A knowledge assessment test for geriatric psychiatry.
A knowledge assessment test for geriatric psychiatry.
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老年精神病学知识评估测试。
DOI：
10.1176/ps.36.11.1160
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1985
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Yesavage,JA
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Sheikh,JI;Yesavage,JA
本月，我们介绍了老年精神病学知识边缘测试(GPKT)的第一种形式，这是一种自我测试，有兴趣与老年人合作的专业人士可以使用它来评估他们对老年精神病学的了解。老年人精神障碍的患病率非常高(1)。鉴于这一群体的迅速扩张，越来越多的心理健康专业人员将被吸引到该领域。遗憾的是，目前在与老年有关的心理健康领域，特别是老年精神病学领域，目前缺乏深入的培训。事实上，许多临床医生都是通过经验学习的。GPKT允许这些临床医生在五个重要领域测试他们对老年精神病学的了解。该测试是自我评分，并为每个问题提供适当的参考资料，以方便进一步的自学。随后讨论了GPKT的发展，这是一个描述性的博士。Sheikh是博士后研究员，Yesavage博士是斯坦福大学医学院精神病学和行为科学系的副教授，斯坦福大学医学院，斯坦福，加州94305。本文中描述的研究得到了退伍军人管理局医学研究服务的支持，并得到了国家精神卫生研究所MH 17341-03和MH 35182-02的资助。谢赫博士的工作也得到了国家卫生研究院16744-04年度拨款的支持。
This month we present Form 1 of the Geriatric Psychiatry Know!-edge Test (GPKT), a self-test that professionals interested in working with the aged may use to assess their knowledge of geriatric psychiatry. The elderly have a very high prevalence of mental disor-ders (1). Given the rapid expan-sion of this population, more and more mental health professionals will be drawn into the field. Unfortunately there is currently a dearth of in-depth training available in the geriatric-related mental health field in general and geriatric psychiatry in particular. Many clinicians, in fact, learn by experience. The GPKT allows such clini-cians to test their knowledge of geriatric psychiatry in five important areas. The test is self-scoring, and appropriate references are provided for each question to facilitate further self-study. The fol-lowing is a discussion of the development of the GPKT, a descrip-Dr. Sheikh is postdoctoral research fellow and Dr. Yesavage isassociate professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305. The research described in this article was supported by the medical research service of the Veterans Administration and by grants MH 17341-03 and MH 35182-02 from the National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Sheikh’s work is also supported by NIMH grant 16744-04.