Abstract
Like many countries in Asia, Singapore has its own system of postgraduate training and specialist accreditation in psychiatry. Psychiatry trainees are strongly encouraged, but not required, to receive supervision in psychotherapy with patients during the 6-year period of basic and advanced training since the inception of the Masters of Medicine in Psychiatry (MRCPsych equivalent) in 1985.
Highlights
Like many countries in Asia, Singapore has its own system of postgraduate training and specialist accreditation in psychiatry
The Singapore experience has demonstrated that with careful preparation, some planning, flexibility and commitment to training it is possible for a local initiative to put together a structured psychotherapy training programme despite limited resources
Our story highlights the valuable contributions from experienced psychotherapy trainers in the international community
Summary
Like many countries in Asia, Singapore has its own system of postgraduate training and specialist accreditation in psychiatry. Small groups of psychiatry trainees (senior house officers and registrar levels) met regularly in psychotherapy supervision groups at three main locations, namely the state psychiatric hospital, the university department of psychiatry and the private sector. Despite such initiatives a sizeable proportion of psychiatrists still did not have direct experience of being supervised for psychotherapy with patients. A recent survey of mental health professionals in Singapore revealed that 47% had received supervision for psychotherapy with two or more patients over a minimum of 6 months at some point in time (further details available from the author upon request). Other mental health professionals such as social workers, psychologists and trained counsellors were more likely to be trained in systemic therapy, cognitive--behavioural therapy and client-centred therapy, respectively
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