ERIC Number: EJ981681
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Sep
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-1042-9670
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Psychiatry in the Harvard Medical School-Cambridge Integrated Clerkship: An Innovative, Year-Long Program
Griswold, Todd; Bullock, Christopher; Gaufberg, Elizabeth; Albanese, Mark; Bonilla, Pedro; Dvorak, Ramona; Epelbaum, Claudia; Givon, Lior; Kueppenbender, Karsten; Joseph, Robert; Boyd, J. Wesley; Shtasel, Derri
Academic Psychiatry, v36 n5 p380-387 Sep 2012
Objective: The authors present what is to their knowledge the first description of a model for longitudinal third-year medical student psychiatry education. Method: A longitudinal, integrated psychiatric curriculum was developed, implemented, and sustained within the Harvard Medical School-Cambridge Integrated Clerkship. Curriculum elements include longitudinal mentoring by attending physicians in an outpatient psychiatry clinic, exposure to the major psychotherapies, psychopharmacology training, acute psychiatry "immersion" experiences, and a variety of clinical and didactic teaching sessions. Results: The longitudinal psychiatry curriculum has been sustained for 8 years to-date, providing effective learning as demonstrated by OSCE scores, NBME shelf exam scores, written work, and observed clinical work. The percentage of students in this clerkship choosing psychiatry as a residency specialty is significantly greater than those in traditional clerkships at Harvard Medical School and greater than the U.S. average. Conclusion: Longitudinal integrated clerkship experiences are effective and sustainable; they offer particular strengths and opportunities for psychiatry education, and may influence student choice of specialty. (Contains 5 tables.)
Descriptors: Models, Longitudinal Studies, Medical Education, Psychiatry, Pharmacology, Medical Schools, Medical Students, Physicians, Integrated Curriculum, Mentors, Clinical Experience, Scores, Tests, Graduate Medical Education, Clinics, Specialization
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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