Current Trends in Psychiatric Education
BERNARD BANDLER M.D.1
1 Acting associate director, Division of Manpower and Training, and acting chief, Psychiatry Training Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, 5454 Wisconsin Ave., Chevy Chase, Md. 20015
The author describes some of the new directions now being taken in the training of psychiatrists and points out the problems they present to thorough education. He is particularly concerned with training in community psychiatry; he discusses four models of mental health care and their relation to residency programs. The author also stresses the need for psychiatrists to continue their own learning in order to enhance the effectiveness of training programs.
