Research article summary (published 30 Mar 2002):

A Graduate Certificate and Master in General Practice Psychiatry by distance education--1998-2001.

Full Abstract

BACKGROUND:
The General Practice Psychiatry Program is a collaborative initiative between two universities and two professional colleges. Since 1998 it has offered general practitioners a one year part time Graduate Certificate, and a two year Master of General Practice Psychiatry. The learning is by distance education and multimode, including text packages sent out, tapes, teleconferences and two annual residential weekends with role plays and didactic teaching.

OBJECTIVE:
To describe the development of a Graduate Certificate and Master in General Practice Psychiatry.

DISCUSSION:
The program has been well supported with 141 general practitioners enrolling in the Graduate Certificate and 48 in the Masters during 1998-2001. General practitioners have been enrolling from around Australia, with rural, female and more experienced GPs predominating.

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Author information

Author/s: Blashki, Grant (G); McCall, Louise (L); Piterman, Leon (L); Judd, Fiona (F); Clarke, David M (DM); Stone, Louise (L); Davis, Julian (J); Cockram, Alex (A); Pring, Bill (B); Martyres, Raymond (R); Hogan, Chris (C); Liaw, Teng (T);

Affiliation: Department of General Practice, Monash University, Victoria.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Australian family physician (Aust Fam Physician), published in Australia. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Apr; vol 31 (issue 4) : pp 394-7

Dates: Created 2002/06/04; Completed 2002/06/20; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 12043139, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

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Adult Certification Education, Distance Education, Medical, Continuing - methods Education, Medical, Graduate Family Practice - education Female

Female Humans Male Mental Disorders - therapy Middle Aged Psychiatry - education Victoria

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