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Priorities in psychiatric residency training

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.137.10.1243

The authors surveyed 22 psychiatric educators to determine their views of the basic knowledge and skills that should be required for all psychiatric residents. A comprehensive document of educational objectives facilitated practical differentiation of responses. Diagnostic, problem-solving, and treatment-dispositional skills were particularly highly ranked. Such data may be useful in defining the profession of psychiatry as well as in curriculum planning.

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