title: Introduction and commentary on the psychiatry milestones.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The Psychiatry Milestones are a major change in the accreditation of residency training and evaluation of residents and programs. This introduction provides an overview of the papers in this issue describing the Psychiatry Milestones and a commentary on the process of their development.
  
  
  METHODS
  The author describes the challenges and experiences in creating the Psychiatry Milestones as a member of the Working Group and Advisory Group.
  
  
  RESULTS
  While there were many potential obstacles in development, the Psychiatry Milestones were created due to the efforts of all those involved.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The inclusive and participatory process was successful and serves as a model for the implementation and further development of the Psychiatry Milestones.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX, USA, crthomas@utmb.edu.
authors.forename: Christopher R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000592:standards; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States