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A survey of flexible trainees in psychiatry in the North and South Thames Region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Joe Herzberg  and
llfra Goldberg
Joe Herzberg*
Affiliation:
Thames Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education (University of London), 33 Millman Street, London WC1N 3EJ
llfra Goldberg
Affiliation:
Thames Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education (University of London), 33 Millman Street, London WC1N 3EJ
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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Aims and method

To review the experience, examination success and career progress of trainees on the flexible scheme in psychiatry in the North and South Thames region. Trainees in psychiatry who enrolled on the flexible training scheme 1993–1997 were Included In the retrospective survey of flexible training records.

Results

Trainees on the flexible training scheme had gained experience in a broad range of posts before entering psychiatry for a mean time of 14 months. Forty-nine per cent entered flexible training during basic specialist training and 41% during higher specialist training. This cohort of trainees performed better in the MRCPsych examinations than the national average. Forty-nine per cent of the trainees intended to become child and adolescent psychiatrists. Flexible trainees' progress to consultant status was slower.

Implications

The flexible training scheme attracts trainees of comparable quality to full-time trainees and encourages their retention in the workforce.

Type
Education & Training
Information
Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 23 , Issue 10: The Journal of Trends in Psychiatric Practice , October 1999 , pp. 616 - 618
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Copyright
Copyright © 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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Goldberg, I. & Paice, E. (1997) New approaches to job sharing of training posts in the North Thames Region. British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 58, 193 196.Google ScholarPubMed
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