Long-Term Intensive Group Psychotherapy with Psychiatric Residents as Part of Residency Training

Measuring the Quality of Supervision and the Training Experience in Psychiatry

“…For example, second-year trainees are known to be more critical of supervisors than first- or third-year residents [11]. This is considered part of the ‘second-year slump’ described by Sadock and Kaplan [12]. A single evaluation may be considered idiosyncratic.…”

The Processes of Psychiatric Residency Training: Part II. Trainees who Drop Out

“…Waring has suggested that first-year training in general hospitals might ease the transition from general medicine to psychiatry (5). For handling the resident's feelings of isolation, identity confusion and emotional difficulties which are apparently emphasized in large mental hospitals, other methods than initial posting to general hospitals should be con sidered, for example, the use of groups as described by Sadock, Hunter and Waring (2,3,5), The establishment of preceptorships for the junior resident might also be helpful. This could involve either a senior resident or an independent staff physician with whom the new resident could discuss any difficulties he is experiencing in training.…”

Managing power and psychiatric training in the United States, 1945–1990

“…Sadock and Kaplan further elaborated that the group functioned by developing character sketches of one resident a week and then discussing commonalities as a group. The end result was a resident with ‘a deep understanding of the human condition’ that would make him a better therapist (Sadock and Kaplan, 1970: 1139, 1143). Sadock and Kaplan’s description of intensive group psychotherapy used much of the older language of personal growth, while maintaining a dynamic in which residents were instructed to share personal information not only with the faculty group leader but also with fellow residents.…”