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Clinical examinations for professional qualification in psychiatry: the patients' views

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Rajendra D. Persaud  and
Clive J. Meux
Rajendra D. Persaud*
Affiliation:
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ
Clive J. Meux
Affiliation:
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3BX
*
correspondence
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As part of testing candidates' abilities, patients are used in clinical examinations for professional qualifications throughout all specialties and levels of medicine. However, the patients' views on being used for these purposes have not been investigated. Examiners use the opportunity presented by candidates interviewing patients in an examination setting as part of the test of a candidate's ability in psychiatry. Psychiatric patients' experiences of such examinations may be so different from that of most clinical practice that there may be profound effects on their views of themselves, their illnesses, hospitals and of the profession itself.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , February 1990 , pp. 65 - 71
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990

References

McDonald, G. H., Daly, O. & Cassidy, C. (1988) Organising the MRCPsych Part 1 Clinical Examination. Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, 12, 227–229.Google Scholar
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