Learning About the Management of Physical Illness During the Postgraduate Training to Become a Good Psychiatrist

• Published in: Academic psychiatry Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 173 - 175
• Main Authors: Horinouchi, Toru, Nishida, Keiichiro, Nakagami, Yukako, Nakamura, Itta, Aoki, Nobuatsu, Tanaka, Masuo, Suzuki, Muneyuki, Kuga, Hironori, Takeda, Masatoshi, Bhugra, Dinesh, Sartorius, Norman
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.02.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Anesthesiology; Attrition (Research Studies); Autism; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Basic Skills; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Chronic Disease; Clinical Competence; Communicable Diseases; Conflict of Interest; Conflicts of interest; CPR; Departments; Education, Medical, Graduate; Electroencephalography; Emergency medical care; Epilepsy; Ethics; Feature: Letter to the Editor; Female; First Aid; Grants; Health Needs; Humans; Internal medicine; Intubation; Learning; Male; Medical Education; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mental disorders; Mortality; Neurology; Physical Health; Physicians; Psychiatrists; Psychiatry; Psychiatry - education; Public health; Radiology; Schizophrenia; Tomography; Japan
• ISSN: 1042-9670; 1545-7230
• DOI: 10.1007/s40596-017-0782-5

Recommended departments list Department Duration (months) Target to learn General internal medicine 4–8 ・Management of common diseases ・Basic skills as a doctor ・Relationship between physical and mental Emergency 3–5 ・Skills for CPR, intubation, suture ・To evaluate severity and emergency Psychiatry 2–3 ・To maintain motivation to become a psychiatrist ・What to learn from other departments Neurology 2 ・Differential diagnosis ・Neurological examination, epilepsy, electroencephalography Radiology 1–2 ・How to read brain MRIs, SPECTs, CTs and whole body CTs Surgery 1–2 ・Skills for suture, management of ileus Pediatrics 1–2 ・To know normal development and ASD from the view of a pediatrician Anesthesiology 1–2 ・Intubation, central venous catheterization, anesthesia for ECT Dermatology 1–2 ・To deal with drug eruption Public health 1–2 ・To collaborate with public health efforts, skills for epidemiology and statistics Top 10 departments are described based on the number of five groups recommended from the top CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, SPECT single photon emission computed tomography, CT computed tomography, ASD autistic spectrum disorder, ECT electro-convulsive treatment General Internal Medicine A period of 4–8 months placement was necessary. Emergency Medicine Department Training placements in an emergency department were essential in evaluating emergency and severity of illness and obtaining skills such as suture and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Compliance with Ethical Standards Ethical Considerations (E.G., IRB Information, Consent Process, if Applicable) This study was approved by the IRB of Hokkaido P.W.F.A.C. Kutchan-Kosei General Hospital, which the first author belonged to in March 2015. Disclosures All the authors state that there is no direct conflict of interest, although there are some grants, honoraria and positions outside the submitted work as detailed below: