Encouraging Psychiatric Trainees to Undertake Research

How psychiatric trainees keep up to date: survey of psychiatric trainees' use of journals and other information sources.

Aims and method To gather information about psychiatric trainees' use of different information sources and academic materials, a questionnaire was distributed at the London Deanery Annual Psychiatry Trainee Conference and the training programmes of two teaching trusts. Results Participants returned 202 out of a total of 300 completed questionnaires (67%). Websites were the most commonly accesse...

Measuring Academic Research: How to Undertake a Bibliometric Study

Teaching Research: Encouraging Discoveries

What does it take to turn a learner into a discoverer? Or to turn a teacher into a co-adventurer? A handful of experiences—from teaching a middle-school math class to doing research with undergraduates—have changed the way that I would answer these questions. Some of the lessons I’ve learned have surprised me. The title of this article may seem a little puzzling. After all, the words teaching a...

Teaching psychodynamic formulation to psychiatric trainees Part 2: Teaching methods

Many changes are occurring in the practice of medicine for the 21st century, one of the more positive being the emphasis on treating patients in a holistic way and involving them in their treatment 1� 2� 3� 4� planning. Most doctors agree with this aim, but in practice it can be a daunting prospect, adding a new dimension to the skills required of a practitioner. At its root is the need to be a...

Should we undertake genetic research on intelligence?

Although the concept of intelligence is difficult to define, research has provided evidence for a significant genetic component. Attempts are now being made to use molecular genetic approaches to identify genes contributing to intelligence, and to determine the ways in which they interact with environmental variables. This research is then likely to determine the developmental pathways of intel...