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Training in genetics for child and adolescent psychiatrists within a senior registrar training scheme

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

A. J. Wood*
Affiliation:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Pendlebury, Manchester M27 4HA
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Abstract

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The benefits of experience in paediatric genetics to child psychiatrists are discussed. Pursuing a special interest within a child psychiatry rotational training scheme is an important way of widening experience in light of the proposed reforms to training for hospital doctors.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1995

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