Consultation-liaison training for child psychiatrists: results of a survey.
As a first step toward improving the quality of training for child psychiatrists in the increasingly important area of consultation-liaison work, a survey of current educational experiences in child psychiatry programs was carried out. Sixty-four programs (61% of those sampled) responded to a questionnaire and request for information. The consultation-liaison field remains minimally emphasized, as three-fourths of the programs devote less than 11% of the fellowship training time experiences to this area. Variations in the rotations are summarized, and five reasons for the low priority of consultation-liaison training are proposed.
D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D014481:United States