title: Views from GP and Psychiatric trainees about getting experience in each other's specialty during training: A way to develop a shared culture?
abstract: The need to deliver holistic medical care that addresses both physical and mental health requirements has never been more important. The UK medical training system has been designed to provide all medical graduates with a broad experience of different medical specialities and psychiatry prior to entering specialist training. Furthermore there is a distinct crossover between Psychiatric and General Practice training, with programmes providing trainees with the opportunity to work alongside each other in the care of mental health patients. The video presentation will explain the UK medical training system in more detail, before going on to explore how the organisation of training may foster a shared culture among different specialities and how it could form a model for improving parity of esteem of medical and physical health care. In addition it will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of this system from a trainee perspective and will conclude with comments from eminent Psychiatrists whom have special interests in medical training and developingparity of mental and physical health care.
authors.affiliation: South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, sophiebutler@doctors.org.uk.
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: Juliette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mullin
authors.forename: Tharun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zacharia
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Howe
authors.forename: Ross
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mirvis
authors.forename: Camilla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jeffries-Chung
authors.forename: Damian
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mirzadeh
authors.forename: Clare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Holt
authors.forename: Orestes
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Couppis
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003469:Culture; D003479:Curriculum; D058006:General Practice / Q000193:education*; D006694:Holistic Health / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007396:Internship and Residency; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D006113:United Kingdom