Teaching forensic psychiatry to general psychiatry residents.
OBJECTIVE
The Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requires that general psychiatry residency training programs provide trainees with exposure to forensic psychiatry. Limited information is available on how to develop a core curriculum in forensic psychiatry for general psychiatry residents and few articles have been published on the topic.


METHODS
The objective of this article is to provide an overview of forensic psychiatry topics likely to be of benefit to general psychiatry residents.


RESULTS
The article is intended to be a springboard for future development of forensic curricula suitable for residents rather than a blueprint for an educational program.


CONCLUSIONS
Although most general psychiatry residents will not specialize in forensic psychiatry, a working knowledge of basic concepts in forensic psychiatry should be considered an important component of general psychiatry education.
Lewis
Catherine F
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, USA. lewis@psychiatry.uchc.edu
D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry; D003416:Criminal Law; D003479:Curriculum; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D011361:Professional Competence; D016730:Program Development; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*