Bio

The author of this blog is Walter van den Broek. He is working as a psychiatrist since 1992. His dissertation in 2004 was on "Treatment of depressed inpatients, efficacy and tolerability of a four step treatment algorithm". He is an associate professor in psychiatry, and deputy director of psychiatric residency training. He teaches nurses, medical students and residents in psychiatry. He has experience in medical and psychiatric education, training and supervision. He is a member of educational committees and he participated in the development of different educational programs for medical students and psychiatric residents. He supervises medical students doing their medical traineeship. He educates residents and psychiatrists in the theoretical and practical aspects of Electroconvulsive therapy in The Netherlands.