The graduates from two child psychiatry training programmes over a 13 year period responded to a questionnaire designed to elicit their retrospective evaluations of various aspects of their educational experience. Information is presented about areas of knowledge judged important, specific experiences which were helpful and unhelpful, and current patterns of practice of these graduates. Their attitudes toward supervision and supervisors are discussed, as are implications for recruitment of future trainees and teachers/faculty.
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