Objectives for the undergraduate teaching of psychiatry: survey of doctors and students

Goerg, D.; Saussure, C De; Guimón, José

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2923.1999.00380.x

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“…Their views support the results of a recent survey of 1593 doctors and 227 medical students in Geneva looking at the relative importance of psychiatric topics in undergraduate teaching, which found that learning about the doctorpatient relationship was considered the most important (Goerg et al, 1999).…”

Section: Yakeley Et Al Who Wants To Do Psychiatry? Original Paperssupporting

confidence: 75%

Who wants to do psychiatry?

Yakeley¹,

Shoenberg

Heady

2004

Psychiatr. bull.

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Aims and MethodThe study aimed to determine whether medical students who participated in a student psychotherapy scheme aimed at helping them learn about the doctor-patient relationship were more likely to choose psychiatry as a career than a control group who did not participate. One hundred and ninety-eight medical students who participated in the University College and Middlesex School of Medicine (UCMSM) Psychotherapy Scheme between 1982 and 1992, and 200 randomly selected students of the same period who did not, were sent a questionnaire asking about career choice.ResultsSeventy-seven of 163 participants in the scheme who sent back the questionnaire had not thought about doing psychiatry before entering the scheme. Of these, 11 became psychiatrists (14.3%), compared with only two (1.6%) of the 128 controls (of 152 respondents) who had not considered psychiatry as a career at the same stage. This difference is highly significant (P<0.001). Many of the participants, including those who did not specialise in psychiatry, emphasised how the scheme had helped them understand the doctor-patient relationship.ImplicationsParticipating in the Student Psychotherapy Scheme encouraged medical students to choose psychiatry as a career. This knowledge is important, particularly in view of the current recruitment crisis in psychiatry.

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Section: Yakeley Et Al Who Wants To Do Psychiatry? Original Paperssupporting

confidence: 75%

Who wants to do psychiatry?

Yakeley¹,

Shoenberg

Heady

2004

Psychiatr. bull.

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“…Female students almost regularly assess psychosocial disciplines more positively than their male colleagues (Alexander & Eagles 1990;Fabrega et al 1994). Relationalemotional aspects tend to be of greater importance to female doctors, which is probably a reflection of the specific role that women still play within our society (Goerg et al 1999). Female students of the traditional curriculum showed ATP-scores comparable to all students of the PBL curriculum irrespective of gender.…”

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Influence of educational programs on attitudes of medical students towards psychiatry: Effects of psychiatric experience, gender, and personality dimensions

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Background: Attitudes of medical students form the basis for medical actions. Because of the specific characteristics of psychiatric patients, positive attitudes of medical students towards psychiatry should be a higher goal in medical education. Aim: We hypothesize that medical students in different educational programs develop different attitudes towards psychiatry. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, students enrolled in different educational programs completed the 'attitudes towards psychiatry' questionnaire (ATP-30). Data concerning experiences in psychiatry, personality traits and socio-demographic variables including gender were also analyzed. Results: The response rate of students in the PBL-curriculum (n ¼ 61) was >90%, in the traditional curriculum (n ¼ 280) >75%. Attitudes towards psychiatry of male students in the Problem-Based Learning program were equal to the female students' attitudes in both programs. Female students' attitudes in the traditional curriculum reached comparably good results while male students' displayed the worst attitudes.The personality factors 'openness to experience' and 'agreeableness' correlated significantly with positive attitudes towards psychiatry. PBL-students showed significantly more 'openness to experience'. Conclusion: Educational programs might play a role for the development of attitudes towards psychiatry, especially in male students. Factors influencing enrollment into special educational programs should also have been taken into account. An independent study with a larger number of participants will be required to support these findings.

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“…A number of curricula in psychiatry have been suggested, 5–8 but they have been defined by experts with little reference to the needs of non‐specialists for psychiatry competencies. Non‐specialists have been asked to rate the importance of psychiatric topics in some studies, 9–11 but the methods relied upon definitions of the original topics by psychiatrists, which may have adversely dominated the range of issues.…”

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Core undergraduate psychiatry: what do non-specialists need to know?

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This study demonstrates a systematic method for developing core curricular undergraduate learning objectives in a specialty area by asking doctors outside that specialty to identify topics that are relevant to their practice. Similar methods could be used for a range of specialties other than psychiatry and could provide a rational and transparent means of developing a core curriculum for medical students, when combined with perspectives from other sources.

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Objectives for the undergraduate teaching of psychiatry: survey of doctors and students

Abstract: These results confirm the importance of teaching psychiatry with an emphasis on problems encountered in general practice.

Cited by 14 publications

References 11 publications

Who wants to do psychiatry?

Who wants to do psychiatry?

Influence of educational programs on attitudes of medical students towards psychiatry: Effects of psychiatric experience, gender, and personality dimensions

Core undergraduate psychiatry: what do non-specialists need to know?

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