Approval of Hospitals and Units for General Professional Training in Psychiatry

doi:10.1192/s0140078900004375

Abstract

Highlights

(ii) the sharing of posts between psychiatric and medical firms has, in the past, given rise to diffi culties because acute medical admissions took priority over Psychiatry
Does every medical ward admit patients with manifest psychiatric disorders, but pre-registration house officers need to be taught that all medical problems have psychosocial aspects which may be overlooked by the trainee immersed in acute clinical practice. Such a shared post in a psychiatric liaison service would require a considerable commitment on the part of the psychiatric teachers
(iii) Psychiatric pre-registration posts should usually be in general hospitals with adequate laboratory services for clinical investigation, radiological departments, a working library and preferably with an established psychiatric liaison service

Summary

Introduction

(ii) the sharing of posts between psychiatric and medical firms has, in the past, given rise to diffi culties because acute medical admissions took priority over Psychiatry. The design of a shared post might still be attempted in teaching hospitals where a close liaison service has been established between a medical and a psychiatric firm. Does every medical ward admit patients with manifest psychiatric disorders, but pre-registration house officers need to be taught that all medical problems have psychosocial aspects which may be overlooked by the trainee immersed in acute clinical practice.

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