Achievements and challenges in psychiatric education and training in Sri Lanka.

Psychiatry South Asia challenges internship undergraduate curriculum

Journal

BJPsych international
ISSN: 2056-4740
Titre abrégé: BJPsych Int
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101654173

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Feb 2023
Historique:
received: 07 04 2021
revised: 03 06 2021
accepted: 04 06 2021
entrez: 22 2 2023
pubmed: 23 2 2023
medline: 23 2 2023
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

When compared with other Asian countries, psychiatric education and training in Sri Lanka has made significant developments during the past two decades, such as introducing psychiatry as a separate final year subject in the undergraduate medical curricula. However, further developments in psychiatric training in medical education are needed.

Identifiants

pubmed: 36812015
doi: 10.1192/bji.2021.35
pii: S2056474021000350
pmc: PMC9909409
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Pagination

2-4

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2021.

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Auteurs

Aruni Hapangama (A)

FRANZCP, Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. Email: ahapangama@kln.ac.lk.

K A L A Kuruppuarachchi (KALA)

FRCPsych, Cadre Chair and Senior Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

Raveen Hanwella (R)

FRCPsych, Cadre Chair and Senior Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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