Abstract

There is an increasing interest in the role of audit in medical practice. Less emphasis has been placed on audit by trainees and it has traditionally involved the use of log books or case books for examination purposes. One type of log book simply lists the diagnoses of consecutive cases seen. Such a record is used in the Viva part of the Examination for Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners. Another form of log book, often referred to as a case book, usually involves a more detailed account of the cases seen by the trainee. Case books form part of the Examination for Membership of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology as well as the MRANZCP and Canadian Psychiatric Examination.

Highlights

  • ANDREWCOLE,Lecturer in Psychiatry; and JAN SCOTT,Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne NEI 4LP

  • Less emphasis has been placed on audit by trainees and it has traditionally involved the use of log books or case books for examination purposes

  • One type of log book lists the diag noses of consecutive cases seen

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Summary

Training matters

One type of log book lists the diag noses of consecutive cases seen Such a record is used in the Viva part of the Examination for Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners. Another form of log book, often referred to as a case book, usually involves a more detailed account of the cases seen by the trainee. One of the recording systems used was intermediate between a log book, which merely lists diagnoses, and the more extensive case book This format may prove to be a useful application of audit to training of junior psychiatrists. In this study a two-stage trial of the use of such a log book was carried out by trainees on a teaching hospital psychiatric registrar rotation

The log book
Stage I
Stage II
Findings
Postgraduate training course in the psychiatry of mental handicap
The course
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