Stephen McNally, Toni Azzopardi, Deborah Hatcher, Rebecca O'Reilly, Hazel Keedle
Student perceptions, experiences and support within their current Bachelor of Nursing
Nurse education today
study examined current state forensic education among child adolescent psychiatry cap fellowship programs regarding specific forensic topics teaching resources methods experiences authors aimed gather analyze data assess need additional standardization forensic psychiatry education cap fellowship broader access resources andor inform development standardized curriculum including milestones child adolescent forensic psychiatry authors collaboratively developed survey instrument child adolescent forensic psychiatry education sent 135 accredited cap fellowship programs items included survey instrument designed based literature review expert consensus 1992 american association directors psychiatric residency training survey teaching ethics forensic psychiatry completed response data returned 25 135 programs surveyed complete responses came primarily academic institutions 52 public 36 private small mediumsized programs 112 total fellows 88 1129 faculty members 56 programs reported cap forensic rotation sites faculty members level expertise involvement forensic cap common forensic topics experiences offered programs attitudes towards specific topics experiences child adolescent psychiatrists must gain clear understanding essential components cap forensic psychiatry cap fellowship mitigate discomfort interacting legal system meet rising need forensic cap expertise across systems structures impacting youth populations