Lee Alyson, Noonan Angela
Lakeview Unit,Naas General Hospital,Naas,Co. Kildare,Ireland.
St. Vincent's Hospital,Richmond Road,Dublin 3,Ireland.
Ir J Psychol Med. 2012 Jan;29(1):41-45. doi: 10.1017/S0790966700017602.
Psychotherapeutic skills are essential to practice psychiatry effectively, but previous surveys of trainees in Ireland show that they have not been getting adequate training in psychotherapy. This survey of college tutors was carried out to coincide with the establishment of the College of Psychiatry of Ireland which is introducing new psychotherapy training requirements. The survey aims to ascertain if trainees had fulfilled the Royal College of Psychiatrists' psychotherapy training requirements, models of psychotherapy available and the availability of psychotherapy qualifications amongst consultants and senior registrars.
A questionnaire was posted to all registered tutors in the Republic of Ireland.
The postal questionnaire was sent to the 62 registered college tutors in the 13 training schemes. There is one tutor in each training hospital. The response rate was 79%. Our survey reveals that no psychotherapy training was available according to 16.3% of tutors. Only 22.5% of tutors were aware of trainees who had met college training requirements in the previous two years. 79.8% of tutors reported that there were consultants and senior registrars with qualifications in psychotherapy who could offer training if time and resources permitted.
Current training requirements are not being fulfilled. There are consultants and senior registrars who have psychotherapy qualifications to provide psychotherapy training but there are inadequate resources and time to formalise training. It is unlikely that the implementation of training requirements by the new college will be realisable without a review of training delivery.
心理治疗技能对于有效开展精神病学工作至关重要，但此前对爱尔兰实习医生的调查显示，他们在心理治疗方面未得到充分培训。此次针对学院导师的调查是在爱尔兰精神病学学院成立之际进行的，该学院正在引入新的心理治疗培训要求。该调查旨在确定实习医生是否满足皇家精神病医学院的心理治疗培训要求、可用的心理治疗模式以及顾问医生和高级住院医生中拥有心理治疗资质的情况。
向爱尔兰共和国所有注册导师邮寄了一份调查问卷。
邮政调查问卷被发送至13个培训计划中的62位注册学院导师。每个培训医院有一名导师。回复率为79%。我们的调查显示，16.3%的导师表示没有提供心理治疗培训。只有22.5%的导师知晓在过去两年中满足学院培训要求的实习医生。79.8%的导师报告称，有具备心理治疗资质的顾问医生和高级住院医生，若时间和资源允许，他们可以提供培训。
当前的培训要求未得到满足。有具备心理治疗资质的顾问医生和高级住院医生可提供心理治疗培训，但资源和时间不足，无法将培训正规化。如果不审查培训实施情况，新学院不太可能实现培训要求的落实。
