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How to apply to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship

Ready to advance your training and make a lasting impact on children and families? We are recruiting for one fellowship position for the 2027–2028 training year through a pre-match process. Applications will be accepted Feb. 1- March 27, 2026. If you’re passionate about comprehensive, collaborative, and compassionate care, this is your opportunity to join a program committed to excellence in clinical care, research, and education across Kentucky. 

Training in child and adolescent psychiatry can occur either after completion of the final (PGY-4) year of an ACGME-accredited general psychiatry residency program or combined program including general psychiatry, or as a “fast track” following the PGY-3 year of a general psychiatry residency program. Canadian equivalents are accepted. 

Applications should be emailed to Jodi Smith (jodi.smith@uky.edu) including:  

• A current CV that includes months or years of educational training or employment experience
• A copy of your medical school transcript and MSPE (copy of Previous ERAS application for residency will suffice)
• Personal statement
• Reference letters from at least three faculty members you have worked with in your current residency program (one letter must be from your program director. Ideally, one letter should be from a child and adolescent psychiatrist.)
• USMLE or COMLEX Scores
• Medical School Diploma
• ECFMG, J-1 Visa (if applicable)
• Training documentation form (to be filled out by current residency training director) 

Our program aims to fill our spots by though the pre-Match process. In the event that the program does not fill in the pre-Match process, we participate in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Registration. Ranking, and Results®️ (R3®️) system main Fellowship Match utilizing the Electronic Residency Application Service Program (ERAS). Applications are accepted when the main Fellowship Match opens annually in July.  The website will be updated by early June if we will be participating in the main Fellowship Match.