)
3. Dean’s Letter and Transcript from Medical School
4. The following requirements are for International Medical Graduates only:
   • ECFMG certification by the time of interview
   • US Clinical experience is recommended, but not required
   • Only sponsoring J-1 Visas

For Additional Information on Tufts Triple Board Training Program Contact:

Mikayla Gregorio
Residency Training & Education Coordinator
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Tufts Medical Center
p: 617.636.1636
f: 617.636.1277
e: mgregorio@tuftsmedicalcenter.org

Please visit the BCRP website for additional application information here.

Triple Board trainees enjoy the best of not just two, but THREE worlds! Residents in our program enjoy excellent perks and benefits, and a host of extracurricular academic opportunities in a top-tier medical city. Retreats in each of the three specialties, as well as Triple Board-specific retreats and gatherings, allow us to get to bond with each other and our colleagues. Come find out what our residents are up to on the Triple Board Instagram!

Salary

Triple Board trainees enjoy all of the benefits and perks of Boston Children’s employees. Salaries follow the Boston Children’s trainee compensation schedule, and employment benefits such as health insurance, retirement, and others are the same as any trainee at Boston Children’s.

For the 2024-2025 academic year, the salary schedule is as follows:

Cost-of-Living Stipend + Lease Guarantee

We all love Boston, but we acknowledge that it is pretty expensive to live in.

As Boston Children’s employees, Triple Board trainees additionally benefit from an incredibly helpful yearly cost-of-living stipend amounting to $10,000 disbursed in one installment each summer. This stipend is meant to offset the fairly high cost of living in Boston.

Additionally, making the move to Boston can be expensive in and of itself, as most rentals in the city require deposits and first/last month’s rent with new lease signings. Boston Children’s provides assistance with this, even though leases are typically signed before your start date in the program. For more information, see Boston Children’s GME Lease Guarantee.