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Newly appointed consultants in old age psychiatry and the adequacy of higher training

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ruth Loane  and
Andrew Barker
Ruth Loane*
Affiliation:
St Charles Hospital, London W10 6DZ
Andrew Barker
Affiliation:
The Old Manor Hospital, Wiltshire SP2 7EP
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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This paper reports on a survey of newly appointed consultants in old age psychiatry. The Questionnaire asked for opinions on the adequacy of higher training in a number of areas such as clinical, management, teaching, supervision and research. In addition views were sought on particularly valuable experiences in preparation for consultancy. The results show that overall clinical training was judged to be good, while training in some non-clinical areas, especially management, was found to be insufficient. The importance of management training Is emphasised and some valuable training experiences are highlighted.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 7 , July 1996 , pp. 388 - 390
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1996

Footnotes

On behalf of the Senior Registrar Group of the Section of Old Age Psychiatry

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