Problems in the current psychiatry residency training program in Croatia: residents' perspective.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the quality of the current residency training in psychiatry in Croatia using parameters of professional achievements of residents and their subjective evaluations of the residency training that is being offered. 66 residents from 15 Croatian psychiatric hospitals, clinics and wards in general hospitals fulfilled the questionnaire constructed to obtain information about the profile of psychiatry residents in Croatia, parameters of educational quality and evaluation of offered residency training as seen by residents. We interviewed 89% of all residents that had a trainee status in September and October 2006 in Croatia (66 out of 74).

First toll free helpline for smoking cessation--analysis of results after one year of operation.

The aim of the study was to prove that there is a strong need among the smoking population for the antismoking telephone helpline, and to describe the structure and dynamics of calls to the Call-center. Basic data on socio-demographic characteristics, smoking habits, and reasons for calling the Center were collected during telephone conversations with smokers. The data were entered into previously prepared tables.