Çamlı ŞE, Yavuz BE, Gök MF, Yazgan I, Yazgan Y, Brand-Gothelf A, Gothelf D, Amsalem D, Martin A. Embracing different languages and local differences: Co-constructive patient simulation strengthens host countries' clinical training in psychiatry.
World J Psychiatry 2024;
14:111-118. [PMID:
38327898 PMCID:
PMC10845220 DOI:
10.5498/wjp.v14.i1.111]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Global education in psychiatry is heavily influenced by knowledge from Western, high-income countries, which obscures local voices and expertise.
AIM
To adapt a human simulation model to psychiatric education in a context that is specific to local languages and cultures.
METHODS
We conducted an observational study consisting of six human simulation sessions with standardized patients from two host countries, speaking their native languages, and following an adaptation of the co-constructive patient simulation (CCPS) model. As local faculty became increasingly familiar with the CCPS approach, they took on the role of facilitators-in their country's native language.
RESULTS
Fifty-three learners participated: 19 child and adolescent psychiatry trainees and 3 faculty members in Türkiye (as a group that met online during 3 consecutive months); and 24 trainees and 7 faculty in Israel (divided into 3 groups, in parallel in-person sessions during a single training day). Each of the six cases reflected local realities and clinical challenges, and was associated with specific learning goals identified by each case-writing trainee.
CONCLUSION
Human simulation has not been fully incorporated into psychiatric education: The creation of immersive clinical experiences and the strengthening of reflective practice are two areas ripe for development. Our adaptations of CCPS can also strengthen local and regional networks and psychiatric communities of practice. Finally, the model can help question and press against hegemonies in psychiatric training that overshadow local expertise.
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