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Psychotherapy training and experience of successful candidates in the MRCPsych examinations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Kim S. Hwang  and
Lynne M. Drummond
Lynne M. Drummond*
Affiliation:
Section of Psychotherapy, Department of General Psychiatry, St George's Hospital, Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 ORE
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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We conducted a survey of the psychotherapy training of a national sample of successful MRCPsych candidates to discover the extent of their psychotherapy training and their opinion about its adequacy. Ninety doctors answered the survey. Overall 71% of trainees had clinical experience in behavioural–cognitive psychotherapy and 78% in psychodynamic psychotherapy with fewer gaining experience in group and family psychotherapies. The majority of trainees were dissatisfied with the extent of their behavioural-cognitive psychotherapy training (82%) and psychodynamic training (50%). Trainees felt that their psychotherapy training was an important component of their psychiatric training.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 10 , October 1996 , pp. 604 - 606
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Copyright © 1996 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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