Preception in Residency Training: Methods and Problems
PHILIP J. ESCOLL M.D.1, and
HOWARD P. WOOD M.D.2
1 Assistant Professors of Clinical Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19104 and Senior Attending Psychiatrist at the Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.
2 Assistant Professors of Clinical Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19104 and Assistant Psychiatrist at Lankenau Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.
The shifting, broadening role of the psychiatrist emphasizes the importance of idividual preception. In this experience the resident learns directly from the supervisor and is exposed, in a meaningful way, to his therapeutic style, personality, and attitudes. A program is described which provides a flexible combination of supervisory experiences to meet the needs of the individual resident.
