Abstract

OBJECTIVE
Minimal literature exists on neurology didactic instruction offered to psychiatry residents, and there is no model neurology didactic curriculum offered for psychiatry residency programs. The authors sought to describe the current state of neurology didactic training in psychiatry residencies.
METHODS
The authors electronically surveyed 172 directors of U.S. psychiatric residency training programs to examine the types and extent of neurology didactic instruction offered to their residents.
RESULTS
Fifty-seven program directors (33%) responded. The majority of these psychiatry residency programs offer neurology didactic instruction to their residents, as provided by both neurology and psychiatry faculty, in a number of different settings and covering many topics. However, room for improvement likely remains.
CONCLUSIONS
The authors hope this report will guide psychiatry residencies in optimizing their neurology didactic curricula. Further research should explore tools for assessing resident knowledge in neurology and measure the effectiveness of neurology curricula in increasing knowledge and improving clinical outcomes.

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Authors

Reardon CL, Walaszek A

Institution

Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison, USA. clreardon@wisc.edu

Source

Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry 36:2 2012 Mar 1 pg 110-3

MeSH

Administrative Personnel
Curriculum
Data Collection
Humans
Internship and Residency
Neurology
Psychiatry
United States

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Review

Language

eng

PubMed ID

22532199