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Foundation years

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Stephen J. Carey
Stephen J. Carey*
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Stratheden Hospital, Cupar KY15 5RR
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , April 2005 , pp. 152
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I am pleased that the new foundation years for junior doctor training are happening so soon, and that psychiatry is to be included in the second foundation year (Reference CareyCarey, 2000). It is, however, important that all psychiatric specialties are included in rotational schemes, and not only adult psychiatry, as I have heard suggested.

Just as time spent in old age medicine and paediatrics would be valuable – and not only time spent in adult medicine – so experience in old age psychiatry, child psychiatry or learning disability would provide a useful grounding for the future careers of junior doctors.

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Carey, S. (2000) Pre-registration training period in psychiatry. Psychiatric Bulletin, 24, 316.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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