Abstract
Historically, the medical education in substance-related and addictive disorders in Canada has been disproportionately limited in residency training programs compared to other major illnesses and disorders. While currently in Canada, there is no formal subspecialty recognition or designation of addiction medicine or addiction psychiatry, over the last 10 years there has been increasing interest by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) and formal establishment by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) of core training requirements for addictions to be met during residency training in order to qualify for certification in family medicine and psychiatry, respectively. Proposed components for the curriculum for substance-related and addictive disorders applicable to family physicians and their challenges in their implementation are described. Established curriculum and training requirements for psychiatrists are then described with specific content areas, and means for Canadian residency training programs to meet these requirements are reviewed. Ultimately, it is hoped that as both family physicians and specialists build on the training requirements, their impact will broaden and lessen the gaps in care present for patients with addictions.
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Crockford, D., el-Guebaly, N. (2015). Medical Education in Addiction and Related Disorders: The Canadian Experience. In: el-Guebaly, N., Carrà , G., Galanter, M. (eds) Textbook of Addiction Treatment: International Perspectives. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5322-9_113
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