Am J Psychiatry 1989; 146:1323-1327
Copyright © 1989 by American Psychiatric Association
A basic residency curriculum concerning the chronically mentally ill
LR Faulkner, DL Cutler, DD Krohn, RM Factor, SM Goldfinger, CR Goldman, HR Lamb, H Lefley, K Minkoff and SR Schwartz
Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201.
In this paper a group of knowledgeable individuals with expertise in
psychiatric education present their recommendations for a basic psychiatric
residency curriculum concerning the chronically mentally ill. The proposed
curriculum consists of knowledge, skill, and attitude educational
objectives, as well as clinical experiences, faculty supervision, didactics
and seminars, and evaluation mechanisms. Recommendations are also made
concerning changes in the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
Education's Special Requirements for Residency Training in Psychiatry,
which would require residency programs to place more emphasis on training
to meet the needs of the chronically mentally ill. Obstacles to the
implementation of the proposed recommendations are presented and possible
solutions are discussed.
