scholarly journals Psychiatric training in Italy

1998 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 762-763 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucia Whitney ◽  
Janet Bruce

We visited Italy in 1995 as part of a National Health Service management learning network. We visited Florence, Prato and Arezzo in Tuscany; before moving on to Rome and Milan. L.W. had completed psychiatric specialist training in Italy, prior to doing so in England.

1988 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 127-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Harrison

The Griffiths Report of 1983 recommended a number of reforms to the management of the National Health Service. These were strongly opposed in principle by the British Medical Association though some physicians saw them as potentially beneficial. This paper reports a survey of Psychiatrists in one English Region, whose responses suggest that although there remains little opposition in principle and respondents do see some beneficial effects, the new system tends to be seen in terms of its pragmatic disadvantages, with special reference to a perceived lack of managers' understanding of patients' needs.


2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (02) ◽  
pp. 157-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver R. Hart ◽  
Ruth M. Uden ◽  
James E. McMullan ◽  
Mark S. Ritchie ◽  
Timothy D. Williams ◽  
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1981 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 63-66
Author(s):  
Sydney Brandon

The question has been posed—is an examination necessary to admit to the membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists? The College represents the views of psychiatrists, maintains the standards of the profession, regulates and monitors practise and accepts a broad overall responsibility for education. It should admit to its membership those who practice as psychiatrists. Who then are the psychiatrists? Should the membership be open to anyone who makes such a claim or should it be linked with appointment to specific jobs as a psychiatrist at a level yet to be determined? What of private practitioners, interested GPs? Surely anyone who wants to be a psychiatrist, to paraphrase Sam Goldwyn, ought to have his head examined by his peers to establish that his claim to be a psychiatrist is acceptable. It is the College which should regulate entry into the profession of psychiatry, not the National Health Service, an employing authority, or even the universities. Some membership entrance conditions are needed which lay down minimum requirements for becoming a psychiatrist and it is important to exclude or reject, in my view, before higher psychiatric training commences.


2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 210-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamaleeka Mukherjee ◽  
Michael Maier ◽  
Simon Wessely

SummaryPsychiatry recruitment in the UK is in crisis. In this paper we review reasons and solutions for the current predicament, focusing on the UK situation. We assert that there are specific national issues over and above more general and well-established ones, such as stigma and bad-mouthing, which need to be considered. These include factors that are an unintended consequence of recent changes in postgraduate training, as well as the organisation of the National Health Service. We conclude with some suggestions for psychiatrists, whether trainee or consultant, to help address the situation.


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