Two faculty in the Yale Department of Psychiatry have been chosen to receive the Nancy C.A. Roeske, MD, Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Medical Student Education from the American Psychiatric Association (APA).
Erica Ahlert-Smith, MD, Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry, and Dale Sebastian, MBBS, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, are the 2020-21 recipients of the award at Yale.
The award was established in honor of Nancy C.A. Roeske, MD, and serves as a tribute to her unique and creative contributions to psychiatric education. It is awarded to APA members who have made outstanding and sustaining contributions to medical student education.
Ahlert-Smith teaches third-year medical students as part of the combined Ambulatory Care Internal Medicine and Psychiatry clerkship. Sebastian is Associate Program Director of the Public Psychiatry Fellowship.