Issue

B. Bus, K. Goethals, S. Smith-apeldoorn, E. Van Assche, I. Tendolkar

14 maart 2019

Opinion

A different look at the quality of psychiatry education: trainee perspective

R.J. Duvivier, C.C.J. van Geel, P. Mulders, E.C.A.M. Ackermans

background The (medical) educational literature does not contain an unequivocal answer to the question ‘what is a good quality post-graduate education in psychiatry?'.
aim To describe the meaning of ‘quality’ and the role of psychiatrists in ...

Opinion

Training in psychiatry in Belgium through the eyes of the trainee

O. Cools, K. Hebbrecht

background In Belgium, psychiatry training is still organised by each university separately without a structured centralised funding plan for the financing of psychiatry trainees. Recently, the government has obliged trainers to integrate psychot...

Opinion

Should the psychiatrist of the future become a multi-specialist or a super-specialist?

M.G. Nijs, B. Sabbe

background The subject of psychiatry is not easy to define and is characterised by considerable complexity of dysfunctional human behaviour. What does this mean for the training of psychiatrists? Is further differentiation with a strong specialis...

Review article

Know thyself; personal psychotherapy for the psychiatrist in training

N. Draijer

background For the Dutch psychiatrist in training 50 sessions of personal psychotherapy are required. The Netherlands are unique in this measure. Currently there is no discussion about this requirement.
aim To describe different aspects and ...

Review article

Trends and developments in medical education research

R.J. Duvivier, E. Driessen

14 maart 2019

background In medical educational research specific approaches and research methods are used, the risk being that the field becomes less accessible to clinicians and teachers.
aim To highlight the relevance of educational research for clinica...

Review article

Heterogeneity in psychiatry training in Europe: competition or collaboration?

L. De Picker, A. Nobels

background The European Union strives towards a mutual recognition of qualifications for medical specialists. Already in 1993, the European Union of Medical Specialists drafted non-binding quality criteria for every medical specialty. In psychiat...

Original research

Improving the quality of supervision of residents: an evaluation of supervisors using feedback by residents

C.R.M.G. Fluit, T.P.F.M. Klaassen, L. Sander, M. de Visser-Oomen, M.M. van den Hurk

background To evaluate the quality of the supervision of residents, questionnaires are frequently used.
aim Changes in resident ratings were assessed using the validated Evaluation and Feedback for Effective Clinical Teaching (effect) questio...

Original research

Mindfulness for medical, surgical and psychiatric residents

A. Speckens, H. Verweij, H. van Ravesteijn, T. Lagro-janssen

background Mindfulness based stress reduction (mbsr) has been demonstrated to result in a reduction of stress and improvement of well-being in both healthy volunteers and the general population.
aim To examine the effect of mbsr on burnout sy...

Original research

Entrustable professional activities for a curricular framework for psychiatry in the Netherlands

N. Rühl, B.M. van Hulst, B. de Leede, A. Oosterling

background Milestones describing the trajectory from medical student to specialist are needed to tailor the training. This is challenging because competencies are abstract constructs. Entrustable professional activities (epas) can be a helpful fr...

Development of a forensic psychiatric curriculum in Belgium and the Netherlands

K. Goethals, S. Roza

background Forensic psychiatry attracts considerable attention from media and politicians. All psychiatrists, not only those working in the forensic field, should be able to evaluate safety for society on the one hand and qualitative health care ...

The future of psychiatrists: subquota and quota-raising in Belgium

E. Van Assche

background In Belgium, the number of medical students that can start a psychiatry residency is defined by a fixed number.
aim To present this calculation process.
method To reconstruct this process based on documents published by the plan...

Workforce planning for the influx in psychiatry specialist training

O.S. Butterman

background There is a need for a detailed explanation of how estimates are made for the workforce planning of psychiatrists in the Netherlands.
aim To elucidate the way in which recommendations are made for the influx in the training of psych...

Renewing the curriculum for psychiatry

U.M.H. Klumpers

background A new curriculum for psychiatric training will be developed by the Netherlands Psychiatric Association.
aim To describe the essential documents providing the framework for the curriculum.
Method Essay providing background infor...

The future of psychiatry and the psychiatrist of the future