The status of ethics education in Australasian psychiatry.
OBJECTIVE
To determine to what extent ethics is taught and how it is taught to psychiatrists-in-training across Australasia.


METHODS
Anonymous mail-out survey of training directors.


RESULTS
The questionnaire was completed by 23 of 25 training directors (response rate = 92%) who reported on 625 trainee psychiatrists. Individual one-to-one case supervision was adopted by 96% of the programs for teaching ethics; formal teaching in seminars or lectures was chosen as the second most common method in 70% of programs. Topics most commonly taught in formal seminars were so taught in only 70% of programs or less.


CONCLUSIONS
A uniform curriculum in psychiatric ethics is needed. The results are discussed in relation to identified needs for improvement.
Coverdale
J H
JH
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Science, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
D003479:Curriculum; D004493:Education; D004995:Ethics, Professional / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000078329:Workforce