ERIC Number: EJ806686
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Oct
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-1042-9670
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Teaching Consultation-Liaison Psychotherapy: Assessment of Adaptation to Medical and Surgical Illness
Hunter, Jonathan J.; Maunder, Robert G.; Gupta, Mona
Academic Psychiatry, v31 n5 p367-374 Oct 2007
Objective: Little has been written about teaching consultation-liaison inpatient psychotherapy to residents or other trainees. Method: Resident interviews at completion of consultation-liaison training identified learning needs. In response, the authors created a seminar series and modified it reiteratively eight times. Results: In this approach, the primary task of consultation-liaison psychotherapy assessment is to determine the success of a patient's adaptation to hospitalization, and to identify obstacles to adaptation. Selected determinants of adaptation are reviewed and organized as individual factors and intrahospital and extrahospital environmental factors. This provides a viable means of organizing and integrating disparate bodies of knowledge for the student. Conclusions: The teaching model awaits empirical validation as a tool that enhances teaching and patient care outcomes.
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Graduate Medical Education, Teaching Models, Adjustment (to Environment), Patients, Institutionalized Persons, Psychological Evaluation, Hospitals, Surgery
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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