ABSTRACT
In this chapter we begin by considering how you can make the most of your clinical placement in psychiatry. We discuss some of the issues related to safety, stigma and fear that oen accompany the placement and have been shown to be a concern among students. ‘Passing your exams’ is a section on passing psychiatric exams, although we are aware that few medical schools now have end of clinical block exams. e section ‘Looking aer your own mental health and that of colleagues’ considers how you might look aer your own mental health and that of your colleagues. We also provide evidence of why this is important as
a student and once you are practising. We then provide a framework for mental health service provision focusing on those aspects that may inuence your placement.
