Abstract
It is generally agreed that training in liaison psychiatry should be available at SHO/registrar grade, but the College's guidelines are not specific about what it might entail. As a result it is difficult for approval visitors to decide whether a particular post on a rotational training scheme truly provides liaison experience. At times so-called “liaison experience” amounts to no more than participation in a duty-rota for visiting a general hospital to undertake the assessment of cases of deliberate self-harm.
Highlights
Senior registrars need guidance on what consti tutes adequate training for a post at consultant level with an interest in [and sessional commitment to] liaison work
It is our view that they are the minimum which need to be satisfied before a post is accepted as providing liaison psychiatry training
(a) It is undertaken by a designated supervisor who is a consultant with a special commitment to liaison psychiatry
Summary
It is generally agreed that training in liaison psy cbhuitattrhye sChooullledgeb'se agvuaidilealbinleesatarSeHnOo/tresgpisetcriafric garbaoduet, what it might entail. Senior registrars need guidance on what consti tutes adequate training for a post at consultant level with an interest in [and sessional commitment to] liaison work. Every training scheme should offer at least one six month placement during which the trainee obtains experience in liaison psychiatry work with adults [16-65 years]. Similar placements may be available as part of training in old-age psychiatry but cannot substitute for experience with younger adults. It would be desirable for the liaison experience to be provided during a full-time specialist placement; a minimum of four sessions per week liaison experi ence during a placement with mixed responsibilities would be acceptable. Clinical liaison experience requires contact with the general hospital as part of the trainees daily activities, and not just visiting the hospital ad hoc
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