Senior Registrar Training in the Psychiatry of Old Age

1979 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 124-125
Author(s):  
K. Rawnsley ◽  
R. E. Kendell
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Senior Registrar ◽  
Registrar Training

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 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).

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 Senior registrar training

1980 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
pp. 206-206
Author(s):  
Ilse J. Westheimer
Keyword(s):  
Senior Registrar ◽  
Registrar Training

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 The use of log-books during senior registrar training in child and adolescent psychiatry

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 153-154
Author(s):  
Diana Cassell ◽  
Elizabeth Fellow-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Child And Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Senior Registrar ◽  
Registrar Training

The aim of this paper is to continue a dialogue regarding the possible future use of log-books during training. The Royal College of Psychiatrists has been considering their use at various stages of training in psychiatry. Cole & Scott (1991) rejected log-books as a tool for self-audit during registrar training because they were often not kept up to date. The situation in higher professional training is more complex; there is not the clear focus of studying for the Membership examination and there are many more training components to cover during a four year period. Thus, we feel that a system for self-audit and monitoring could well prove valuable at the senior registrar level. There is a tension for senior registrars with whom we discussed this issue at the last Annual Meeting of the Section and among colleagues on our rotation.

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