A Medical Curriculum for Post Graduate Year - 1 Psychiatric Residents

TLDR: The educational and training goals of the general medical experience in the first postgraduate year of the newly mandated, four year, psychiatric residency are discussed and possible concrete approaches to them are proposed.

Abstract: The educational and training goals of the general medical experience in the first postgraduate year of the newly mandated, four year, psychiatric residency are discussed. Important didactic and experiential aspects of such medical training are considered. Possible concrete approaches to them which are incorporated in a suggested medical curriculum for PGY-1 psychiatric residents are proposed. Evaluation methods and procedures to monitor the efficacy of such a curriculum and to provide a data base for ongoing modification of it are also suggested.