A Call to Restructure Psychiatry General and Subspecialty Training

Publication Date

2014

Journal Title

Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry

Abstract

Dire shortages of psychiatrists with special expertise in geriatrics, substance abuse, forensics, and psychosomatics create barriers to care for populations with complex mental disorders and pose a significant public health concern. To address these disparities in access to care, we propose streamlining graduate medical education to increase efficiency and enhance cost-effectiveness while simultaneously increasing the number of psychiatric subspecialists in these key areas. We propose that trainees interested in subspecialties complete their general training in 3 years, while meeting ACGME required milestones, and then utilize their 4th year to complete subspecialty fellowship training. Eligible trainees would then qualify for psychiatry subspecialty certification and general psychiatry ABPN certification at the end of 4 years.

Volume Number

40

Issue Number

1

Pages

145-8

Document Type

Article

EPub Date

2014/05/09

Status

Faculty

Facility

School of Medicine

Primary Department

Psychiatry

PMID

24809688

DOI

10.1007/s40596-014-0144-5

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