The teaching of psychiatric epidemiology in Canadian psychiatry residency programs

In an attempt to evaluate the current state of the training residents receive in psychiatric epidemiology in Psychiatry Residency programs, the Canadian Academy of Psychiatric Epidemiology sent a questionnaire to the 16 Canadian Residency Program Directors. Thirteen of the 16 directors (82%) responded. Program directors identified a number of the common components to the training, although there was wide variation in the time allocated and the availability of resources. The biggest single obstacle to the teaching was a perceived lack of interest on the part of the residents.