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Educational Training: Challenges and Opportunities

Edgard Belfort

Director of the Universidad Central de Venezuela’s Child Psychiatry Graduate Program; Professor of Psychiatry at
the Universidad Central de Venezuela; Head of Children and Youth Unit of the Psychiatric Hospital of Caracas;
Past President of the Latin American Psychiatric Association (APAL), Venezuela

Objective: This symposium will provide a chance to discuss the opportunities and challenges in
programs and projects related to education. Will debate some activities, needs, and future directions
in which mental health professionals from throughout the world can have better training. Such topics
as leadership training programs, Opportunities for young psychiatrists; and training with
international colleagues are all subjects that will be addressed.

References:
Belfort E. WPA Educational Activities in the Official Journal of the World Psychiatric
Association, WPA. Pg. 181. Vol 12, number 2, July 2013.
Camarena E. y Belfort E. “The Reality of the Management of Mental health Services in Latin
America: Reflexions from the Perspective of a Vision of Strategic Planning”. International Review of
Psychiatry. Vol. 22 Issue 4. 2010.