In the first part of the series, we discussed about how thoughtful planning lays down the foundation for a successful external posting. Once you arrive at the host institution, you must execute the planning. The first three days: observe before you perform The temptation on arrival is to demonstrate competence, to show that you are a capable resident who can clerk patients, […]
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External Posting Essentials: Part 1 – Before You Leave
The external posting is among the most underutilised opportunities in Indian psychiatry residency training. Each year, hundreds of MD Psychiatry residents are sent to other institutions for four to twelve weeks of training in subspecialty areas their parent departments cannot offer, most commonly child and adolescent psychiatry, psychotherapy, and deaddiction medicine. Some return transformed. Many […]