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General practice training for psychiatrists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Tom Burns ,
Trevor Silver ,
Paul Freeling  and
Arthur Crisp
Tom Burns
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health Sciences, Jenner Wing, St George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, Tooting, London SW17 0RE
Trevor Silver
Affiliation:
St George's Hospital Medical School
Paul Freeling
Affiliation:
St George's Hospital Medical School
Arthur Crisp
Affiliation:
St George's Hospital Medical School
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Abstract

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Eighteen psychiatric trainees from St George's Hospital were placed in three local general practices for periods of six months each. The aim was to broaden their postgraduate education by an experience of primary care and to test the feasibility of such a scheme. Their assessments of the placement were canvassed by postal questionnaire. All considered the experiment a success but there were a number of problems. Resistance among the trainees was much greater than expected. Some of the relationships in practice posed problems for them and the ongoing demands of their psychiatric training exceeded the practices' expectations. Supervision by the GP trainers was rated very highly and old knowledge returned rapidly.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 18 , Issue 5 , May 1994 , pp. 286 - 288
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1994

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