Building Connections Through Teletechnologies to Augment Resident Training in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

• Published in: Academic psychiatry Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 110 - 113
• Main Authors: Katzman, Jeff, Abbass, Allan, Coughlin, Patricia, Arora, Sanjeev
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer New York 01.02.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Child & adolescent psychiatry; Column: Educational Case Report; Conferences (Gatherings); Departments; Didacticism; Distance Education; Distance learning; Educational Experience; Educational Technology; Educational Technology - standards; Fatigue (Biology); Group Dynamics; Humans; Instructional Materials; Internship and Residency - methods; Learning Experience; Learning Modules; Legal Responsibility; Lifelong Learning; Literature Reviews; Medical Education; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Modeling (Psychology); Patients; Psychiatry; Psychotherapy; Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic - education; Rating Scales; Resistance (Psychology); Software; Supervision; Supervisors; Teaching; Technical Assistance; Trainees; Training; Video Technology; Videoconferencing - standards; Web Based Instruction; Canada; Australia; New Mexico; United States > US; Technology; Psychodynamic psychotherapy; Supervision
• ISSN: 1042-9670; 1545-7230
• DOI: 10.1007/s40596-014-0108-9

Objective This report describes the utilization of teletechnologies for training in psychodynamic psychotherapy in a residency training program. This includes the development of a unique psychodynamic psychotherapy case conference for residents, education in a particular model of short-term dynamic psychotherapy through distance education, and the use of web-based technologies to provide individual case supervision. Methods Evaluation forms and verbal feedback from trainees have been used as a preliminary evaluation of this program. Results Experience with educational models using web-based technologies have greatly enhanced the learning experience for residents beginning training in psychodynamic psychotherapy Conclusion Web-based technologies can be used effectively to augment resources in a residency training program and might be considered to link programs to share resources.