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Survey on the Application Timeline for Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry Fellowship Programs.

Sylvia Josephy-Hernandez, James R Bateman, Roy H Hamilton
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Most program directors are open to a unified offer date for fellowships.

Survey on the Application Timeline for Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry Fellowship Programs.

Sylvia Josephy-Hernandez et al. · The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2026
Background

Behavioral neurology & neuropsychiatry (BNNP) fellowship programs do not have a coordinated application timeline.

95%
Results
most specialized training program leaders were open to a unified date for job offers
More results

Complete responses were received from 22 PDs and from 11 current and six incoming fellows, within a span of 17 months between the first application opening (August postgraduate year 3) and the last position offering (December postgraduate year 4).

More results

Although not a statistically significant finding, 41% of the fellows reported that different application timelines prevented them from completing interviews for all their desired programs, and 88% agreed with a unified timeline (p=0.002).

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Conclusion

Most participants recognized challenges because of differing timelines and agreed on unifying one or more aspects of the application process.

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