Audit of ophthalmological examination in psychiatry

Abstract

Psychiatrists revealed in a survey that they feel that ophthalmological examination is important for patient care.Further audit of their practice showed that training improved the percentage of patients given such examinations.The authors discuss the implications of these findings for the training of psychiatrists. Copyright © 2007 Wiley Interface Ltd

Case series of physical examinations on psychiatric inpatients: Influence of a structured form on the quality of documentation

“…However, it stands to reason that if the psychiatric organisations want to drive standards upwards they should provide aspiring young psychiatrists with some targets to aim at. Following the establishment of appropriate standards, training schemes could help trainee psychiatrists to attain them by investing in audiovisual aids and by inviting local physicians to conduct teaching sessions during which the trainees could observe and be observed (Garden, 2005b;Kannabiran et al, 2007).…”