Core Competencies for Psychiatric Practice: What Clinicians Need to Know (a Report of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology)

A collaboration between medical experts from the United States and Canada has resulted in this valuable blueprint for identifying and assessing skills central to the practice of psychiatry.... As a textbook/reference source, Core Competencies for Psychiatric Practice is a must-have tool in any psychiatrist's office. Practicing psychiatrists, individuals just beginning the educational process toward certification, medical school faculty and program directors will find it most useful as it provides a timeline and testing methods for assessing specific core competencies as well as suggestions for re-evaluation. * Behavioral Healthcare Tomorrow * The ABPN conference has provided psychiatry with a potential road map and guidebook to the future. Armed with this road map and guide, the field of psychiatry has a tool to respond to inevitable detours and advances in our knowledge base, as well as changes in our systems of care, to assure ourselves and the public of our ability to meet the needs now and in the future. * Sidney H. Weissman, M.D., Journal of Clinical Psychiatry * Psychiatry residency training directors' work will be made somewhat easier by knowing and understanding the information contained in this book. * Michael J. Schrift, DO, Doody Book Reviews * Core Competencies for Psychiatric Practice is both a hopeful and a helpful report. Its authors have brought much wisdom and insight to these discussions, and most readers will be convinced that defining and assessing core competencies not only will be a central feature of training programs and practice but also will contribute to the improved care of patients and their families. * John S. McIntyre, M.D., Psychiatric Services *