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