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From specialist registrar to consultant: permission to land?

2005; Royal College of Psychiatrists; Volume: 29; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1192/pb.29.9.348

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Asim Naeem, Joan Rutherford, Chris Kenn,

Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices

After many years of hard work and training, the transition from trainee to consultant is potentially challenging. Having successfully negotiated the hurdles of preregistration training, the MRCPsych examination and the specialist registrar (SpR) interview, trainees have to pass one final signpost to mark the end of their formal training – securing their first substantive consultant psychiatrist post. Despite overall vacancy rates of about 12% for consultant psychiatrists in the UK (Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2002), competition can be intense for some posts.