Sampogna G, Elkholy H, Baessler F, Coskun B, Pinto da Costa M, Ramalho R, Riese F, Fiorillo A. Undergraduate psychiatric education: current situation and way forward.
BJPsych Int 2021;
19:34-36. [PMID:
35532467 PMCID:
PMC9046837 DOI:
10.1192/bji.2021.48]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Revised: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Undergraduate psychiatric education is essential for the training of medical students and for their recruitment into psychiatry. A significant shortage of graduates choosing a career in psychiatry has been recently documented, and this trend might have many causes. When medical students have positive experiences of teaching, elective placements and exposure to psychiatric patients, their attitudes towards psychiatry are significantly better. Therefore, there is a need to improve the quality of undergraduate training courses in psychiatry. Innovative teaching strategies are suggested, including the use of movies, virtual reality, simulated patients and multiprofessional training wards.
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