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Psychiatric training and the Caiman reforms Survey of third year senior house officers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Seonaid McCallum ,
Lisa McGilvray ,
Peter Bennie  and
Sue Whyte
Seonaid McCallum*
Affiliation:
No. 2 The Bungalows, Stirling Road, Larbert, Stirlingshire FK5 4SD
Lisa McGilvray
Affiliation:
Stirling Royal Infirmary NHS Trust, Stirling
Peter Bennie
Affiliation:
Greater Glasgow C and MHS, NHS Trust
Sue Whyte
Affiliation:
Parkhead Hospital, Glasgow
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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Aims and method

All third year senior house officers (SHOs) training in psychiatry in Scotland were canvassed by a postal questionnaire. They were asked about their views on training and the impact of the Caiman reforms in psychiatry.

Results

Results showed that 33% of trainees were not receiving one hour of consultant supervision per week. The quality of teaching in day release programmes was rated as average or poor by 75%. Three-quarters had not seen a copy of A Guide to Specialist Registrar Training, but had a good knowledge of the changes it proposed. Most were satisfied with their clinical training but expressed concerns about the Caiman reforms.

Clinical implications

The loss of the registrar grade has extended the time trainees spend as SHOs and there was concern that there would be a loss of breadth of training. We intend to repeat the survey in mid–1999, by which time the Caiman changes should be fully operational in psychiatry.

Type
Education
Information
Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 22 , Issue 10 , October 1998 , pp. 635 - 638
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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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