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Graduates of a psychiatric residency program replied anonymously to a questionnaire designed to ascertain the value and relevance of their training experiences to their current professional activities. The program was rated as having done well in providing a solid base of psychiatric expertise. The results also showed that some of the most useful parts of the training program to some people were seen by some others as the least useful parts of the program. Many of the least useful topics and rotations have been eliminated from the program. This study adds a longer range evaluation that is useful to the curriculum committee and program director.
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Ham, C.H., Rothstein, W. Evaluating a Psychiatric Training Program. Acad Psychiatry 3, 91–98 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03399727
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