Training

Training is an essential part of job planning for consultants and SAS psychiatrists.

Consultants supervising core resident doctors should have 30 min per new patient to review the patient and discuss the formulation and management with the resident doctor. There should also be time at the end of each clinic to go through the ongoing management plans of patients seen for follow-up.

Psychiatrists should have 0.5 PAs in their job plan for each resident or foundation doctor they supervise, reflecting the formal 1 h of supervision required each week, the additional ad hoc supervision and administrative tasks needed for training, including clinical and educational supervisor’s roles, for which the college has produced it’s own guidance.

There are additional training requirements to maintain the clinical and educational supervisor roles. These educational requirements also include giving lectures on MRCPsych courses, attending annual reviews of competency progression (ARCPs) and performing selection interviews.

Further details around supervision can be found in the Silver Guide.