The Institute of Medicine's report on Research Training in Psychiatry Residency: Strategies for Reform--background, results, and follow up.
OBJECTIVE
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) determined that declines in the psychiatrist-researcher workforce are harming public needs and that significant steps are necessary to alter current trends.


METHODS
The NIMH commissioned the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to examine the undersupply and recommend solutions. The NIMH subsequently appointed a National Psychiatry Training Council (NPTC) to facilitate implementation of the IOM's recommendations.


RESULTS
The IOM recommendations and preliminary NPTC actions to address them are described.


CONCLUSIONS
Increasing the psychiatrist-researcher workforce will require interventions involving many institutions. The NPTC's efforts may offer practical solutions for approaching complex and admittedly challenging difficulties.
Yager
Joel
J
Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA. jyager@unm.edu
Greden
John
J
Abrams
Michael
M
Riba
Michelle
M
D004493:Education; D007396:Internship and Residency; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D011640:Public Policy; D012106:Research / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States