Neurology training in psychiatry residency - Self-assessment and standardized scores

Keeping pace with advances in neurosciences is, in part, predicated upon an adequate knowledge of neurology obtained during the psychiatrist's residen cy training. Results from a questionnaire assessing resident abiliities in neurology and psychiatry were compared with Psychiatry Resident In-Training Examination (PRITE) scores. Self-confidence for treating neurological diso rders declined with the progression of training; however, neurology PRITE s cores improved significantly. Psychiatric PRITE scores and psychiatric self -confidence also improved over time. These findings have implications for c urrent residency training criteria and education.