To describe and provide experiential reflections on a model of continuing professional development in psychiatry for development and maintenance of specialised skills.
Conclusions:
For clinical psychiatrists working in smaller population centres, clinical observer visits with peers may be a useful method to develop, improve and calibrate knowledge and skills. Such potential benefits may be even more marked for specialised fields of psychiatry, such as neuropsychiatry.
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