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The authors present the results of a survey of American psychiatric internships (categorical). It was found that over half of the programs offered experiences in specialties other than psychiatry for six months or less. A large majority of the programs offered a purely inpatient experience for the psychiatric portion of the year. The authors emphasize the role of the non-psychiatric rotations and discuss the value of rotations which are integrative of psychiatry and other medical care during the internship year. They suggest that this approach most creatively addresses the hypothetical issues which led to the reinstatement of the internship.
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Manning, D.E., Santos, A.B. The Internship: What’s Being Done With It. Acad Psychiatry 4, 152–155 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03399764
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