The development of an undergraduate course in child psychiatry

This paper begins with a brief review of child psychiatry, teaching to unde rgraduate medical students. Teaching methods are also considered. The devel opment of the current child psychiatry course at the University of Leiceste r is then described. This falls naturally into three stages front the begin ning Of the project to improve on the previous course. For clarity the resu lts are presented separately for each stage. The changes from one stage to the next and the rationale for these changes are presented in the overall d iscussion. The final section considers the present position and how zee car l further develop the clinical child psychiatry teaching programme.