Am J Psychiatry 1986; 143:1415-1419
Copyright © 1986 by American Psychiatric Association
Ongoing evaluation in psychiatry: the first step toward quality
JF Borus and J Yager
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.
