The Psychiatry Institute for Medical Students: A Decade of Success

Andermann, Lisa; Souza, Claire De; Lofchy, Jodi

doi:10.1176/appi.ap.34.2.150

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“…Enrichment programmes such as Summer Schools, Psychiatry Institutes and electives can play an important part in targeting students interested in psychiatry and provide them with a more in depth educational exposure to the speciality [48-51]. These types of programmes have been successful in enhancing career interest in psychiatry and in psychiatry as a discipline and could be implemented by medical schools more widely.…”

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Impact of a psychiatry clerkship on stigma, attitudes towards psychiatry, and psychiatry as a career choice

2015

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BackgroundMental illnesses are a major public health problem around the world and the prevalence and burden of common mental disorders is growing. Psychiatry is an unpopular career choice for many medical students and this impacts negatively on the supply of psychiatrists to the workforce. The psychiatry clerkship can play an important role in influencing students’ attitudes towards psychiatry, either positively or negatively. However, stigma towards mental illness detracts students from considering a career in psychiatry. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of an eight week psychiatry clerkship on i) student knowledge and interest in psychiatry; ii) psychiatry as a career choice; iii) attitudes towards psychiatry; and iv) perceptions of stigma towards mental illness.MethodYear 4 medical students at the University of Western Australia completed two questionnaires, the Balon Attitudes Towards Psychiatry and the Mental Illness Clinicians Attitudes (MICA), at the beginning and end of the psychiatry clerkship. Interest in, knowledge of, and consideration of psychiatry as a career were also assessed. Non-parametric tests were used to compare baseline and follow-up differences on the Balon and MICA. Unpaired t-tests compared mean differences for interest, knowledge and psychiatry as a career.ResultsAttitudes towards psychiatry were positive at the beginning of the clerkship. Overall, there was a significant decrease in negative and stigmatising views towards mental illness post clerkship measured by the MICA, but the follow-up mean score remained close to the neutral value with views in some areas becoming more negative. There was no significant improvement in students’ interest in psychiatry post clerkship, however, knowledge of psychiatry improved significantly. Numbers of students ‘definitely considering’ psychiatry as a career increased significantly from 7 (4.6%) students at baseline to 17 (10.5%) at follow-up.ConclusionThe clerkship made a modest impact on students’ attitudes to psychiatry, stigma and consideration of psychiatry as a career. Integration of strategies to overcome stigma towards mental illness and the mental health profession into pre-clinical teaching may provide students with skills to prepare them for the clerkship. This may assist in improving attitudes towards psychiatry and encourage more students towards a psychiatry career.

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Impact of a psychiatry clerkship on stigma, attitudes towards psychiatry, and psychiatry as a career choice

2015

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“…16 out of 26 studies reported an improvement in attitudes towards psychiatry post-clerkship. Previous studies showed that the implementation of creative and novel programs, and the availability of elective options for students who have performed well in clerkships or expressed a particular interest in psychiatry increase recruitment 22,23,24,25 .…”

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2019

IJPSR

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Introduction: While many medical students have a special talent in psychiatry, attracting them to this specialty is a problem. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of psychiatric education on the attitude of medical students on psychiatric patients. Method: In this observational study, 200 medical externs and interns were recruited. Before and after attending the 4-week psychiatry education course, the subjects were asked to express their attitude, knowledge, and experiences concerning psychiatry by completing the attitudes toward psychiatry (ATP-30) and the 6-item psychiatric experience, attitudes, and knowledge (PEAK-6) scales. Twenty-six subjects didn"t meet inclusion criteria or answered incompletely to the questionnaires Data were analyzed by t-test and paired t-test. All statistical assays were performed with SPSS19. Results: The average age of participants was 24.86 ± 1.85 years. Of the 174 students who were finally evaluated, 84 were externs (25 male, 59 female) and 90 were interns (35 male, 55 female). A significant statistical difference was found between the mean scores of PEAK-6 among the students before and after psychiatric education (P< 0.001). However, we couldn"t reveal a significant difference between ATP-30 scores before and after education (P = 0.25). Conclusion: We showed a significant difference between the mean scores of PEAK-6 not ATP-30 in the medical students before and after psychiatry course. It may be due to better sensitivity of the PEAK-6 in the detection of changes in attitudes toward psychiatry. We recommended larger studies to discover predicting factors lead to an improvement in attitudes toward psychiatry.

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“…The primary UPE objective at UT also includes producing students who can meet national standards [12]. A parallel objective at UT is also to provide a competitive, wellsupported curriculum in order to stimulate interest and motivate students to pursue a career in psychiatry [13][14][15].…”

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Comparison Between a Typical Undergraduate Psychiatry Program in China and Canada—an Approach to Inform Psychiatry Education Reform in China

Law

Dang

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Acad Psychiatry

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Examination of the existing, multi-sourced information reveals some fundamental differences in the current UPE between the representative Chinese and western programs, reflecting historical, political, cultural, and socioeconomic circumstances of the respective settings. The current analyses show some areas worthy of further exploration to inform Chinese UPE reform. The current research is a practical beginning to the development of a deeper collaborative dialogue about psychiatry and its educational underpinnings between China and the West.

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The Psychiatry Institute for Medical Students: A Decade of Success

Cited by 19 publications

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Impact of a psychiatry clerkship on stigma, attitudes towards psychiatry, and psychiatry as a career choice

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