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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Clare Oakley ,
Josie Jenkinson  and
Femi Oyebode
Clare Oakley
Affiliation:
St Andrew's Healthcare, Northampton, and Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, email: clare.oakley@kcl.ac.uk
Josie Jenkinson
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
Femi Oyebode
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham, consultant psychiatrist, National Centre for Mental Health, Birmingham
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The Psychiatrist , Volume 37 , Issue 4 , April 2013 , pp. 147
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We are encouraged that our paper has sparked some debate of these important issues. We agree with Conn & Husain Reference Conn and Husain1 that conducting emergency assessments out of hours is a crucial component of training in psychiatry. We also support the Section of Neuropsychiatry’s view that evaluation of the practical aspects of implementing a more integrated curriculum would be beneficial.

We understand the arguments put forward by Burza & Hilton about the value of old age psychiatry and their assertion that it has non-parity with other specialties in our proposed scheme for postgraduate training in psychiatry. It was not our active intention to reduce trainees’ exposure to old age psychiatry but this was a product of the challenge of trying to accommodate neurology, psychopharmacology and psychotherapy which currently are not routine placements. However, we intend our paper to stimulate discussion and would hope that this, and other perspectives, could lead to further shaping of a proposal for psychiatric training for the next generation.

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1 Conn, R, Husain, M. Trainees want to work out of hours Psychiatrist 2013; 37: 117.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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