Survey of undergraduate teaching of psychiatry in the UK and Ireland

A survey was conducted of undergraduate teaching of psychiatry involving 27 schools in the UK and Ireland. The findings show variations in the number of teaching staff, the amount of clinical and non-clinical teaching of general psychiatry, and of subspecialities and assessment procedures and regulations. All schools provided teaching of interview skills. Some schools provided teaching in community settings. Elective studies in psychiatry occurred in the majority of schools. All schools had external examiners in psychiatry.