Am J Psychiatry 1978; 135:1513-1516
Copyright © 1978 by American Psychiatric Association
The transition to practice seminar
JF Borus
The author discusses the lack of organized faculty attempts to facilitate
psychiatric residents' transition to professional practice. Interviewed
residents suggested that faculty discontinue their "benign neglect" of the
transition and provide information and discussion regarding the realities
of different types of practice. He describes the six-session seminar he
developed at Massachusetts General Hospital, which focuses on the process
of transition from residency to practice, emphasizes the role of faculty as
decision facilitators, and explores the costs and benefits of different
types of psychiatric practice.
