Psychotherapy training for residents: Reconciling requirements with evidence-based, competency-focused practice

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-12

  Weerasekera, Priyanthy ^a   Manring, John ^b   Lynn, David John ^c  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ACCREDITATION; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 75649141253     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.34.1.5     Document Type: Article

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