Teaching and training in psychiatry

One of the chief remits of the Board of International Affairs of the Royal College of Psychiatrists is to highlight, review, encourage and determine the development of psychiatric training, and to support trainees through collaboration in the development of curricula, as well as in relation to the conduct of examinations and continuing professional development. Here we present three more or less polemical articles that report on difficulties pertaining to the training of psychiatrists in Bangladesh, India and Europe. In each case, the authors turn to the College for advice, guidance and, potentially, intervention, with the aim of standardising the training of psychiatrists around the world.