General and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Resident Training in Integrated Care: a Survey of Program Directors

Abstract

This report is intended to help program directors consider options for starting or optimizing their own integrated care curricula. Future research should examine the educational value, and the overall value to health care systems, of training in the integrated care model.

A Brief Examination of Integrated Care in Undergraduate Medical Education

“…These categories were borrowed from a survey by the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT) to its membership [8].…”

Integrated Care in Community Settings and Psychiatric Training

“…In this issue, we present six papers on the theme of integrated care, including three empirical reports, a review, an example curriculum, and a systematic review [4][5][6][7][8][9]. Recently, the American Psychiatric Association also published a task force report on integrated care [10].…”

“…Recently, the American Psychiatric Association also published a task force report on integrated care [10]. Reardon et al [4] surveyed program directors in general and child and adolescent psychiatry programs in order to evaluate residents' education and experiences in integrated care. Although the response rates were low, a majority of respondents offered integrated care rotations and electives and fewer than half of responding programs provided didactic education on integrated care.…”

“…According to one of the articles in this issue [4], psychiatry trainees most commonly experienced integrated care as a traditional psychiatric consultation within primary care clinics. Fewer than 50 % of the responding programs provided didactic training on integrated care and smaller numbers again provided didactics in multidisciplinary formats.…”

“…Fewer than 50 % of the responding programs provided didactic training on integrated care and smaller numbers again provided didactics in multidisciplinary formats. There may be many practical, administrative, or financial barriers to offering integrated care experiences for residents, and as noted, not all programs embrace integration with primary care [4]. In addition, ADMSEP members responded that clinical care settings were uncommonly used in the clinical years of the curriculum [5].…”