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specialisation in psychiatry and psychotherapy (including
psychotherapy oriented towards cognitive-behaviour therapy)
at no cost to the doctors undergoing specialty training. The
practical neurology year, which is compulsory for every
trainee in psychiatry, is provided through an exchange with
the Department of Neurology of the University Hospital
Düsseldorf and the Division of Neurology at the LVR-
Klinikum. In the autumn of 2007, a working group was
established to procure certification by the DGPPN (the
German Association for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy)
for the post-graduate specialty training (Coordinator: J.
Zielasek). This group features the Training Manager, the
hospital’s Quality Management Representative (T. Fabis)
and the representatives of the junior doctors in specialty
training (M. Dolgner, M. Blaeser [until 2008], C. Schmidt-
Kraepelin [since 2008]). This group had suggested several
organisational and structural improvements, which were
gradually implemented, including the systematic organisation
of theoretical seminars, changes in the way post-graduate
training courses are conducted, the introduction of a
mentor system and the conduct of a survey among doctors
undergoing specialty training about possible improvements
of their curriculum at the LVR-Klinikum (being performed in
addition to the survey initiated by the Medical Associations
in spring 2009). Certification was obtained in March 2010.
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The LVR-Klinikum Düsseldorf hospital is fully authorised as
a provider of post-graduate specialist training in psychiatry
and psychotherapy (Training Supervisor: W. Gaebel) and
in psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy (Training
Supervisor: W. Tress). It is also certified, for one year, as a
provider of post-graduate specialist training in neurology
(Training Supervisor: M. Griese). The post-graduate specialty
training conference meets once a week. The curriculum is
designed to enable post-graduate medical doctors to acquire
the specialisation in psychiatry and psychotherapy after a
period of 5 years (Table 9).
The Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy hosts
regular psychiatric-psychotherapeutic colloquia for medical
doctors and psychologists, generally held on Wednesdays
between 5 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. Since 2008, these colloquia
have been dealing with scientific topics of particular
relevance and are regularly certified by the Medical
Association North Rhine with 2 CME points. Coordination:
W. Gaebel with A. Klimke (until 2004) and J. Zielasek (since
2005). (List of speakers and topics during the review period:
Table 10–18)
Table 10: Psychiatric-psychotherapeutic colloquia 2001
Lecturer Course Title
C. Ohmann, Düsseldorf Clinical use of guidelines
P. Hoff, Aachen From Kraepelin to ICD 10 – the significance of illness models for
diagnosis
C. Kirschbaum, Düsseldorf Cortisol: A link between psyche and soma?
U. Passant, Lund/Schweden The Lund Longitudinal Dementia Study – A perspective on differential
diagnosis, neuropathology and treatment
G. Reifenberger, Düsseldorf Molecular pathogenesis of tumours of the nervous system – basic
information and clinical relevance
J. Siegrist, Düsseldorf Working life and mental health: New research results and their
significance for psychiatry in hospitals and practices
A. Heinz, Mannheim Disposition and maintenance of alcohol dependence – neurobiological
findings.
H. Katschnig, Vienna 100 years of modern psychiatry: Where has it come from? What is it
like? Where is it going?
H.-P. Hartung, Düsseldorf Progress in the understanding and treatment of multiple sclerosis
U. Hegerl, Munich Neurophysiological methods for brain function diagnosis in psychiatry
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