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Residency Education in Administrative Psychiatry

A National Survey

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In 1989, the authors surveyed all general psychiatry residency programs to assess the availability, extent, and emphasis of administrative teaching currently being offered during residency training. With a return rate of 74.5%, the results reveal that 69.5% of the respondents presently include administrative training within their curricula and 56% offer didactic teaching about administrative issues. These results are compared with a similar survey performed 10 years previously in which 85% of the respondents reported offering some administrative training but only 39% offered didactic instruction in this area. An analysis of these data and a review of proposed curricula for training in administration are provided.

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  1. Dept. of Psychiatry, USAF Medical Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH, 45433-5300, USA

    William N. Arnold M.D. (staff psychiatrist, assistant professor)

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA

    William N. Arnold M.D. (staff psychiatrist, assistant professor)

  3. Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Paul Rodenhauser M.D. (professor of psychiatry)

  4. University of California at Los Angeles, Oliveview Medical Center, Sylmar, CA, USA

    Milton Greenblatt M.D. (chief of psychiatry)

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Arnold, W.N., Rodenhauser, P. & Greenblatt, M. Residency Education in Administrative Psychiatry. Acad Psychiatry 15, 188–194 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03341362

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