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Table 6 General Adult Psychiatry training in Europe – synthesis of collected data

From: Training of adult psychiatrists and child and adolescent psychiatrists in europe: a systematic review of training characteristics and transition from child/adolescent to adult mental health services

General Adult Psychiatry training

Number / number of known data (%)

National standardized training program

  Y

19 / 24 (79%)

Quality control of the training program

 Presence

  Y

20 / 23 (87%)

 Realized by

  ministry of health or national board

16 / 23 (70%)

  regional or university

3 / 23 (13%)

  both

1 / 23 (4%)

Program length (years)

  <  4

3 / 34 (9%)

  4 ≤ ≤ 6

26 / 34 (76%)

  >  6

0 / 34

  Contradictory

5 / 34 (15%)

Assessment

 Presence

  Y

25 / 32 (78%)

   during training

3 / 32 (9.5%)

   during training and final board exam

19 / 32 (59%)

   final board exam

3 / 32 (9.5%)

  N

1 / 32 (3%)

  Contradictory

6 / 32 (19%)

 Realized by

  supervisor only

10 / 28 (36%)

  board commission

2 / 28 (7%)

  WBA

4 / 28 (14%)

  supervisor and board commission

6 / 28 (21%)

  supervisor and WBA

5 / 28 (18%)

  supervisor, board commission and WBA

1 / 28 (4%)

 Logbook

  Y

23 / 28 (82%)

 Consequences

  Y

18 / 25 (72%)

Compulsory common trunk of fundamental knowledge (UEMS 2003)

 General adult psychiatry

  Y

28 / 28 (100%)

 CAP, learning difficulties and mental handicap

  Y

27 / 28 (96%)

 Old age psychiatry

  Y

18 / 26 (69%)

 Addictions

  Y

28 / 29 (97%)

 Forensic psychiatry

  Y

23 / 26 (88%)

 Psychotherapy

  Y

19 / 29 (66%)

  N

7 / 29 (24%)

  Contradictory

3 / 29 (10%)

Compulsory common trunk of skills (UEMS 2003)

 In-patient psychiatry

  Y

27 / 27 (100%)

 Out-patient psychiatry

  Y

28 / 28 (100%)

 Liaison and consultation psychiatry

  Y

15 / 27 (55%)

  N

11 / 27 (41%)

  Contradictory

1 / 27 (4%)

 Emergency psychiatry

  Y

27 / 27 (100%)

Compulsory training

 Neurology

  Y

13 / 14 (93%)

 Internal medicine

  Y

10 / 12 (83%)

  1. Abbreviations: Y yes, N no, WBA workplace based assessment, UEMS Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes