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Canadian psychiatry residency training programs: A glance at the management structure

Louis T van Zyl¹, Paul R Davidson

¹Department of Psychiatry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. vanzyl@post.queensu.ca

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Revue Canadienne De Psychiatrie

|June 22, 2006

Abstract

Objectives:

To describe the administrative functioning of all current Canadian psychiatry residency training programs (RTPs) and to suggest available improvements to existing systems.

Method:

We obtained data about the 2004 RTPs by distributing 2 questionnaires to all Canadian psychiatry RTPs.

Results:

Residency program committees (RPCs) are mainly consultative and carry only a small amount of the workload of managing a residency program. Program directors (PDs) manage more than 80% of the work and report that the time allowance to perform their duties is suboptimal. PDs remain in office for about 5 years, departing during or at the end of a predetermined second term.

Conclusion:

RPCs bear only a small amount of the workload generated by the RTP. We piloted administrative changes that led to more equitable work distribution.

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