Abstract
Postgraduate psychiatric training is usually assessed by regular College visits. A number of training schemes, including the Liverpool training scheme, also scrutinise their training independently of the College. As far as we know, trainees as the ‘consumers’ of training have never assessed its quality themselves. The following account deals with two such audits in the Mersey region organised under the mantle of the Association of Liverpool Psychiatrists in Training (ALPIT).
Highlights
SARACUNNINGHAMR,egistrar in Forensic Psychiatry, Scott Clinic, Liverpool L35 4PQ; and CARMELOAQUILINAS,enior Registrar in Old Age Psychiatry, Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield, Middlesex EN2 8JL
The only way trainees in the region can express their view on their particular training post is through regional internal audit panels which parallel College approval panels (Birchall & Higgins, 1991)
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Summary
SARACUNNINGHAMR,egistrar in Forensic Psychiatry, Scott Clinic, Liverpool L35 4PQ; and CARMELOAQUILINAS,enior Registrar in Old Age Psychiatry, Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield, Middlesex EN2 8JL. The only way trainees in the region can express their view on their particular training post is through regional internal audit panels which parallel College approval panels (Birchall & Higgins, 1991). This approach has been found to be satisfactory but has some disadvantages as far as trainees are concerned. Inter views are relaxed and friendly trainees may feel that expressing frank opinions to more senior psychiatrists from within the region might single them out as troublemakers. We decided that the clinical tutor would be given the chance to express his/her opinion on the results abecfrourdeeth'qeyuawlietyre crairtcinugla' tefdo.r Tthheispaonsdt wthoeualwd anrdoitnognolyf give the tutor a 'shop floor' view of training, but hopefully promote an air of competitiveness among tutors
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