Am J Psychiatry 1985; 142:1181-1183
Copyright © 1985 by American Psychiatric Association
Teaching psychiatry in the health maintenance organization
D Van Buskirk, JL Feldman, S Steinberg and JM Ludden
Psychiatric residents training in a health maintenance organization (HMO)
rapidly encounter the conflict between high demand for services and limited
supply of time. In one HMO setting, the Harvard Community Health Plan,
supervisors assist trainees in managing their practices to recognize their
avoidances and conflicts and to respond therapeutically in keeping with the
setting.