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Attitudes to Research among Royal Free Psychiatric Trainees and Consultants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Chris Burford
Chris Burford*
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Royal Free Hospital, London NW3
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The promotion of interest in research has long been one of the objectives of psychiatric training, reaching its zenith in the now defunct academic DPM. The successor, the MRCPsych, has retained a research option even though the main stress is on clinical and scientific knowledge. The 1980 Handbook for Trainees and Inceptors noted that “The aim of the research option is to encourage trainees to acquire more searching and critical approaches and to foster interest in clinical data, literature, the teaching of psychiatric practice, and research.” Although the option has been used by “only a relatively small number of people”, who have as a rule been “exceptionally able and energetic candidates”, it has been retained in the newest version of the examination.

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Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists , Volume 11 , Issue 8 , August 1987 , pp. 254 - 257
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1987

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1 Bewley, T. & Mahapatra, S. (1980) (eds.) Handbook for Inceptors and Trainees in Psychiatry. Royal College of Psychiatrists.Google Scholar
2 Working Party for the Review of the MRCPsych (1985) Report to the Court of Electors. Royal College of Psychiatrists.Google Scholar
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4 Crammer, J. L. & Freeman, C. P. (1985) Hints on Research. Royal College of Psychiatrists Research Committee.Google Scholar
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