Abstract
Postgraduate medical education has recently been the subject of major and fundamental review. The four UK Health Departments have set out the underpinning principles in Modernising Medical Careers (Department of Health, 2003), which sees the adoption of a number of trends that have emerged in medical education. One such trend is an emphasis on learning and the development of skills, including continuing professional development, with a move away from the apprenticeship model towards more structured and systematic training. This also means that structured training programmes that have defined curricula and show clear quality assurance processes will become the norm. The aim is to have a flexible, trainee-centred approach within which individuals can develop at their own pace and take increasing responsibility for their own training in a variety of clinical settings.
Highlights
Postgraduate medical education has recently been the subject of major and fundamental review
Trainees must have a clear understanding of the principles of multiprofessional team working and the role of individual members within multiprofessional teams; they should be familiar with the legislation applied in mental health work, they should reflect on the ethical dilemmas presented and demonstrate an understanding of broad ethical issues
The current position is helpfully outlined in Guidance on New Ways of Working for Psychiatrists in a Multi-disciplinary and Multi-agency Context (Department of Health, 2004)
Summary
Postgraduate medical education has recently been the subject of major and fundamental review. The four UK Health Departments have set out the underpinning principles in Modernising Medical Careers (Department of Health, 2003), which sees the adoption of a number of trends that have emerged in medical education One such trend is an emphasis on learning and the development of skills, including continuing professional development, with a move away from the apprenticeship model towards more structured and systematic training. The current position is helpfully outlined in Guidance on New Ways of Working for Psychiatrists in a Multi-disciplinary and Multi-agency Context (Department of Health, 2004) This highlights the need to develop knowledge and expertise and skills for lifelong learning (continuing professional development) and team working with fellow professionals, patients and carers and attitudes in the form of a value-driven ethical basis for practice. This training is taking place in services that are themselves the subject of considerable change following the implementation of legislation such as the European Working Time Directive and policy initiatives such as the Mental Health National Service Framework and the National Health Service (NHS) National Plan
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