Schweizer Yolanda, Spratt Christine, O'Connor Daniel W
RANZCP, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Australas Psychiatry. 2009;17(5):389-93. doi: 10.1080/10398560902887522.
The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the rationale behind the expansion of specialist psychiatry training positions outside of major public teaching hospitals, as expounded by the Australian Federal Government's Expanded Settings for Specialist Training (ESST) Program.
Alternative training settings are required to help address the anticipated growth in numbers of medical graduates and to meet the need of psychiatry trainees for greater experience in treating high prevalence mental disorders. To progress the expansion of training settings within psychiatry, it is essential that comprehensive consultation be undertaken to understand the implications of this program for trainees, existing training facilities and expanded setting providers to ensure that all stakeholders, including patients and carers, derive benefit.
本文旨在概述澳大利亚联邦政府的专科培训扩展设置（ESST）计划所阐述的在大型公立教学医院之外扩大专科精神病学培训岗位背后的基本原理。
需要替代性培训场所，以帮助应对医学毕业生数量的预期增长，并满足精神病学培训学员在治疗高患病率精神障碍方面获得更多经验的需求。为推动精神病学培训场所的扩展，必须进行全面协商，以了解该计划对学员、现有培训设施和扩展场所提供者的影响，确保包括患者和护理人员在内的所有利益相关者都能从中受益。
