Patient demographics and diagnoses were similar to those found in other clinics. Most people who attended the memory clinic had significant cognitive or psychiatric disorders.
Mention an ‘Out-of-Programme Experience’ to colleagues and the result is often a somewhat bemused expression or some reference to the not-too-dissimilar-sounding, ‘Out-of-body-experience’. This has been the response on almost every occasion I have mentioned this, the official title for the 12 months I recently spent working as a senior registrar in old age psychiatry in Melbourne, Australia.
Currently there are about 2000 practising consultant psychiatrists in Australia, 80% of whom are in private practice. In terms of training there are close to 700 trainees (registrars) with approximately 100 qualifying each year (Henderson, 2000). Training takes place all over the country but, as with many other aspects of Australian life, is largely confined to a small number of larger cities dotted around the coast of the mainland.
Mention an ‘Out-of-Programme Experience’ to colleagues and the result is often a somewhat bemused expression or some reference to the not-too-dissimilar-sounding, ‘Out-of-body-experience’. This has been the response on almost every occasion I have mentioned this, the official title for the 12 months I recently spent working as a senior registrar in old age psychiatry in Melbourne, Australia.
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