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A survey of academic provision for old age psychiatry in the UK and Ireland

Division of Psychiatry for the Elderly, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW

Cornelius Katona, Professor of Psychiatry of the Elderly

Royal Free and University College Medical School

Richard Prettyman, Senior Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry

University of Leicester

James Warner, Senior Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry

St Charles Hospital, London

AIMS AND METHOD

This paper reports the findings of a 1999 survey of academic old age psychiatry staffing and teaching in UK and Irish medical schools.

RESULTS

Just over half had staff established at the level of senior lecturer or above. These schools devoted more time to undergraduate teaching, covered more topics and used a wider range of teaching methods.

CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS

There is a need for further academic development in old age psychiatry to drive the development of the speciality, and to ensure that all medical undergraduates receive an adequate training in this subject area.