Concern about quality control in psychiatric training has been
heightened by the lack of standardized assessment within residencies to
ensure that graduates reach a level of competence commensurate with the
ability to practice independently and the high failure rate on the American
Board of Psychiatry and Neurology examination. An APA task force explored
the paucity of evaluation of both training programs and residents and made
10 recommendations for improving the quality of residency training. The
authors describe the evaluative components of these recommendations and the
political steps taken to gain professional consensus for their requirement
in all training programs.
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