Abstract
There was a time when overseas psychiatrists considered themselves fortunate to come to this country to be an assistant in one of the well-known postgraduate departments. If they showed perseverance they could learn enough to obtain an English postgraduate qualification, and they could participate in the training of English psychiatrists. The more entrepreneurial of them could obtain full-time jobs in psychiatry, but otherwise hands on experience of patient care was limited.
Highlights
DIGBYTAMTAMS, enior Lecturer in Psychiatry, and DAVIDGOLDBERGP, rofessor of Psychiatry, University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester
There was a time when overseas psychiatrists con sidered themselves fortunate to come to this country to be an assistant in one of the well-known post graduate departments
If they showed perseverance they could learn enough to obtain an English post graduate qualification, and they could participate in the training of English psychiatrists
Summary
DIGBYTAMTAMS, enior Lecturer in Psychiatry, and DAVIDGOLDBERGP, rofessor of Psychiatry, University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester. The Department of Psychiatry in Manchester set up a scheme for training overseas psychiatrists which takes account of these new con ditions It has four components: a full-time, paid training position on one of five rotational schemes in the North-West for which limited registration and exemption from the Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board (PLAB) test is arranged before the trainee arrives; a day-release course in general psychiatry which is attended by other North-West psychiatric trainees; optional registration for the course and supervised research leading to an MSc in Psychiatry; and a special course leading to a new Diploma in Psychiatry awarded by Manchester University. Two other features of the course which are worthy of note are the means of selection of trainees, and the role of the Clinical Tutor to the Scheme (currently DT)
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