title: Characteristics of combined family practice-psychiatry residency programs.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate how family practice-psychiatry residency programs meet the challenges of rigorous accreditation demands, clinical supervision, and boundaries of practice.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 54-question survey of program directors of family practice-psychiatry residency programs outlining program demographic data, curricula, coordination, resident characteristics, integration, and overall satisfaction was mailed to 11 combined family practice psychiatry-residency programs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Programs surveyed were meeting residency review committee (RRC) requirements, and a majority of the program directors believe that the training is as good as or better than categorical programs, and categorical residents benefited from training alongside combined residents.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Training programs are growing in size and producing quality physicians.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Ehrling Berquist Hospital, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, USA.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rachal
authors.forename: Timothy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Lacy
authors.forename: Christopher H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Warner
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Whelchel
mesh_terms: D004493:Education / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D007857:Leadership; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D024382:Professional Role; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States