The Psychiatry Interest Forum (PIF) | Te Tupu Whakaritorito (PIF NZ)
Have an interest in mental health and psychiatry? Join the PIF program for free and receive a range of opportunities, scholarships and resources to learn about a career in psychiatry.
- Join PIF Join the RANZCP’s Psychiatry Interest Forum (PIF) and stay in the loop with the College’s activities and opportunities.
- Opportunities for PIF members The Psychiatry Interest Forum offers a range of free and funded activities to help you get to know psychiatry and the RANZCP.
- Learn about social and emotional wellbeing Resources to understand the concepts of social and emotional wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PIF members Specific supports, scholarship opportunities and educational materials if you identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and are looking to begin a career in psychiatry.
- Māori and Pasifika PIF members Specific supports, scholarship opportunities and educational materials if you identify as Māori and/or Pasifika and are looking to begin a career in psychiatry.
- Discover psychiatry Gain valuable insights into a career in psychiatry from RANZCP psychiatrists and trainees.
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The RANZCP has received Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing funding under the Psychiatry Workforce Program (PWP) to deliver the PIF Australia program.