Handbook for Psychiatric Trainees
Edited by Dinesh Bhugra and Oliver Howes
The recent transformation of postgraduate medical
education has changed the landscape of psychiatric training. This
handbook is a must for anyone trying to navigate the terrain. It
covers a wide range of topics, from ethical reasoning in psychiatry
to more practical aspects of coping at a personal level. It informs
trainees about liaison with key players in their training and
provides an overview of virtually every aspect of the trainee’s
professional life. The book will be invaluable for psychiatric
trainees and trainers. Those who are interested in choosing
psychiatry as a career will find it a useful introduction to the
subject and to what psychiatrists do.
- Essential guide to postgraduate
training in psychiatry.
- Written and edited by opinion leaders
in medical education and by doctors who have recently completed
training.
- Practical and accessible approach.
- Focus on personal development and
well-being, as well as educational achievement.
About the editors:
Dinesh Bhugra is President of
the Royal College of Psychiatrists (2008-11) and is also a past
Dean of the College (2003-08); Professor of Mental Health and
Cultural Diversity at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College
London; and an Honorary Consultant at the South London and Maudsley
Foundation NHS Trust. He has written extensively on cultural
factors and mental illness, psychosexual medicine and
spirituality.
Oliver Howes has recently
navigated specialist training and emerged relatively unscathed as
Senior Clinical Lecturer in Neuroimaging at the Institute of
Psychiatry, King’s College London and Honorary Consultant at the
South London and Maudsley Foundation NHS Trust. He also teaches on
the undergraduate and postgraduate psychiatry courses at the
Maudsley and is a trainee mentor.
"Of particular use to the new traineee attempting to navigate
his/her way through early psychiatry jobs. It would also be
invaluable to prospective trainees wishing to learn more about what
a life in psychiatry entails and wanting to prepare for
interviews."
- British Journal of Hospital
Medicine
Contents
1. Psychiatric training: the next steps - Dinesh
Bhugra
2. Global healthcare systems - Dinesh Bhugra and
Shekhar Saxena
3. History and structure of the National Health
Service - Ross Overshott, Alistair Burns and Dinesh
Bhugra
4. The College - Gareth Holsgrove, Vanessa
Cameron and Dinesh Bhugra
5. The General Medical Council - Sheila A.
Mann
6. Ethical reasoning in psychiatry - Gwen
Adshead
7. Compulsory treatment, capacity and consent -
Jonathan Bindman
8. Bio-psychosocial models of aetiology and
management - Peter Tyrer
9. Clinical psychology - Padmal de
Silva
10. Occupational therapy - Hilary
Williams
11. Mental health nursing - Richard Gray and
Hilary McCallion
12. Social work - Alan Rushton
13. Chaplains in the psychiatric setting - Mark
Sutherland
14. Personal safety - Michael J. Travis
15. Managing violence - Michael J.
Travis
16. Managing difficult clinical situations -
Cleo Van Velsen
17. Understanding and managing stress - Jerome
Carson and Frank Holloway
18. Managing time: the key to professional success -
Carl Gray
19. Negotiation skills - Peter Hill
20. Presentation skills - Kalyani Katz and Pramod
Prabhakaran
21. Mental health review tribunals: reports and
hearings - Kalyani Katz and Pramod Prabhakaran
22. How to get published - Povl
Munk-Jørgensen
23. Mental health informatics - Martin
Baggaley
24. Clinical governance - Rosalind Ramsay and
Eleanor Cole
25. Lifelong learning and revalidation
Joe Bouch
26. Mentoring and shadowing - Koravangattu Valsraj
and Cecilia Wells
27. The MRCPsych examinations - Stephen Tyrer and
Femi Oyebode
28. Flexible training - Jane Marshall
29. UK training for overseas doctors and
opportunities for UK doctors to train outside the EEC - Nick
Rose
30. Academic careers - Anne Farmer
31. Higher degrees - Sube Banerjee