Conference paper
HOW CAN WE MAKE THE CURRENT UK PSYCHIATRIC TRAINING SCHEME TRULY TRAINEE CENTRED?
Madhavan Seshadri
; East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Madhusudan Deepak Thalitaya
; East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK ; Twinwoods Medical Centre, Clapham, Bedfordshire, Bedford, UK
Baljit Kaur Upadhyay
; East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Ambreen Aftab
; East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Z. Afghan
; East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Ranbir Singh
; East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Abstract
Introduction. UK Psychiatric training is popular worldwide and IMG from throughout the world come to UK. Psychiatric
training has undergone significant changes but this has not reflected in the outcomes. There is a need to refocus on trainee centred
teaching principles.
Current Psychiatric Training: Current training scheme started in 2007 as run-through programme spanning six years. Till
2005, examinations decided the progression of trainees through the training scheme with development of Work Place Based
Assessments. Following Tooke’s report,training was uncoupled and examinations regained importance in deciding the progress of
trainees to higher training.
Factors affecting psychiatric training: EWTD, budget cuts, service priorities lead to a sense of lack of importance among
trainees. Surveys focussing on clinical supervision pointed to the inadequacy and poor quality of supervision.
Training has lost trainee centeredness. It is important to make the training maximally effective to deliver safer services. Trainees
are major work forces and the future consultants who lead and manage services.
Conclusion: Student centred teaching is a highly skilled educational process. Adapting these principles into psychiatric training
could help trainees learn successfully.
Keywords
student centred teaching; trainees; training scheme
Hrčak ID:
264599
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Publication date:
8.9.2015.
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