Academic Psychiatry 15: 180-187,
December
1991
© 1991 Academic Psychiatry
Part-time Residency Training in Psychiatry
Arnold Werner M.D.1,
Camala A. Riessinger Ph.D.2,
Grace Gibson M.A.2, and
Lynn Hughes D.O.3
1 Department of Psychiatry, Michigan State University
2 Department of Psychiatry
3 Department of Psychiatry at Michigan State University
Dr. Werner, Dept. of Psychiatry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1316.
Part-time training in psychiatry has largely remained informal and has been utilized only by about 1% of psychiatry residents. This is puzzling considering the large number of women who have children during residency. In addition to aiding residents with child care needs, part-time training is also of potential value to dual-career families, handicapped residents with mobility problems, physicians seeking mid-career changes, and as a solution to those with funding problems. In this article, we present the case for systematic planning for part-time training based on experience in our program and a survey of other programs. We address the practical issues of arranging inpatient and outpatient clinical experiences, on-call arrangements, didactic programs, funding dilemmas, supervision, and evaluation.
