Sixty inpatients from a psychiatric ward, where senior medical students function as the sole primary physicians, were matched with 60 inpatients from two other wards in the same hospital who had been attended by psychiatric residents and certified psychiatrists. The problem-oriented medical record was used as a basis for treatment evaluation. Ratings by the patient at discharge, and the patient, a significant other and follow-up professional at three months, showed no significant difference in the treatment outcome between the two groups.
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