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Teaching general psychiatry to medical undergraduates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Tom Hughes  and
Christopher Williams
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The future of psychiatry lies not only with advances in treatment, but also with the number and quality of undergraduates attracted into psychiatry. As the quality of teaching of psychiatry to undergraduates is probably one of the factors determining choice of a career in psychiatry (Sierles & Taylor, 1995), it is to be hoped that improved quality of teaching will not only enhance clinical practice and patient care, but also lead to an increase in the numbers of medical students who choose a career in psychiatry.

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Research Article
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Advances in Psychiatric Treatment , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , May 1998 , pp. 177 - 182
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 1998 

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