PROVIDING RESIDENTS WITH A COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATIONAL-PROGRAM IN OUTPATIENT PSYCHIATRY - INTEGRATING AN OUTPATIENT CURRICULUM INTO OUTPATIENT MANAGEMENT TEAMS

As part of their efforts to prepare psychiatry residents for comprehen sive, practical out-patient psychiatric practice, the authors have est ablished an organized training program in ambulatory psychiatry. The p rogram consists of outpatientf management teams that run from mid-PGY- 2 to PGY-4, a specified minimum number of mandatory outpatient hours f or continuity patient care, and suggested guidelines for residents' ou tpatient experiences. An outpatient management team curriculum has bee n designed for team leaders and trainees that consists of specific top ics in outpatient care, associated learning objectives, and readings f or each topic. This curriculum, which supplements our previous program of conferences, individual supervision, and a yearlong psychotherapy seminar series, has been refined over the past 5 years. The authors de scribe the program and the topics included in the curriculum.