From psychiatry to geriatrics and back again.

External placements: a potentially valuable addition to higher training in old age psychiatry

“…Geriatric medicine placements have now be come an integral part of higher training in old age psychiatry and are generally seen as beneficial (Manchip, 1994). The authors found external placements in old age psychiatry as part of the final year one of the most useful components of their senior registrar training.…”