title: A Graduate Certificate and Master in General Practice Psychiatry by distance education--1998-2001.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The General Practice Psychiatry Program is a collaborative initiative between two universities and two professional colleges. Since 1998 it has offered general practitioners a one year part time Graduate Certificate, and a two year Master of General Practice Psychiatry. The learning is by distance education and multimode, including text packages sent out, tapes, teleconferences and two annual residential weekends with role plays and didactic teaching.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe the development of a Graduate Certificate and Master in General Practice Psychiatry.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The program has been well supported with 141 general practitioners enrolling in the Graduate Certificate and 48 in the Masters during 1998-2001. General practitioners have been enrolling from around Australia, with rural, female and more experienced GPs predominating.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Practice, Monash University, Victoria.
authors.forename: Grant
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Blashki
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McCall
authors.forename: Leon
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Piterman
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Judd
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cockram
authors.forename: Bill
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pring
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Martyres
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hogan
authors.forename: Teng
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Liaw
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002568:Certification; D020375:Education, Distance; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000379:methods; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D014739:Victoria