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Geriatric Training in Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Programs
Susan S. Levitte; Linda Ganzini; George A. Keepers
Academic Psychiatry 1996;20:226-231.
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The authors thank Ms. Jennifer Rasmussen and Ms. Sandi Long for assistance in compiling the data, and Drs. Roland Atkinson and Landy Sparr for manuscript review.
Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon; Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, Oregon
Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon
© 1996 Academic Psychiatry.
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The authors surveyed all Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-accredited psychiatry residency training programs in the United States to determine 1) the type and amount of geriatric training provided, and 2) differences in the programs that do or do not offer geriatric training for residents. Substantial geriatric training was offered in 50.7% of all programs. Compared with the programs without geriatric training, these programs were more likely to be in a Psychiatry Department, with a Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and/or a geriatric fellowship program. These data suggest that current geriatric training in many psychiatry residency programs is inadequate to prepare residents for treating elderly patients and to encourage residents to pursue careers in geriatric psychiatry.Abstract Teaser
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