About the editors:Amit Malik - Psychiatrist on the Community Mental Health Team, Hampshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Gosport.Dinesh Bhugra - President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (2008-11), London and Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, London.Andrew Brittlebank - Psychiatrist at St Nicholas Hospital, Newcastle.

• Contents; 1. Introduction: changes in training Amit Malik, Dinesh Bhugra and Andrew Brittlebank; 2. Methods of workplace based assessments: what does the literature tell us? Amit Malik and Dinesh Bhugra; 3. Case-based discussion Nick Brown, Gareth Holsgrove and Sadira Teeluckdharry; 4. The mini-Assessed Clinical Encounter (mini-ACE) Nick Brown; 5. The Assessment of Clinical Expertise (ACE) Geoff Searle; 6. Multi-source feedback Caroline Brown; 7. Direct Observation of Non Clinical Skills: a new tool to assess higher psychiatric trainees Andrew Brittlebank; 8. Workplace-based assessments in psychotherapy Chess Denman; 9. Educational supervisor's report Ann Boyle; 10. Portfolios Larissa Ryan and Clare Oakley; 11. Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP) Wendy Burn; 12. Examinations in the era of competency training Anthony Bateman; 13. Experience of piloting workplace-based assessment in psychiatry Andrew Brittlebank, Julian Archer, Damien Longson, Amit Malik and Dinesh Bhugra; 14. Developing and delivering an online assessment system Simon Bettison and Amit Malik; 15. A trainee perspective of workplace-based assessments Clare Oakley and Ollie White; 16. Conclusions Amit Malik, Dinesh Bhugra and Andrew Brittlebank; Appendix 1. Assessment forms; Appendix 2. Guide for ARCP panels in core psychiatry training; Appendix 3. The MRCPsych examination; Index.

About the editors:Amit Malik - Psychiatrist on the Community Mental Health Team, Hampshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Gosport.Dinesh Bhugra - President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (2008-11), London and Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, London.Andrew Brittlebank - Psychiatrist at St Nicholas Hospital, Newcastle.

• Contents; 1. Introduction: changes in training Amit Malik, Dinesh Bhugra and Andrew Brittlebank; 2. Methods of workplace based assessments: what does the literature tell us? Amit Malik and Dinesh Bhugra; 3. Case-based discussion Nick Brown, Gareth Holsgrove and Sadira Teeluckdharry; 4. The mini-Assessed Clinical Encounter (mini-ACE) Nick Brown; 5. The Assessment of Clinical Expertise (ACE) Geoff Searle; 6. Multi-source feedback Caroline Brown; 7. Direct Observation of Non Clinical Skills: a new tool to assess higher psychiatric trainees Andrew Brittlebank; 8. Workplace-based assessments in psychotherapy Chess Denman; 9. Educational supervisor's report Ann Boyle; 10. Portfolios Larissa Ryan and Clare Oakley; 11. Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP) Wendy Burn; 12. Examinations in the era of competency training Anthony Bateman; 13. Experience of piloting workplace-based assessment in psychiatry Andrew Brittlebank, Julian Archer, Damien Longson, Amit Malik and Dinesh Bhugra; 14. Developing and delivering an online assessment system Simon Bettison and Amit Malik; 15. A trainee perspective of workplace-based assessments Clare Oakley and Ollie White; 16. Conclusions Amit Malik, Dinesh Bhugra and Andrew Brittlebank; Appendix 1. Assessment forms; Appendix 2. Guide for ARCP panels in core psychiatry training; Appendix 3. The MRCPsych examination; Index.

About the editors:Amit Malik - Psychiatrist on the Community Mental Health Team, Hampshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Gosport.Dinesh Bhugra - President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (2008-11), London and Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, London.Andrew Brittlebank - Psychiatrist at St Nicholas Hospital, Newcastle.

• Contents; 1. Introduction: changes in training Amit Malik, Dinesh Bhugra and Andrew Brittlebank; 2. Methods of workplace based assessments: what does the literature tell us? Amit Malik and Dinesh Bhugra; 3. Case-based discussion Nick Brown, Gareth Holsgrove and Sadira Teeluckdharry; 4. The mini-Assessed Clinical Encounter (mini-ACE) Nick Brown; 5. The Assessment of Clinical Expertise (ACE) Geoff Searle; 6. Multi-source feedback Caroline Brown; 7. Direct Observation of Non Clinical Skills: a new tool to assess higher psychiatric trainees Andrew Brittlebank; 8. Workplace-based assessments in psychotherapy Chess Denman; 9. Educational supervisor's report Ann Boyle; 10. Portfolios Larissa Ryan and Clare Oakley; 11. Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP) Wendy Burn; 12. Examinations in the era of competency training Anthony Bateman; 13. Experience of piloting workplace-based assessment in psychiatry Andrew Brittlebank, Julian Archer, Damien Longson, Amit Malik and Dinesh Bhugra; 14. Developing and delivering an online assessment system Simon Bettison and Amit Malik; 15. A trainee perspective of workplace-based assessments Clare Oakley and Ollie White; 16. Conclusions Amit Malik, Dinesh Bhugra and Andrew Brittlebank; Appendix 1. Assessment forms; Appendix 2. Guide for ARCP panels in core psychiatry training; Appendix 3. The MRCPsych examination; Index.