Teaching Psychiatry: Putting Theory into Practice / Edition 1

by Linda Gask, Bulent Coskun, David A. Baron

Overview

In psychiatry, as in all of medicine, clinicians are frequently involved in training students and residents yet few have themselves been trained in pedagogy. Improving the quality of psychiatric education should both improve the quality of psychiatric care and make the profession more attractive to medical students. Written by a team of international experts with many years of experience, this comprehensive text takes a globally relevant perspective on providing practical instruction and advice on all aspects of teaching psychiatry. It covers learning from undergraduate and postgraduate level to primary medical and community settings, enabling readers to find solutions to the problems they are facing and become aware of potential issues which they can anticipate and be prepared to address. The book discusses curriculum development using examples from around the world, in order to provide trainees with the basic attitudes, knowledge and skills they require to practise psychiatry.

Features:

• Instruction on developing a curriculum for Residency training, teaching interviewing skills, teaching psychotherapy and using new technology
• Innovative ways of engaging medical students in psychiatry and developing their interest in the specialty, including experience with new types of elective and research options and development of roles for students in patient care
• Focuses throughout on how to teach rather than what to teach
• Includes descriptions of workplace-based assessments
• Discussions of both theoretical and practical perspectives and examples of particular innovations in the field using case studies

Presented in a thoroughly readable and accessible manner, this book is a primary resource for all clinicians involved in teaching psychiatry to medical students and trainees.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470683217
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	01/25/2011
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 9.70(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Editors:

LINDA GASK, Professor of Primary Care Psychiatry, School of Community Based Medicine, University of Manchester, UK

BULENT COSKUN, Professor of Psychiatry, Community Mental Health Research and Training Center of Kocaeli University, Turkey

DAVID BARON, Dept of Psychiatry, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, USA

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Table of Contents

Contributors vii

Foreword ix

1 Overview: The Need for Improvements in Psychiatric Education 1
Linda Gask, David Baron and Bulent Coskun

2 Recruitment of Psychiatrists: the Key Role of Education 5
Cyril Höschl and Jon van Niekerk

3 Ethical Issues in Teaching Psychiatry 19
Driss Moussaoui

4 Developing a Medical Student Curriculum in Psychiatry 27
Nisha Dogra, Cyril Höschl and Driss Moussaoui

5 Teaching Behavioural Sciences 47
Bulent Coskun

6 Problem-Based Learning and Psychiatric Education 61
Raja Vellingiri Badrakalimuthu, Rob van Diest, Maarten Bak and Hugo de Waal

7 Psychiatric Residency Curriculum: Development and Evaluation 77
Amanda B. Mackey and Allan Tasman

8 Acquisition of Psychiatric Interviewing Skills 97
Linda Gask

9 Teaching Psychotherapy in the Classroom and in Supervision 109
Glen O. Gabbard

10 Teaching Psychotherapy: Case Discussion Groups 117
Mark Oliver Evans

11 Teaching Research Methods: ‘Doing Your Own Research’ 125
David P. Goldberg

12 Teaching Psychiatry Students About Cultural Diversity 135
Nisha Dogra and Niranjan Karnik

13 Teaching Psychiatry in Primary Care 153
Linda Gask, Bulent Coskun and Rodolfo Fahrer

14 The Standardized Patient 167
Michael Curtis and David Baron

15 Patients as Teachers: Involving Service Users 177
Rex Haigh and Kath Lovell

16 Technology for Psychiatric Educators 191
Sheldon Benjamin and Maria Margariti

17 Assessment in Psychiatric Education 213
Brian Lunn, Maria R. Corral and Adriana Mihai

18 The Support and Welfare of the Student 231
Michael F. Myers

19 Psychiatrist Educators 247
David Baron and Bulent Coskun

Index 261

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"This book deserves our attention since it covers a very important topic and sheds light on common predicaments of our profession. There are summary tables in each section, which makes it an easy and interesting book to read. This is a bedside book for every psychiatrist who is responsible for educating others, particularly for the ones working in academic settings and training hospitals" (Turkish Journal of Psychiatry, August 2011)
"It will be rewarding reading for any psychiatrist interested in education and required reading for medical school psychiatry leads." (The Psychiatrist, August 2011)
"Written by experts in psychiatric education, this work addresses the well-understood methods for teaching and learning the practice of psychiatry." (Doody's, October 2011) "In this valuable international perspective on teaching psychiatry, Gask (U. of Manchester, UK), Coskun (U. of Kocaeli, Turkey), and Baron (U. of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, US) advocate improvements in psychiatric education to address the recruitment crisis in the field and help reduce the stigma attached to mental illness even among medical students." (Booknews, April 2011)

Editorial Reviews

"This book deserves our attention since it covers a very important topic and sheds light on common predicaments of our profession. There are summary tables in each section, which makes it an easy and interesting book to read. This is a bedside book for every psychiatrist who is responsible for educating others, particularly for the ones working in academic settings and training hospitals" (Turkish Journal of Psychiatry, August 2011)

"It will be rewarding reading for any psychiatrist interested in education and required reading for medical school psychiatry leads." (The Psychiatrist, August 2011)

"Written by experts in psychiatric education, this work addresses the well-understood methods for teaching and learning the practice of psychiatry." (Doody's, October 2011)

"In this valuable international perspective on teaching psychiatry, Gask (U. of Manchester, UK), Coskun (U. of Kocaeli, Turkey), and Baron (U. of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, US) advocate improvements in psychiatric education to address the recruitment crisis in the field and help reduce the stigma attached to mental illness even among medical students." (Booknews, April 2011)

From the Publisher

Reviewer: Steven T Herron, MD (CPI/Assurance Health and Wellness)
Description: Written by experts in psychiatric education, this work addresses the well-understood methods for teaching and learning the practice of psychiatry.
Purpose: The foreword suggests "this book aims to cover the history and future of medical education in psychiatry at every level of training," from undergraduate through residency and into the full practice of the specialty.
Audience: The book is directed at students, whether considering the field of psychiatry or practicing the specialty for years. It is also targeted at primary care physicians who require many of the same skill sets as those working in the mental health field, especially when it comes to the assessment of patients.
Features: Chapters progressively take readers through medical education, beginning with an overview of improvements needed in psychiatric education and ending with assessment and support of students. Chapters contain some diagrams, tables, and figures, and each concludes with current and relevant references.
Assessment: It is difficult to compare this work to others, as there are few with this focus on the act of teaching psychiatry to students at various levels of experience and training. With its multiple authors from countries steeped in the traditions of Western medicine (mainly in Europe, Canada, and the U.S., though other countries are represented, including Argentina), its approach is mainly traditional forms of education, though it also highlights more recent developments, such as problem-based learning and working with a standardized patient. Stylistically, the presentation is somewhat drab and unappealing, as there is little contrast between text and diagrams, but from a content standpoint, this book offers a good start at focusing on creating an improved educational curriculum for those learning psychiatry, with the ultimate goal of developing better psychiatrists. I look forward to future editions.

Doody's Review Service