title: Education and training in forensic psychiatry.
abstract: The author has chaired a national committee dedicated to developing standards for training in forensic psychiatry; he discusses the results of his work over the past several years, presenting the advantages and disadvantages of on-the-job training and formal fellowship programs.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000592:standards*; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011380:Programmed Instructions as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent / Q000193:education; D002666:Psychology, Child / Q000193:education