Journal article
Postgraduate training in psychiatry in Asia
M Isaac, HU Ahmed, SK Chaturvedi, MJ Hopwood, A Javeed, S Kanba, AA Mufti, A Maramis, RM Samaniego, P Udomratn, H Yanling, NZ Zainal, N Sartorius
Current Opinion in Psychiatry | LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS | Published : 2018
Abstract
Purpose of review To understand the current situation, needs and challenges in the area of postgraduate training in psychiatry in Asia and identify implementable solutions. Leaders in psychiatric education from nine Asia Pacific countries prepared country reports, based on a suggested list of items and met for a day to discuss and identify implementable solutions to improve the current unsatisfactory status of postgraduate training in psychiatry. Recent findings Except Japan, all the other countries have a very low number of psychiatrists per 100000 population – far lower than the global target of 10 psychiatrist per 100000 population. The undergraduate teaching in psychiatry in majority of ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was in part supported by an unrestricted educational grant from the Lundbeck Institute, which served to cover some of the costs of the meeting. The authors did not receive any honoraria.