[Reflections on the goals of post-graduate education in psychiatry].

The numerous tasks of psychiatry result in a long list of topics in the postgraduate-training. In Switzerland, the possibility of introducing postgraduate examinations in psychiatry are being discussed, in order to ensure minimal standards of training. This, however, would require clearly defined aims of the training. The present paper tries to open the discussion by proposing a list of learning items which should be required in the training of psychiatrists.