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The establishment and maintenance of Standards for the training of physicians in psychoanalysis is one of the functions of the Board on Professional Standards as defined in the ByLaws of the American Psychoanalytic Association.
The Board on Professional Standards shall maintain a Committee on Standards for the continued study of recommendations as to alterations or revisions of standards and curricula as may from time to time be deemed advisable. Ordinarily, proposals of the Committee on Standards shall be presented to the Board on Professional Standards not later than the Mid-Winter Meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association.
The following are the required standards of the American Psychoanalytic Association for the training of physicians in psychoanalysis. These were approved by the Board of Professional Standards on December 17, 1948.
The applicant for training in psychoanalysis must be a graduate of a Class A Medical School as defined by the American Medical Association or a foreign medical school of equivalent rating.
In order to have his application considered, the applicant must have creditably served at least one year's recognized interneship in a Class A hospital approved by The American Medical Association or in a foreign hospital with equivalent rating.
The applicant also must have had at least one year's full time work in a psychiatric hospital approved by The American Psychiatric Association and the American Medical Association before he may be accepted for analysis, unless the first year's residency is included as a part of the Institute's curriculum.
It is furthermore understood that he will have completed three years of approved psychiatric training prior to completion of his training in psychoanalysis.