2018 Volume 30 Issue 1 Pages 2-9
The environment surrounding psychiatrists continues to be more diversified beyond the boundary of medicine every year, thus it is expected that psychiatrists play an active role in a wider range of fields than ever before. It is possible by way of the training at departments of psychiatry at general hospitals to improve; 1) communication skills to facilitate the multidisciplinary approach and to act in line with group dynamics; 2) skills to ascertain what the consultees are truly in need of and to grasp their concerns; 3) skills to understand the circumstances surrounding the backgrounds of the consultees. The significance of training at departments of psychiatry at general hospitals involves development of skills required of psychiatrists beyond the narrow scope of “psychiatric care” to respond to real concerns and needs in various fields of society. However, it is difficult to understand fully the bright side of working at general hospitals without actually having the experience; thus, it would be important for younger psychiatrists to go through the training at general hospitals so they would be able to acquire skills required of the psychiatrists of today.
