title: Community psychiatrists who see geriatric patients: what's training got to do with it?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examines the issues influencing psychiatrists' decisions to provide care to the under-served geriatric population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Community-based psychiatrists who see geriatric patients participated in focus group discussions exploring factors that influence the characteristics of their current practices.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Personal themes, environmental issues and quality of residency training emerged as important factors interacting in eventual practice choice. Major influences within training programs included teachers, diverse patient exposure and high-quality essential skills teaching.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Residency program curricula might capitalize on these to better prepare residents and enhance the likelihood of graduates eventually choosing to incorporate geriatric patients into their practices.
authors.affiliation: Faculty Development Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. s.lieff@utoronto.ca
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lieff
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Andrew
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tiberius
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003158:Community Psychiatry / Q000193:education; D003479:Curriculum; D003657:Decision Making; D017144:Focus Groups; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D009864:Ontario; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000078329:Workforce