The ‘Out-of-Programme Experience’

2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 112-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe Stratford
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Senior Registrar ◽  
Body Experience ◽  
Out Of Body Experience ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry

Mention an ‘Out-of-Programme Experience’ to colleagues and the result is often a somewhat bemused expression or some reference to the not-too-dissimilar-sounding, ‘Out-of-body-experience’. This has been the response on almost every occasion I have mentioned this, the official title for the 12 months I recently spent working as a senior registrar in old age psychiatry in Melbourne, Australia.

scholarly journals The ‘Out-of-Programme Experience’

2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (03) ◽  
pp. 112-114
Author(s):  
Joe Stratford
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Senior Registrar ◽  
Body Experience ◽  
Out Of Body Experience ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry

Mention an ‘Out-of-Programme Experience’ to colleagues and the result is often a somewhat bemused expression or some reference to the not-too-dissimilar-sounding, ‘Out-of-body-experience’. This has been the response on almost every occasion I have mentioned this, the official title for the 12 months I recently spent working as a senior registrar in old age psychiatry in Melbourne, Australia.

scholarly journals Physical illness associated with depression in the elderly in community based and hospital patients

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 612-613
Author(s):  
Stephen Dover ◽  
Christopher McWilliam
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Psychiatric Illness ◽  
Geriatric Medicine ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Physical Illness ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Senior Registrar ◽  
Hospital Patients ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry ◽  
Registrar Training

The co-existence of physical and psychiatric illness in so much of the elderly population poses diagnostic and therapeutic problems for psychiatrists, geriatricians and general practitioners alike, with the presence of physical illness strongly influencing and sometimes limiting the options for treatment of the psychiatric illness. Recognition of this has resulted in the Section of Old Age Psychiatry of the Royal College of Psychiatrists recommending that senior registrar training in old age psychiatry should include a one month attachment to an approved geriatric medicine unit.

scholarly journals Psychogeriatric training for senior registrars in geriatric medicine

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duncan R. Forsyth
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Geriatric Medicine ◽  
Working Party ◽  
Senior Registrar ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry

Since the late 1960s the number of psychiatrists choosing to specialise in old age psychiatry has increased dramatically (Wattis, 1988) and in 1989 the Royal College of Psychiatrists recognised the specialty's status. Recent recommendations of the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Psychiatrists (Report of a Joint Working Party of the Royal Colleges, 1989) have considerable implications for the continued development of cooperation between psychogeriatricians and geriatricians and for senior registrar (SR) training in both specialties. This study attempts to describe the availability of and attitudes towards training in psychogeriatrics (PG) of geriatric SRs.

scholarly journals Senior Registrar Training in Old Age Psychiatry in the United Kingdom

1988 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 233-234
Author(s):  
J. P. Wattis
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Psychiatric Training ◽  
Senior Registrar ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Special Responsibility ◽  
Registrar Training

The Joint Committee on Higher Psychiatric Training (JCHPT) requires senior registrars (SRs) training for special responsibility posts in old age psychiatry to spend between one year and 18 months in higher training posts in which psychiatry of old age forms the major part of the work. Although only about a third of consultants in a recent survey had such training, there was strong evidence that more recently appointed consultants were likely to have recommended training. The availability of suitable training ‘slots’ seems likely to play a major role in how quickly specialised psychiatric services for old people can develop in response to the rising challenge posed by demographic changes. Jolley has already demonstrated how developments have been delayed by a shortage of properly trained candidates. Despite this the situation has now been reached where over two-thirds of the elderly population of the UK are served by specialised consultants albeit sometimes at inadequate manpower levels.

scholarly journals Senior registrar training in the psychiatry of old age in Scotland

1991 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 612-613
Author(s):  
Brian R. Ballinger ◽  
Jenny Eastwood ◽  
Grace Hodge ◽  
Ronald McIlwaine ◽  
Paul Morrison ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Demographic Trends ◽  
Senior Registrar ◽  
Staffing Levels ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry ◽  
Training Opportunities ◽  
Registrar Training

The psychiatry of old age has come to occupy an increasingly prominent role in psychiatry, because of demographic trends, and also because of service developments. About a third of referrals to most psychiatric services are for the over-65s and a high proportion of beds are occupied by this age group. Recently the training recommendations for senior registrars in the psychiatry of old age have been revised and clarified (Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989) and old age psychiatry is now recognised as a specialty within psychiatry. Nevertheless there is continued concern about the training opportunities available in this field (Wattis, 1988), reports of difficulties in filling consultant posts, and evidence that the present guidelines for consultant staffing levels are inadequate (Ballinger et al, 1989). It has recently been recommended that one-third of senior registrar posts in general and old age psychiatry should be assigned to the psychiatry of old age (Sims, 1990).

scholarly journals Specialist Section for the Psychiatry of Old Age: Residential Conference Review

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 523-523
Author(s):  
Cait Goddard ◽  
Gianetta Rands
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Nationwide Survey ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
Senior Registrar ◽  
Performance Review ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Historical View ◽  
Training Scheme ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry ◽  
The Relationship

The third annual residential conference of the Section was held in Jersey from 5 to 7 March 1992. One hundred and twenty delegates gathered to hear from a range of practitioners. Trainees had a high profile – the policy of increasing to a third the proportion of higher trainees intending to be old age psychiatrists is beginning to bear fruit. A whole morning session was devoted to higher training issues ranging from the historical view of the relationship between old age psychiatry (OAP) and geriatrics, to a review of a successful higher training scheme, to innovative hopes for the future in the shape of Individual Performance Review (IPR) and an audit of audit. The senior registrar group's nationwide survey of current higher training experiences was presented.

Old age psychiatry in Ireland: The way forward

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colm Cooney ◽  
Margaret Kelleher
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry ◽  
The Way
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