A proposal for a psychopharmacology-pharmacotherapy catalogue of learning objectives and a curriculum in Europe

作者：Baumann Pierre^*; Spies Marie; Moeller Hans Juergen; Kasper Siegfried; Bitter Istvan; Laux Gerd

来源：World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 2017, 18(1): 29-38.

DOI：10.3109/15622975.2016.1149219

• Postgraduate training
• psychopharmacology-pharmacotherapy-curriculum
• residents in psychiatry
• learning catalogue
• europe

Objectives Post-graduate training for specialisation in psychiatry and psychotherapy is part of a 4-6-year programme. This paper aims to inform on the general situation of teaching and training of psychopharmacology-psychopharmacotherapy in Europe. It presents the need for a psychopharmacotherapy education in psychiatric training programmes. Arguments as well as a proposal for a catalogue of learning objectives and an outline of a psychopharmacology curriculum are presented. Methods Based on their experience and on an analysis of the literature, the authors, experts in psychopharmacology-pharmacotherapy teaching, critically analyse the present situation and propose the development of a curriculum at the European level. Results Teaching programmes vary widely between European countries and, generally, teaching of psychopharmacology and pharmacotherapy does not exceed two-dozen hours. This is insufficient if one considers the central importance of psychopharmacology. A psychopharmacology-psychopharmacotherapy curriculum for the professional training of specialists in psychiatry and psychotherapy is proposed. Conclusions As the number of hours of theoretical teaching and practical training is insufficient, a catalogue of learning objectives should be established, which would then be part of a comprehensive curriculum at the European level. It could be inspired partly by those few previously proposed by other groups of authors and organisations.

• 出版日期2017-2