Diversity training for psychiatrists

Training of Psychiatrists

Training psychiatrists in South Africa.

Training in quality improvement for the next generation of psychiatrists

Quality improvement (QI) projects have been shown to positively influence patient care. They provide opportunities for trainees to present and publish their work locally and nationally, and to gain valuable leadership and management experience. We describe a pilot project to engage in QI trainees across a National Health Service trust and a school of psychiatry. After the first year of this pro...

The training of psychodynamic psychiatrists: the concept of "psychodynamic virtue".

Competence as a psychodynamic psychiatrist requires more than the acquisition of a body of theoretical knowledge and a set of technical skills. It calls for the acquisition of a set of virtues--attitudes of mind and heart--that are embedded in the character and person of the developing resident. The authors enumerate and explore these psychodynamic virtues. They discuss how residency training c...

The community trend in training of child psychiatrists.