Training in Old Age Psychiatry for geriatric STRs - Questionnaire for TPDs

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* 1. Do you offer Old Age Psychiatry training to the STRs in Geriatric Medicine in your Deanery / training rotation?

YES

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* 2. If you answered 'no', please state the reason/s why this training facility is unavailable

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* 3. If you answered 'yes', how would you best describe the training arrangement?

Formal Sessional

Formal full time

Informal sessional

Ad hoc via individual StR

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Please state the range of opportunities availed by the geriatric trainees in your area in order to obtain experience in old age psychiatry (tick all that apply):

Psychiatry ward-based

Outpatients

Memory clinics

Psychiatry MDT meetings

Community (e.g. care home/domiciary assessments)

CPN visits

Other (please specify)

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* 5. What is the average duration (in sessions per year per STR) of the old age psychiatry training / attachment in a typical STR training period of 5 years till CCT?

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* 6. Do you have any arrangements whereby psychiatry STRs obtain experience in geriatric medicine through formal attachments?

Yes

Training in Old Age Psychiatry for geriatric STRs - Questionnaire for TPDs

Question Title

* 1. Do you offer Old Age Psychiatry training to the STRs in Geriatric Medicine in your Deanery / training rotation?

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* 2. If you answered 'no', please state the reason/s why this training facility is unavailable

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* 3. If you answered 'yes', how would you best describe the training arrangement?

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* 4. Please state the range of opportunities availed by the geriatric trainees in your area in order to obtain experience in old age psychiatry (tick all that apply):

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* 5. What is the average duration (in sessions per year per STR) of the old age psychiatry training / attachment in a typical STR training period of 5 years till CCT?

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* 6. Do you have any arrangements whereby psychiatry STRs obtain experience in geriatric medicine through formal attachments?

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* 7. If 'yes', please explain the arrangement

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* 8. Please give examples of good practice in old age psychiatry training for geriatric STRs that you may have in your deanery:

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* 9. Please comment on areas that may need improving in relation to old age psychiatry training to geriatric STRs in your deanery:

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* 10. Any other comments

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* 11. Please state your deanery / training region

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* 12. Please state the total number of geriatric STRs under your supervision as a TPD