HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS British Journal of Psychiatry Advances in Psychiatric Treatment All RCPsych Journals		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text (PDF) Submit an eLetter Alert me when this article is cited Alert me when eLetters are posted Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via CrossRef Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Dean, A. Articles by York, A. Search for Related Content PubMed Articles by Dean, A. Articles by York, A.

Flexible higher training in psychiatry

Attitudes and perceptions of flexible trainees

Royal College of Psychiatrists, 17 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PG;

Samaa El Abd, Senior Registrar and Research Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Ann York, Honorary Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Department of General Psychiatry, Jenner Wing, St George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE

^* Correspondence

Aims and method This survey was commissioned and funded by the Department of Health to examine perceptions of training by flexible trainees in higher psychiatric training. A total of 214 trainees were surveyed using a postal questionnaire.

Results One hundred and thirty-five questionnaires were returned (response rate 63%). In general, flexible trainees valued the opportunity to train part-time and perceived the quality of their training to be high. However, there were drawbacks such as: perceived lack of status, restricted training opportunities and a lack of part-time consultant posts at the end of training.

Implications Flexible training plays a major role in maintaining doctors in the workforce. However, there is a need for part-time opportunities to extend beyond the training grades and into consultant posts.

This article has been cited by other articles:

				A. Cremona and A. Etchegoyen Part-time training and working for male and female psychiatrists Advan. Psychiatr. Treat., November 1, 2001; 7(6): 453 - 460. [Full Text] [PDF]