scholarly journals Future child and adolescent psychiatrists: a further survey of senior registrar training

1990 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 611-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Bools ◽  
David Cottrell
Keyword(s):  
Advisory Committee ◽  
Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Expected Shortfall ◽  
Child And Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Senior Registrar ◽  
Future Child ◽  
The Uk ◽  
New Recruits ◽  
Registrar Training

Child and adolescent psychiatry is a growing speciality. Significant increases in workload, the reasons for which have been described elsewhere (Black, 1989), have led to an expansion in consultant posts across the UK. Recently the Joint Planning and Advisory Committee (JPAC) reviewed senior registrar numbers and recommended an increase in the establishment by 38 whole-time equivalents in England and Wales, a rise of 38%, to meet the expected shortfall. How existing senior registrars, as well as this large number of new recruits, are trained is clearly a matter of some importance.

scholarly journals The use of log-books during senior registrar training in child and adolescent psychiatry

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 153-154
Author(s):  
Diana Cassell ◽  
Elizabeth Fellow-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Child And Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Senior Registrar ◽  
Registrar Training

The aim of this paper is to continue a dialogue regarding the possible future use of log-books during training. The Royal College of Psychiatrists has been considering their use at various stages of training in psychiatry. Cole & Scott (1991) rejected log-books as a tool for self-audit during registrar training because they were often not kept up to date. The situation in higher professional training is more complex; there is not the clear focus of studying for the Membership examination and there are many more training components to cover during a four year period. Thus, we feel that a system for self-audit and monitoring could well prove valuable at the senior registrar level. There is a tension for senior registrars with whom we discussed this issue at the last Annual Meeting of the Section and among colleagues on our rotation.

scholarly journals The Young People's Unit, Macclesfield – a senior registrar's training experience

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 547-548
Author(s):  
Alison Wood
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Child And Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Training Experience ◽  
Senior Registrar ◽  
Uncertain Future ◽  
Chronic Threat ◽  
Registrar Training

As a senior registrar training in child and adolescent psychiatry I am preparing for an uncertain future. In addition to essential clinical and management skills, the ability to withstand stress and burnout seems crucial. I should like to write about my experience of working as a senior registrar at the Young People's Unit (YPU) Macclesfield which is a specialist adolescent unit under chronic threat of closure.

scholarly journals Part-time senior registrar training in child and adolescent psychiatry

1988 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 368-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Gath
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Child And Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Senior Registrar ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Registrar Training

An enquiry concerning the difficulties faced by doctors with domestic responsibilities was undertaken as a response to a letter by a part-time senior registrar who was facing problems in her training.

scholarly journals National audit of higher training posts in child and adolescent psychiatry in Ireland

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (8) ◽  
pp. 351-353
Author(s):  
Dermot P. Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Child And Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Psychiatric Training ◽  
Senior Registrar ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Educational Supervision ◽  
And Training

Aims and methodThe audit aimed to assess current senior registrar posts in child and adolescent psychiatry in Ireland in terms of working environment, conditions and training issues. The posts were compared with standards set down by the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Specialist Advisory Committee of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the National Higher Training Subcommittee of the Irish Psychiatric Training Committee.ResultsThe audit cycle was completed twice and a 100% response rate was achieved on both occasions.Clinical implicationsHigher training posts in child and adolescent psychiatry in Ireland compare favourably to standards for training and education, but poorly for working environment, case-load and educational supervision.

scholarly journals A survey of training experiences and attitudes of higher specialist trainees in child and adolescent psychiatry

2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 302-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siobhan Smart ◽  
David Cottrell
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Child And Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Specialist Training ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
The Uk

Aims and MethodChanges in higher specialist training in the UK have led to a revision of training guidelines in child and adolescent psychiatry. This survey studies trainees' experiences and attitudes in the light of these changes. A questionnaire covering training attitudes and experiences was distributed to all higher specialist trainees in child and adolescent psychiatry via their programme directors.ResultsEighty-eight per cent of trainees responded. Although most training experiences are well provided, there are gaps in provision in specific areas, including research and teaching. Dissemination of information about aspects of training requires improvement and clearer feedback on training could be given.Clinical ImplicationsThe implications for training in child and adolescent psychiatry and higher specialist training in general are discussed.

scholarly journals Training and Examinations for the Practice of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

1981 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 124-125
Author(s):  
Michael H. Best
Keyword(s):  
Child Psychiatry ◽  
Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Child And Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Practical Skills ◽  
Senior Registrar

The practice of child psychiatry depends upon clinical skills; the first requirement, then, of a training programme is that at the end of a given period the trainee should be really expert and rightly confident in his practical skills as a diagnostician and therapist. A total of four years, combining registrar and senior registrar experience, might be an appropriate period and would allow a full training, whereas at present some new consultants have spent only two and a half years in the specialty as senior registrars.

scholarly journals Experience in community child health as part of training in child and adolescent psychiatry

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 355-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Hill ◽  
Judith Dawkins ◽  
Mary Anne Griffiths ◽  
Ruth Talbot
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Child Psychiatry ◽  
Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Medical Officer ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Child And Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Future Child ◽  
Careers In Psychiatry ◽  
Child Psychiatrists

Careers in psychiatry which commence straight after house jobs are now commonplace and an informal tradition by which future child psychiatrists worked in paediatrics before training in psychiatry is nowadays less rehearsed. Recently, one of the St George's psychiatric registrar rotations arranged a six month post as a community child health doctor (community clinical medical officer) for a psychiatric registrar (JD) who had expressed an interest in child psychiatry as a career but lacked experience in paediatrics.

Philip Graham

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-88
Author(s):  
Antony Cox
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Child Psychiatry ◽  
Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
European Society ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Child And Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Broad Perspective ◽  
The Uk

When Philip Graham takes up the Chair of the Association next June, it will be his second term in an office he originally held in 1982. Although he would modestly deny it, he is not only one of the UK's leading child and adolescent psychiatrists, but also widely respected internationally. Outside this country his reputation is particularly strong in Europe where he was President of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry from 1987 to 1991. His appointment to the Foundation Chair of Child Psychiatry at the Institute of Child Health in 1975 marked the establishment of the second such chair in the UK. The esteem in which he was held there led to his appointment as Dean of the Institute from 1985 to 1990. On retirement in 1994 he was elected to the Chair of the National Children's Bureau, reflecting his broad perspective on the welfare of children.

scholarly journals Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for the Future General Adult Psychiatrist

1987 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-21
Author(s):  
Peter Hill ◽  
David Cottrell
Keyword(s):  
Royal College ◽  
Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Child And Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Morbidity Rate ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Senior Registrar ◽  
General Training ◽  
Psychiatric Profession ◽  
Psychological Disability

It is an expectation of the Royal College of Psychiatrists that its members should demonstrate a knowledge of the psychiatry of childhood and adolescence. Prospective members are examined on this and a clinical placement in child and adolescent psychiatry is a recognised specialty component of general training. That this is so reflects the fact that one quarter of the population is composed of individuals under the age of 18. This group has an appreciable psychological morbidity rate with patterns of psychological disability and suffering which differ appreciably from those encountered in general adult practice. A competent general psychiatrist should be familiar with the pattern of psychiatric pathology is childhood and be conversant with the services available for its treatment. For the health of the psychiatric profession as a whole, it is important that trainees have some working experience of child and adolescent psychiatry so that they may find whether this area of practice is attractive to them. Experience at registrar level provides an important recruitment opportunity for future senior registrars and thus consultants in child and adolescent psychiatry. Successful completion of general training in psychiatry with possession of membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists is effectively a universal prerequisite for entering the senior registrar grade and higher training in child and adolescent psychiatry.

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