SURVEY OF UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING OF PSYCHIATRY IN THE UK AND IRELAND

A survey was conducted of undergraduate teaching of psychiatry involvi ng 27 schools in the UK and Ireland. The findings show variations in t he number of teaching staff, the amount of clinical and non-clinical t eaching of general psychiatry, and of subspecialities and assessment p rocedures and regulations. All schools provided teaching of interview skills. Some schools provided teaching in community settings. Elective studies in psychiatry occurred in the majority of schools. All school s had external examiners in psychiatry.