Core competencies for fellowship training in psychosomatic medicine: A collaborative effort by the APA Council on Psychosomatic Medicine, the ABPN Psychosomatic Committee, and The Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine

Linda L.M. Worley; James L. Levenson; Theodore A. Stern; Steven A. Epstein; James R. Rundell; Catherine C. Crone; Thomas N. Wise; Teresa A. Rummans; Philip R. Muskin; James A. Bourgeois; Stephen M. Saravay; Maryland Pao; Carol Alter; Maurice Steinberg; Lawson Wulsin; William Breitbart; Gregory L. Fricchione; Robert Boland; Lucy A. Epstein; Daniel Winstead; David F. Gitlin

doi:10.1176/appi.psy.50.6.557

Core competencies for fellowship training in psychosomatic medicine: A collaborative effort by the APA Council on Psychosomatic Medicine, the ABPN Psychosomatic Committee, and The Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine

Linda L.M. Worley, James L. Levenson, Theodore A. Stern, Steven A. Epstein, James R. Rundell, Catherine C. Crone, Thomas N. Wise, Teresa A. Rummans, Philip R. Muskin, James A. Bourgeois, Stephen M. Saravay, Maryland Pao, Carol Alter, Maurice Steinberg, Lawson Wulsin, William Breitbart, Gregory L. Fricchione, Robert Boland, Lucy A. Epstein, Daniel WinsteadDavid F. Gitlin

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	557-562
Number of pages	6
Journal	Psychosomatics
Volume	50
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psy.50.6.557
State	Published - 2009

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Worley, L. L. M., Levenson, J. L., Stern, T. A., Epstein, S. A., Rundell, J. R., Crone, C. C., Wise, T. N., Rummans, T. A., Muskin, P. R., Bourgeois, J. A., Saravay, S. M., Pao, M., Alter, C., Steinberg, M., Wulsin, L., Breitbart, W., Fricchione, G. L., Boland, R., Epstein, L. A., ... Gitlin, D. F. (2009). Core competencies for fellowship training in psychosomatic medicine: A collaborative effort by the APA Council on Psychosomatic Medicine, the ABPN Psychosomatic Committee, and The Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine. Psychosomatics, 50(6), 557-562. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psy.50.6.557

Core competencies for fellowship training in psychosomatic medicine : A collaborative effort by the APA Council on Psychosomatic Medicine, the ABPN Psychosomatic Committee, and The Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine. / Worley, Linda L.M.; Levenson, James L.; Stern, Theodore A. et al.

In: Psychosomatics, Vol. 50, No. 6, 2009, p. 557-562.

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Worley, LLM, Levenson, JL, Stern, TA, Epstein, SA, Rundell, JR, Crone, CC, Wise, TN, Rummans, TA, Muskin, PR, Bourgeois, JA, Saravay, SM, Pao, M, Alter, C, Steinberg, M, Wulsin, L, Breitbart, W, Fricchione, GL, Boland, R, Epstein, LA, Winstead, D & Gitlin, DF 2009, 'Core competencies for fellowship training in psychosomatic medicine: A collaborative effort by the APA Council on Psychosomatic Medicine, the ABPN Psychosomatic Committee, and The Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine', Psychosomatics, vol. 50, no. 6, pp. 557-562. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psy.50.6.557

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