GUEST EDITOR Dr. Rao is Director of Residency Training and visiting Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center. Dr. Rao chaired the Council on Medical Education and Lifelong Learning for the American Psychiatric Association from 20012004. Address Correspondence to Dr. Rao, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Box 1203, Brooklyn, NY 11203, nrraomd{at}pol.net (E-mail). In a provocative editorial in The American Journal of Psychiatry titled "Why Be Concerned About Recruitment?," James Scully, M.D. (1) stated, "Whatever the right number (of psychiatrists) turns out to be, we'll still need to recruit new psychiatrists. To fail to do so is to abandon our profession and our patients." (1). These words of admonition by a leader in the profession have provided the rationale for this special issue of Academic Psychiatry devoted to psychiatric workforce as well as the retreat conducted by the Council on Medical Education and Career Development of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) that took place February 911 of 2001 in Washington. The backdrop of the retreat was provided by several developments pertaining to physician workforce that occurred in the preceding decade. The late 1980s
Psychiatric Workforce: Past Legacies, Current Dilemmas, and Future Prospects
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GUEST EDITOR Dr. Rao is Director of Residency Training and visiting Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center. Dr. Rao chaired the Council on Medical Education and Lifelong Learning for the American Psychiatric Association from 20012004. Address Correspondence to Dr. Rao, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Box 1203, Brooklyn, NY 11203, nrraomd{at}pol.net (E-mail). In a provocative editorial in The American Journal of Psychiatry titled "Why Be Concerned About Recruitment?," James Scully, M.D. (1) stated, "Whatever the right number (of psychiatrists) turns out to be, we'll still need to recruit new psychiatrists. To fail to do so is to abandon our profession and our patients." (1). These words of admonition by a leader in the profession have provided the rationale for this special issue of Academic Psychiatry devoted to psychiatric workforce as well as the retreat conducted by the Council on Medical Education and Career Development of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) that took place February 911 of 2001 in Washington. The backdrop of the retreat was provided by several developments pertaining to physician workforce that occurred in the preceding decade. The late 1980sPreview Only. This article cannot be rented because we do not currently have permission from the publisher.
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Psychiatric Workforce: Past Legacies, Current Dilemmas, and Future Prospects
Rao, Nyapati R.
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American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc (Journal) – Dec 1, 2003
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