Community Psychiatry Training for Psychiatry Residents: A National Survey.
- Author:
Jin Pyo HONG
1
;
Soon Chan HWANG
;
Young Moon LEE
;
Sun Hyung LEE
;
Na Lee SHIN
;
Jong Il LEE
;
Jong Ik PARK
;
Dong Won CHANG
;
In Won CHUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, Univeristy of Unsan, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Residencing training;
Community psychiatry
- MeSH:
Community Psychiatry;
Curriculum;
Hospitals, General;
Humans;
Hypogonadism;
Internship and Residency;
Mental Health;
Mentally Ill Persons;
Mitochondrial Diseases;
Ophthalmoplegia;
Postal Service;
Psychiatry;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
2008;47(1):88-93
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: There is a increasing need to recruit and retain more psychiatrists who can plan and implement organized programs to work with chronic mentally ill patients in community settings. The aim of study is to discover what training is currently in place to prepare psychiatrist for work in "community" or "public" settings. METHODS: Survey questionnaires were mailed to 85 residency training directors and 10 leaders of community mental health in 2005. Response rate was 75%. RESULTS: Academic seminar about community mental health were not administered to residents in 63% of training hospitals. Forty one out of 64 training hospitals had community mental health rotation programs. Community mental health center (50%) and day hospital (36%) were the most common type of programs. Few general hospital had affiliation with community mental health programs. The amount of time for clinical rotation varied from less than three months part time to 6 months fulltime, with most frequent form of one day per week for three month in second or third year of psychiatry residents. CONCLUSION: Further steps are needed to improve residency training curricula and to encourage well qualified psychiatrist to choose careers in community psychiatry.
