Swiss Association of Psychiatric Trainees: Svpa-Asmap-Asap

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Swiss Association of Psychiatric Trainees: Svpa-Asmap-Asap

Improving psychiatric training in Switzerland, creating personal and professional networks. https://linktr.ee/svpa_asmap_asap

The SVPA-ASMAP-ASAP is the Swiss Association of Psychiatric Trainees and was founded in September 2009. Aims of the association are to improve psychiatric training in Switzerland, to create personal and professional networks and to represent trainee positions in relevant other organizations (such as the Swiss Association of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy SGPP/SSPP).

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23/08/2026

The EFPT Leadership Program is back for its 6th Edition! Applications open from 23rd August to 6th September at [email protected]

22/08/2026

🇪🇺 SVPA-ASMAP-ASAP at the 34th EFPT Forum in Bucharest 🇨🇭

The 34th EFPT Forum brought together psychiatry trainees from across Europe under the motto “Innovative Minds, Compassionate Care.” It was an inspiring week of international collaboration, scientific exchange, and discussions on the future of psychiatric training.

SVPA-ASMAP-ASAP was proud to represent Switzerland by presenting the Swiss Country Report and Poster, contributing to several EFPT Working Groups, and sharing perspectives on postgraduate psychiatric training in Switzerland.

International collaboration is essential to strengthen psychiatric education, advocate for trainees, and learn from one another. We return home with new ideas, stronger partnerships, and renewed motivation to continue supporting young psychiatrists in Switzerland.

A heartfelt thank you to EFPT, the Local Organising Committee, and all colleagues who made this forum such a valuable experience. We look forward to continuing our collaboration across Europe!

14/05/2026

We would like to take this opportunity to invite all trainee representatives, as well as all interested trainees, to our first online information session on *June 25, 2026, at 19:30*.
During the session, we will first introduce the organization SVPA-ASMAP-ASAP (Swiss Association of Psychiatry Trainees / Association Suisse des Médecins Assistants en Psychiatrie) and its resources, briefly explain the psychiatry training program in Switzerland, hold a short logbook discussion, and discuss different training conditions and program structures.
We recommend registering for the online event via the following Google Form: https://lnkd.in/eE6-YNzY in order to reserve your place in advance and receive the access link on time.
We look forward to exchanging ideas with you and hope to see many of you online on June 25th!

https://lnkd.in/eE6-YNzY
Violette Corre: SVPA-ASMAP-ASAP Information session
Jeudi 25 juin • 19:30 – 21:15
Informations de connexion Google Meet
Lien de l'appel vidéo : https://lnkd.in/e9cyRsRH
Ou composez le +41 31 560 24 30 CODE : 191 693 822 #
Plus de numéros de téléphone : https://lnkd.in/eQVX9WP5

10/05/2026

🌸 To all psychiatry trainees who are also mothers: thank you.

Being a resident physician while raising children requires extraordinary dedication, resilience and strength. Many colleagues work part-time in order to balance family life and psychiatric training — yet this often means that specialist training takes much longer than expected.

Although psychiatric postgraduate training officially lasts a minimum of 6 years in Switzerland, the average duration is often closer to 9 years. This reality shows why flexible and family-friendly training structures are so important.

At SVPA-ASMAP-ASAP, we want to continue supporting young psychiatrists — especially colleagues who are mothers — by advocating for fair conditions, transparent training pathways and better compatibility between medical careers and family life.

A sustainable healthcare system must also care for the people working within it. 💜

27/03/2026

Pre-Congress 2026: September 16 in Lugano, a day dedicated to psychiatry residents just before the annual congress on September 17–18.
It is organized by SVPA/ ASMAP, the Swiss Association of Psychiatry Residents

Program:
• Workshops on logbooks, exam preparation, and insurance knowledge
• Personality disorders: how to finally think dimensionally and use ICD-11, with Dr. Sehli (Fribourg)
• Oncology, oncologists, psychiatry, and psychiatrists: reflections on a career with Prof. Stiefel
• Aberrant predictions of cognition: how should we rethink schizophrenia? With Prof. Sterzer (Basel)

New this year: we are offering you the opportunity to present, in 15 minutes (without slides), a psychiatric or psychotherapeutic clinical case that challenged your knowledge or your way of thinking. You can already send your abstracts! [email protected]

10/01/2026

Extended waiting times for FMH specialist titles – an update

Many doctors are currently waiting months — sometimes over a year — for the issuance of their FMH specialist title. These delays have significantly affected psychiatry trainees, impacting career planning, contracts, and income.

SVPA-ASMAP-ASAP has closely followed the situation and published a comprehensive overview covering:
• how the crisis developed since 2024,
• the roles of FMH, SIWF/ISFM, vsao-asmac, and SGPP/SSPP,
• recent institutional responses and decisions,
• and practical steps trainees can take.

👉 Read the full article here:
🔗 https://svpa-asmap.ch/extended-waiting-times-for-fmh-specialist-titles-how-did-we-get-here-and-where-do-we-stand-today/

We invite colleagues to share their experiences — directly or anonymously — and will continue to provide updates as the situation evolves.

01/01/2026

2025 has been a wonderful year for us,
and we’re excited to continue supporting
young psychiatrists and advancing our field
in the new year!

#2025 #2026 -asmap-asap

19/12/2025

Statement on foreign-trained residents in Switzerland

Following a recent interview by the president of the VSAO-ASMAC, the SVPA-ASMAP-ASAP committee issued an open letter addressing concerns about the framing of sensitive topics, including foreign-trained doctors and psychiatric training.

(https://www.linkedin.com/posts/vsaoasmac_die-schweiz-sollte-ihren-%C3%A4rztebestand-mit-activity-7386690981049303040-pehm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAACgvzv0B5O9WPSxGHh4Cdn-g65FgNjpN1Dg )

We strongly believe that tragic patient cases should not be used to advance political arguments. (https://www.derbund.ch/aerztemangel-in-der-schweiz-braucht-es-mehr-studienplaetze-330295500925 )
Our association stands for safe, high-quality, and equal psychiatry training and values the essential contribution of colleagues trained abroad.

We hope for more careful public communication and stronger collaboration with young professional associations in the future.

📄 Full statement: link in bio

14/12/2025

SVPA-ASMAP-ASAP at the First EFPT Winter Event in Strasbourg
From 21 to 23 November 2025, nearly fifty psychiatric trainees from all over Europe gathered at the Strasbourg Simulation Center (UNISIMES) for the very first EFPT Winter Event.
The Strasbourg Winter Event was explicitly designed as a small, intensive meeting with a cap of around 50 participants and priority given to active working-group members. Over one weekend, participants alternated between:
• Keynote lectures by invited experts,
• Practical workshops using simulation-based methods,
• Dedicated working-group sessions to move projects forward.
and explored the magical winter illuminations of beautiful Starsbourg.

Read our blogpost to learn more about EFPT and the Winter Event: https://svpa-asmap.ch/svpa-asmap-asap-at-the-first-efpt-winter-event-in-strasbourg/

14/12/2025

svpaasmapasap 🎉 What a success at Medifuture 2025!

As is now tradition, the SVPA delegation joined forces with our colleagues from Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ARGE) to showcase our specialties to medical students at Medifuture. Under the patronage of the SGPP and SGKJPP, our stand had an overwhelming number of visitors throughout the day, and the curiosity and engagement we saw for psychiatry and child & adolescent psychiatry were truly impressive. Our quiz helped the students get a taste of psychiatry and strike interesting conversations about the complexity of our day to day work. We also took the opportunity to network with our fellow young medical societies to discuss important topics like the SIWF title delays and how to support associative commitment during residency.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our stand, asked questions, and shared their interest in our fields. We’re excited about the future and look forward to continuing to inspire and support the next generation of psychiatrists.

Stay tuned for more!

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