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ALLEN J. ENELOW, MD; LETA McKINNEY ADLER, PhD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1965;12(5):433-437.

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EVER-INCREASING numbers of courses in psychiatry are being offered to the nonpsychiatrist physician. Interestingly, though, a relatively small number of physicians enroll in these courses. This reflects in part the fact that most physicians do not take postgraduate courses of any sort. Nevertheless, it poses a problem for those engaged in promoting the acquisition of psychiatric skills and knowledge by the family doctor.

At the University of Southern California, we have been concerned for some time with the problems of increasing the participation of practicing physicians in our courses and of giving participating physicians the maximum amount of useful information.¹ We have concluded that there are four important elements in organizing and administering postgraduate courses to achieve these two goals. These are: (1) clearly defined teaching objectives; (2) carefully designed course methods; (3) careful attention to the training of instructors and to maintaining their motivation; and (4) . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
LOS ANGELES

From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Southern California School of Medicine. Professor (Dr. Enelow), and Adjunct Associate Professor (Sociology) (Dr. Adler).

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Nov 4, 1964.

Reprint requests to 2025 Zonal Ave, Los Angeles, Calif 90033 (Dr. Enelow).

Read before the Second Regional Workshop on Mental Health, American Academy of General Practice, Portland, Ore, Oct 3, 1964.

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