Psychiatry chief resident opinions toward basic and clinical neuroscience training and practice.

Objective: The authors queried attendees to a chief resident conference on whether program education and training in neuroscience or in translating neuroscience research into practice is sufficient and what changes are needed.

Methods: The authors developed and administered a 26-item voluntary questionnaire to each attendee at the Chief Residents' Leadership Conference at the American Psychiatric Association 2013 annual meeting in San Francisco, CA.

Results: Out of 94 attendees, 55 completed and returned questionnaires (58.