title: Canadian psychiatry residency training programs: A glance at the management structure.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the administrative functioning of all current Canadian psychiatry residency training programs (RTPs) and to suggest available improvements to existing systems.
  
  
  METHODS
  We obtained data about the 2004 RTPs by distributing 2 questionnaires to all Canadian psychiatry RTPs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Residency program committees (RPCs) are mainly consultative and carry only a small amount of the workload of managing a residency program. Program directors (PDs) manage more than 80% of the work and report that the time allowance to perform their duties is suboptimal. PDs remain in office for about 5 years, departing during or at the end of a predetermined second term.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  RPCs bear only a small amount of the workload generated by the RTP. We piloted administrative changes that led to more equitable work distribution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. vanzyl@post.queensu.ca
authors.forename: Louis T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: van Zyl
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Davidson
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data