Early Career Group

The establishment of this Early Career Group aims to boost professional/educational growth and collaboration among young IACAPAP members, with the following objectives:

• Providing a scientific and academic backbone for young IACAPAP members
• Providing a common platform to collaborate on clinical and research interests
• Actively engaging and attracting young colleagues the world over to a hub where they can learn, exchange ideas and explore scientific frontiers with their peers
• Providing a solid academic platform that can benefit from the mentorship of a global pool of teachers and experts
• Seeking to create competitive opportunities for research fellowships and/or mentorship for young IACAPAP members for professional development and cross-cultural learning and experiences

Objective
Aims to complement existing IACAPAP activities and initiative, and provide a largely network that would allow early career and trainee child and adolescent psychiatrist and allied professionals to network on a continuous basis, share ideas and experience and built a foundation for stronger professional networks of international cooperation into the future.

Key criteria of becoming a member of Early Career Group (ECG)

• Any trainee of child and adolescent psychiatry, general psychiatry or allied profession;
• A child and adolescent psychiatrist, general psychiatrist or allied profession within seven (07) years of qualification;
• Undergraduate student of child and adolescent psychiatry or allied profession;
• They must fulfil membership criteria (being devoted to our aims etc.).

The newly appointed Early Career Group Coordinator is:

• Dicle Buyuktaskin Tuncturk (Turkey)
• Dina Mahmood (Australia)