Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, 2400 Tucker, NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87131-5326, USA,
Acad Psychiatry. 1997 Dec;21(4):226-33. doi: 10.1007/BF03341436.
The American Psychiatric Association's practice guidelines provide authoritative guidance for assessing and treating major clinical problems that psychiatrists face. This article reviews the social context in which practice guidelines have emerged, opportunities they afford educators, and limitations in their educational and practice applications. Practice guidelines should be used in residents' and medical students' seminars and in continuing medical education activities. The incentive to study guidelines may increase as their likely use as information sources for questions on in-service and specialty board certification examinations as well as in clinical quality-assurance activities becomes more widely recognized.
美国精神病学协会的实践指南为评估和治疗精神科医生面临的主要临床问题提供了权威指导。本文回顾了实践指南出现的社会背景、它们为教育者提供的机会，以及它们在教育和实践应用中的局限性。实践指南应该用于住院医师和医学生的研讨会以及继续医学教育活动中。随着人们越来越认识到这些指南可能会被用作在职和专业委员会认证考试以及临床质量保证活动的信息来源，学习指南的积极性可能会提高。
