Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Training: A Global Perspective.
Training programs aim to produce child and adolescent psychiatry professionals who are competent at both clinical work as well as health promotion through teaching and research. Child psychiatry training programs not only offer training in teaching the clinical skills of the discipline of child and adolescent psychiatry but also strive to help with the development of professionalism, ethical behaviors, and leadership skills in their trainees. Ultimately, it is the children of the world who stand to gain by having a skilled work force that adheres to the highest global standards when it comes to the provision of mental health services.
Department of Psychiatry, The Aga Khan University, National Stadium Road, Karachi 74800, Pakistan. Electronic address: ayesha.mian@aku.edu.
Ayesha I
AI
Mian
National and Specialist Services, Michael Rutter Centre, Maudsley Hospital, De'Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AZ, UK.
Gordana
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Milavić
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centre for Child and Adolescents Mental Health and Child Protection, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Klostergata 46, Trondheim N-7491, Norway.
Norbert
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Skokauskas
D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans
Child and adolescent psychiatry; Children; Global; Medical education; Training