The following links may of interest to trainees in the Postgraduate Course in Psychiatry:
Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatrists in Training (ANZAPT)
This is the home page of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatrists in Training (ANZAPT). ANZAPT is a binational body that works to represent and advocate for trainees in the medical specialty of psychiatry. Branches of ANZAPT exist in each state of Australia, and also in New Zealand, to work for trainees on local issues that concern their training, education and career in psychiatry. The binational organisation liaises between the branches and the affiliate medical college, the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP).
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP)
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) is the principal Australasian body representing the medical specialty of psychiatry. The RANZCP site provides a range of information about the purpose, structure and functions of the College, including various College programs and publications. Access to information about mental health and psychiatric illness is also provided for interested persons of the general public, medical practitioners, trainee psychiatrists and Fellows of the College.
Commonwealth Mental Health Branch: Mental Health and Wellbeing Page
The website of the Mental Health and Special Programs Branch of the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. The branch coordinates a varied work programme which incorporates three distinct areas covering the National Mental Health Strategy (NHMS), National Suicide Prevention Strategy (NSPS), and Special Access Programs (SAP). The information on this website is a summary of the Commonwealth Government's national initatives, available publications and other related issues in the areas of mental health and special access programs.
Mental Health Council of Australia
The Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA) is an independent, non-government sector peak body established under the National Mental Health Strategy to represent and promote the interests of the mental health sector and advise on mental health in Australia.
National Library of Medicine - Medline access via 'PUBMED' (US site)
PubMed, a service of the US National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960s and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
Cochrane Collaboration Reviews (Abstracts)
The Cochrane Library consists of a regularly updated collection of evidence-based medicine databases, including The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - evidence based systematic reviews prepared by the Cochrane Collaboration which provide high quality information to people providing and receiving care and those responsible for research, teaching, funding and administration at all levels.
NSW Department of Health Clinical Information Access Project (CIAP)
This project provides access to critical clinical information via the Internet for health professionals of the NSW public health system. The CIAP delivers clinical decision support information through reference databases, on-line journal access to Core Biomedical Journals, and links to clinical databases and web sites such as Medline, HEALTHSTAR, the Cochrane Collaboration and CINAHL.