Psychological medicine in general practice--a study of the training group method.
Year: 1962
Type: article
Abstract: In 1959, the British Medical Students' Association published a report on the teaching of psychiatry in British medical schools; In this report the outstanding criticism which the students made of the courses was that they felt that a sound and basic knowledge had not been provided, that only a fleeting acquaintance had been made with psychiatric illness.. .'.2 Comparison of these two sincere and thorough reports indicates that the doctor entering general practice is singularly ill-prepared to deal with a considerable proportion, almost one third, of the illness which he will encounter. When it is further considered that between five and ten persons in every 100 is suffering from a neurotic illness, and that the general practitioner can reckon to see, in the course of a year's work, from one to two hundred new or established neurotics on at least one occasion3'4 having made only a fleeting acquaintance with psychiatric illness , the need for postgraduate education in this field is emphasized. That more and more general practitioners are becoming aware of this need has been shown by a recent survey of postgraduate education carried out by the College of General Practitioners5, which states that there is an increasing demand in all areas for local discussion groups, and psychiatric seminars. What facilhties are available to general practitioners in this field of postgraduate education?-and what type of postgraduate education is desirable?
Source: PubMed Central
Author: H R PLAYFAIR
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2256144345